Chairman series

eveled · Nov 12, 2018

I added two knives this month I was giving up hope on. A stunning one off 105 Cherrywood (thanks Craig), and the hard to find Chairman 302 solitaire to complete that part of my Cherrywood set.

My 303 has no shield and is signed on the wrong side. I think the early ones were all like that. If someone is working on a no shield set and wants to swap, let me know.

OLd_gUY · Nov 12, 2018

Beautiful! Grats and thanks for sharing.
OG

sassafrassdogs · Nov 12, 2018

WOW!!! That's an awesome set you have there....

jmh33 · Nov 12, 2018

KOOL!!!

John

Boggs · Nov 12, 2018

Envious of your 302 find....

Jeremiah Daigre · Dec 12, 2020

Boggs said:
Envious of your 302 find....

bertl · Dec 12, 2020

eveled said:
My 303 has no shield and is signed on the wrong side. I think the early ones were all like that.

My 303 is the same, and now that you mention it, I wonder if all the 303s are like it.

Bert

eveled · Dec 12, 2020

I thought I remember them both ways. But I could be mistaken. Maybe someone else has one to check.

sportingspecialist · Dec 12, 2020

Where is your 112 Chairman?

eveled · Dec 12, 2020

The rest of the Cherrywood set in the link. https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/cherrywood.1596770/page-3#post-22077448

sportingspecialist · Dec 12, 2020

eveled said:
Did they make one?

I was just kidding. No they didn't make one.

Is your heart beating faster now? LOL

eveled · Dec 12, 2020

Lol. I didn’t think they did. You would think there would be a chairman 112 or a 119.

I haven’t even thought about this set in at least a year or so. Probably not since I took these pictures.

plb · Dec 12, 2020

bertl said:
My 303 is the same, and now that you mention it, I wonder if all the 303s are like it.

Bert

In the thread below, Mr. Hubbard told us, "... the early chairman series had no shield".

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/chuck-buck-signed-301-cadet.1552906/page-3#post-17850302

The 2010 Buck catalog shows the signature on the "mark" side, and the 2011 catalog shows it on the "pile" side.

2010 Catalog

2011 Catalog

eveled · Dec 12, 2020

Great post P plb !

makes perfect sense my 303 is from 2009.

bertl · Dec 12, 2020

plb said:
The 2010 Buck catalog shows the signature on the "mark" side, and the 2011 catalog shows it on the "pile" side.

What a brilliant idea—checking the catalogs.

bertl · Dec 12, 2020

Aside from the catalog, has anyone actually seen a 303 Chairman with a shield? I got in touch with a collector who specializes in 303s and he doesn't recall seeing a 303 Chairman with a shield. Of course that might just mean he hasn't seen one, not that they don't exist. We need a photo from someone of a 303 with shield.

bertl · Dec 13, 2020

Sometimes all that's needed is to increase the sample size. Another collector let me know he has a 2010 with no shield and a 2011 with shield.