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Mod.#317
- Thread starter Dan K
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Kodiak PA
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Dan,
I believe this knife was made starting in 1972-1990. If your knife has the numer 317 on the opposite side of the tang that is stamped Buck it is an older model made by Camillus for Buck I believe (hey Larry, I am using your article as a reference, how am I doing?
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Not sure regarding the blade material but I do know that the construction material did not change from the earlier models.
Where can you get another? Easy: Ebay! There is always one for sale. They seem to go around $60-$75.
I hope this helps. I love this knife myself. They did a great job with this.
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~Greg Mete~
Kodiak Alaska
Buck Collectors Club-Lifetime Member
JKM-Chai
KnifeKnutt@aol.com
I believe this knife was made starting in 1972-1990. If your knife has the numer 317 on the opposite side of the tang that is stamped Buck it is an older model made by Camillus for Buck I believe (hey Larry, I am using your article as a reference, how am I doing?
Not sure regarding the blade material but I do know that the construction material did not change from the earlier models.
Where can you get another? Easy: Ebay! There is always one for sale. They seem to go around $60-$75.
I hope this helps. I love this knife myself. They did a great job with this.
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~Greg Mete~
Kodiak Alaska
Buck Collectors Club-Lifetime Member
JKM-Chai
KnifeKnutt@aol.com
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Dan,
This is the Trailblazer, a contract knife made for Buck by Camillus from approximately 1970 through 1990. I do not know this for certain, but I suspect shipments from Camillus may have ceased sometime prior to that and it took until about 1990 to deplete the inventory to the level that the 317 was removed from the Buck catalog. I think the knife was always 440C.
You will often find one, or more, on eBay, sometimes even in new-in-box condition with sheath. The earliest models had the MADE IN U.S.A. tang stamp with the model number on the reverse side. Then, about 1971 - 1972, the tang stamp was changed to the three liner - BUCK / 317 / U.S.A.
Hope this helps and that I have not told you more than you cared to know!
Larry
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"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose".
This is the Trailblazer, a contract knife made for Buck by Camillus from approximately 1970 through 1990. I do not know this for certain, but I suspect shipments from Camillus may have ceased sometime prior to that and it took until about 1990 to deplete the inventory to the level that the 317 was removed from the Buck catalog. I think the knife was always 440C.
You will often find one, or more, on eBay, sometimes even in new-in-box condition with sheath. The earliest models had the MADE IN U.S.A. tang stamp with the model number on the reverse side. Then, about 1971 - 1972, the tang stamp was changed to the three liner - BUCK / 317 / U.S.A.
Hope this helps and that I have not told you more than you cared to know!
Larry
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"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose".
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Greg,
I see you answered Dan's post at the same time I was doing so. I should have waited and I could have let you do it all by yourself!!!
Larry
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"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose".
I see you answered Dan's post at the same time I was doing so. I should have waited and I could have let you do it all by yourself!!!
Larry
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"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose".