Looking for a Buck-made 303

mnblade

mnblade

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I've decided to blow some birthday money on a 303 slippie. Can someone remind me how I can ID a Buck-made one vs. one of the old Camillus-contract models?
 
A Buck one will have a date code. The date code was introduced in 1986 and that is the year 303 production came in house.
 
Actually, there are Buck made 301s, 303s, 305s and 309s with no date code. If these four models have long pulls on the master blade, they are contract made. If their master blades has a crescent nail nick, they were made by Buck.
 
Help the ignorant......aren't all nail pulls sort of a crescent?

And I am ashamed to admit that I dinna ken what a "long pull" might be.
 
Ah, sure, I should have figured that one out. It just wasn't clicking.

Thanks fer the help.
 
I don't really have anything to add, when the guys above speak, I listen. But, since the thread was on 300 series I just had to get involved............nothing wrong with any of the new 300s, I just like the looks of the three rivets on the scale and the 440 steel of the older models. Also like the transition models with BUCK boldly emblazened on the scale shield. Some of the 90's models with different types of scale material might be attractive to someone wanting a nice Buck slipjoint. You will just have to search a little bit to find one of those.

It's all apple pie, some like it plain some like it with ice cream.....:p
 
Mnblade, Here's a photo showing the models of the 303 during the transition from long pull to small nail nic.



Sorry just couldn't help myself........:rolleyes:
 
300Bucks said:
Mnblade, Here's a photo showing the models of the 303 during the transition from long pull to small nail nic.

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Wow, thanks for the pic, 300Bucks. Looks like one hot off the line in Idaho is what I'm wanting. I really want to get an American-made Buck slippie while we still can.

BTW, earlier, you wrote, "Also like the transition models with BUCK boldly emblazened on the scale shield." Haven't you had any problem with BUCK wearing off? I did on a 700 series knife I had with a similar shield.
 
DarrylS said:
:cool:...Rocinante...Here's a pic of a "Long Pull"...click on the thumbnail...:)

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That type of pull is properly called a "Match Striker" pull due to it's
original purpose of being a place to strike the old farmers matches.

That is the reason for the length of the pull and the roughness of the
"bumps" inside the pull on some knives. I have tried striking a farmers match this way and it works really well. :thumbup:
 
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