Need some dating assistance

On the fixed blade, pinned pommel starts in 1963 and USA is added in 1967.

I'll let someone else have fun with the other. Is it a 301 or 303?
 
So a Schrade made. Good to know. The 301 is in excellent condition. I wish the sheath was there as well. I'll have to come up with something.
 
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Thanks guys. It's very much appreciated
 
David Martin said:
The slip joint is a Schrade made, Buck contract. Yours in very good condition. Those are hard to find.
The 120 (wish you had the sheath) is 65-66. A very good find. Thanks for showing us. DM
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Whats the tell on the slippy beinig a shrade DM? The long pull or the grooves in the bolsters? Or both?
 
David Martin said:
The slip joint is a Schrade made, Buck contract. Yours in very good condition. Those are hard to find.
The 120 (wish you had the sheath) is 65-66. A very good find. Thanks for showing us. DM
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David, weren't those Schrade made Bucks manufactured in such a way that they were difficult to repair and Buck simply replaced them under warrantee?
 
I was only 13 when they were first being sold and I mainly carried a BSA knife. With high school came Buck knife or Old Timer. You loose more of them at that age.
All above accurate. Except I can't swear on replacement instead of repair. Maybe Makael can ask Joe Houser if he knows next time he visits factory.
By what I have read of what has been causally written, at some point they were trying to repair some. Camillus had to be producing the 301's to send out as replacements before that could happen. So as time moved on the replacement with Camillus made 301's likely happened is my guess.... Joe may can confirm by how big was the bin of old Schrade 301's was when the factory moved to Idaho.....300
 
DocT said:
weren't those Schrade made Bucks manufactured in such a way that they were difficult to repair and Buck simply replaced them under warrantee?
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The Schrade knives used what's known as the Swinden key instead of a bolster rivet or pin. I have a 301 that was repaired by Buck using a bolster rivet. Joe Houser told me that Buck repaired less than a dozen of the Schrade knives before they decided to just replace them. The repair job was too time consuming and wasn't very reliable.

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Because of Scharde's manufacturing process the blades could not be replaced. (the way they were held in the knife.) Hence, a contract was sought with Camillus. Because they used
a pin construction on the blades allowing for quick blade replacement. DM
 
There you go a new collector goal, a repaired Buck Schrade 301. But you have to have the paperwork from factory to prove it.
300
 
That is the very first Buck Stockman pocketknife (1966) - so you have number one in your complete Buck slipjoint collection. Get the LONG list from 300Bucks and start your quest! Nice knives. OH
 
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