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Kyui Su Kim

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Gents, looking for your all's input on what this is:



Popped up in another Buck group and was immediately called into question. Just at a glance, everything seems off about this. It looks almost like someone took apart one of the import models and reassembled it with an old Remington.
 
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Yes, that is a Camillus made Trapper for Buck.The 334 Millennuium Trapper. Made in 2000 and sold exclusively through Smokey Mountain Knife Works. There are 3 versions of that model. DM
 
It looks all correct except for the crack in the jigged bone handle. Others had silk screen wording on the blade (2000 Yesterday Today & Tomorrow) and another had delrin handles. Thanks, gsea. DM
 
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Here's mine. DM
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Very nice!

Was the blade originally red?

You guys are all over it! Thanks for the help. The other Buck group on FB has had a recent issue with knockoffs, particularly the new 110 auto clones, and was eyeing this one hard.
 
No blade etch.
No serial number on bolster.
No limited edition emblem.
Brass rocker rivet.

equals.....knife assembled from parts.

edit...I just noticed 300bucks link.... that will cover these issues.
 
Kim, the red is machinist lay out dye on the blade before they were silk screened. (inked) I'm certain mine was assembled at the Camillus plant from new parts. Mine does NOT have a brass rocker rivet. The rivets are all nickel. Yes, no limited edition emblem though it has the drilled hole for it. I think they were intending to give it one, then the contract was filled. We've seen some 307's that followed this path. These ARE Buck knives made by Camillus with a contract. Haa, all knives are assembled from parts whether in the Camillus factory or my shop. The question should be whether this knife was assembled at the Camillus plant or by someone else after the factory closed it's doors. Or bought from parts and assembled later. The condition I got it was the condition it left the factory in somebodies haul out boxes. As someone with experience put it together. I think there were many put together at the factor and later discovered as they were cleaning out binds. On others the parts were found and could have been put together. DM
 
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300 Bucks has one like gsea's. It has the brass spacer rivet, Buck shield, no limited edition emblem, no serial number and no blade inking. Also, 300 has one that the 2 center handle pins are staggered. Not in line like gsea's.?? Thus, we see some variations. If you want to say that just the models that have the limited edition emblem and serial numbers are the real deal and these other are not. Then what are they? They are still a Camillus made Buck knife but just didn't go to Smokey Mountain. Well, we have some bought from Smokey Mountain like that. I think we have to give the nod that these knives are a Camillus made Buck sold from Smokey Mountain or procured at the closing of the Camillus factory. Both are a legitmate Buck knife. DM
 
I think we are just going to have to call all of them Camillus Contract Bucks. With the demise of Cami and unless one of the folks that worked at Camillus and actually assembled these visit the Camillus forum and answer, we may never know the detail truths. I think we need to compare them with the same design built for other companies and see what the rivet patterns are. Knives with lighter colored bone are apparently 'assembled' knives of some manner. First run originals, are almost always dark, uniform colored jigged bone. My Delrin version is only one number different from the early jigged bone version, yet the rivet pattern is different. Apparently delrins were built with a different rivet pattern and some later jigged bone scales were drilled and used on Delrin liners, hence the rivet pattern. In the end there are two versions, jigged bone and Delrin. After that lets just call everything else parts knives. No shame in that, take a 57 chevy, put in a new motor, new upholstery, and big rear wheels its still a 57 chevy. 300
 
57 Chevy ... bah humbug. 57 Olds J2 was the factory hotrod (and imho the best looking GM of that year)
 
The 334's were seeing surface are more like taking a 57 Chevrolet new frame, body, engine, original seats with dash. All purchased at the plant separately. Then hauling it home to your shop and putting it together the way Chevrolet did, as close as possible. Then selling it with no original box or warranty. DM
 
Agree, Wish I had about four of those 57 kits. That would buy a lot of knives. 300
 
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