Need help/info valuing this Buck Waterfowler

The Boone & Crockett Platinum Series was a short lived line exclusive for Dick's Sporting Goods about 2014. The 3 knives in the series were the 493 Waterfowler, 494 Caping, and the 583 Boning knife. They were 154CM steel. The original knives can be identified by the model code ending in xxxxxDK-B. 'DK' identifies the retailer they were made for and yes, '-B' means boxed. They must have not done well for Dick's and the following year Buck used up the remaining parts and sold them as build outs on the factory web page for cheap. The build outs were both 154CM and 420HC and can be identified by the model code containing 'BO' instead of "DK'. The 154CM blades were marked as such but if there is no indication then they are 420HC. I speculate that some build outs were 420HC because they had more leftover handles than 154CM blades. Hope this helps. /Roger
 
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