Minibuck...Discontinued...Still in Production...or What?

[flashlife]

Buck 425 Minibuck

I've read conflicting stories about whether this little knife has been discontinued
by Buck, or "re-issued" or "while supplies last". One web post said it was
discontinued in 2006, but was popular enough that Buck 're-issued' it.
The knife doesn't show up on Buck's website, but I know they're still
available at local stores, Ebay, etc for <$10.

Anybody know for sure whether they're still in production?

 

[shecky]

There seems to have been a run at least as recently as 2008, as the tang stamp on mine indicates. These are in fact available quite inexpensively via several ebay and internet vendors.

 

[JD Mandrell]

They are not in the 2009 catalog.

 

[flashlife]

I've emailed the Buck website...no answer yet.
All I can find on the web is stuff like:

http://www.shopwiki.com/detail/d=Buck_425_Mini_Buck_Lockback_Knife/
(2009)..."Buck discontinued production of the "Mini Buck but it continued to be a popular
knife that they have been reintroduced."...

http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/05/back-in-the-day-a-year-ago-this-week-on-toolmonger-2/
(2007)..."We wrote about our favorite — and sadly discontinued — everyday pocket knife,
the Mini-Buck. We continue to beg, and our please continue to fall on deaf ears.
When will Buck buck-up and resume production of these inexpensive masterpieces?"...

http://toolmonger.com/category/manufacturers/buck/
(2006)..."The MiniBuck isn’t a fancy knife, but then again Buck used to ask just $15 for it.
Sadly, they chose to discontinue it for unknown reasons."...