Identify Unknown Old Buck Knife?

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dgswen

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Recently inherited my late grandfather's house and stuff, and came across a couple of early Buck Knifes.

One is a very early 110 model. and the second I have been unable to identify. I am not sure if it has been modified, or if this is a standard model. I couldn't find a model with the rounded point. Any hints or suggestions would help.

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Dgswen, welcome to the Buck Forum... The fixed Blade is a 103... That's the way they made them... There will be others here soon to
tell you more about it... ITE ... :thumbup:

Do you have any pics of your 110... And can we see some pics of the markings on both knives... Thanks
 
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The 110 is a 1974 - 1980 model, with one dot on either side of the model number. The 103 Skinner only has the buck stamp on the blade, placing it prior to 1968 if the info is correct.
 
This 103 if stamped with only Buck would have been manufactured in 1961. I cant see the handle spacers, but if I could, I would be able to give you more information. The leather sheath is not original to the knife. These knives are made specifically made for skinning animals and is named just that, the Buck 103 Skinner. Nice old knife
 
wen, Actually, Buck used that stamp from 1961 all the way thru 1966. I would need a clear picture of the pommel and stamp inorder to be more exact. DM
 
David Martin said:
wen, Actually, Buck used that stamp from 1961 all the way thru 1966. I would need a clear picture of the pommel and stamp inorder to be more exact. DM
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Dave, I believe your forgetting about the BUCK* stamp, used from '63-'66. So "Actually" they didn't use the single line stamp BUCK from '61-'66.
 
Matt, where did you come up with the Buck dot stamp starting in 1963? I believe it was later, perhaps around 1965-1967.
The earliest barrel nut models have leather spacers, then hard fiber spacers. In the first half of 1963, Buck switched to a pinned tang construction. None of the pinned tang models have leather spacers unless it has been altered post-production.
 
Where does all this info come from??????????

I show the Buck with asterisk only in 1967 and not the whole year--then on to Buck U.S.A..

(Scratching head)
 
Larry Oden said:
Matt, where did you come up with the Buck dot stamp starting in 1963? I believe it was later, perhaps around 1965-1967.
The earliest barrel nut models have leather spacers, then hard fiber spacers. In the first half of 1963, Buck switched to a pinned tang construction. None of the pinned tang models have leather spacers unless it has been altered post-production.
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Larry and DM,
I went back and looked and your right, I'm sorry. The info I have states that the Buck* was used in '66-'67 to represent the change from forged blades to blanked blades. I could have sworn that the BUCK * was used longer than one year. The last Leather spacer were used some time in 1962 when they went to Bone hard fiber. The last Barrel nut construction knives were manufactured in may of 1963.
 
I kind of feel as though this is a rhetorical question, but I'm going to answer any way. Typically a single sine stamp is referred to as being just BUCK, and a BUCK* is referred to as just that a BUCK*. Are they on the same line, Yes, but they are very different, thus the distinction. I hope this question was meant to inform those who don't know, and not to be condescending.
 
Nobody here would ask a question just to be condescending.......would they?

Maybe to pick a nit.

:)

Yes, Buck and the asterisk are on a single line just as it so clearly appears. Of course we must remember that there could not be two single-line stamps without causing confusion, thus the differentiation between one single-line and another.

In late '67 or early '68 they went to two lines with Buck U.S.A.

:)
 
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My dad used one of those for years, worked real well on deer. That and his 70s era 110.
I'm a fan of smaller hunters myself.
 
Yes, The stamp Buck* was early 1967 as Larry indicated. But I wasn't even counting that one. All From Joe's seminar hand outs at the 20yr. Reunion. DM
 
Let's please try to keep it civil and respectful, folks. Thank you.
 
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