Dots ???

The dots are an indicator, on older generation Buck knives, of when the knife was made.

You might take a look at the 'stickys' at the top of this forum's thread list. A couple of them have some good info about dating older Buck knives (using the dots and other means). These two, in particular:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=754710
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=716179

And there's also some good info here (look for the .doc file linked in the first post, from Joe Houser):

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=612901
 
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