Odd tang stamp on BG-42 Custom???

chickentrax

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This 110 w/BG-42 blade was recently sold here in Bladeforums.com/Bucks For Sale...





It appears to be a Custom Shop 110, but I also have a BG-42 Custom Shop 110, and my blade tang stamp is quite different...Mine reads "BG-42" on the flat of the blade, and "Buck/Custom/U.S.A" on the tang (with "Buck" in some kind of script)...opposite side reads "Designers Choice"...



I thought it odd (not unpleasant, just odd) that the one that was sold here reads "Buck/110-|/U.S.A." on the side with the "BG-42"...

Anyone have a theory as to the differences???
 
...Hmmm...Yep...My new 110 from the "Custom Shoppe" reads like your's does Trax..."Buck/Custom/U.S.A" on the tang (with "Buck" in some kind of script)...opposite side reads "Designers Choice"...:confused:
 
I think Buck uses different stamps, blades from other projects occassionally, it would seem anyway...
I have 2 Zippers that are stamped with designers choice,
My 2 Buck custom shop 110's DO NOT have designers choice stamp...


 
...Actually ...on taking another look I have a "reblade" 110 with BG-42 that says "Custom" on it...I never noticed that...
 
Here's a BG-42 560 (110 style blade)with a different script for the "Buck"...I believe this was sold to me as a "Blade Upgrade", IIRC...

 
I was going to ask about the vintage, but that's a 2006 blade. . .curious. Mine is stamped the same as DarrylS', "Buck/Custom/U.S.A" on the front and "Designers Choice" on the back. Yours looks like it was stamped as a production blade, except for that "BG-42" near the spine.
 
...I spoke too soon...Of the six BG-42's I have... NONE have a date code...All of them including the reblades are stamped with "Custom" and "Designer's Choice"...Looks like another one I'm gonna look for...:confused: :confused:
 
...LOL...They ain't all 110's Trax...Three are 532's...Hadda look at 'em all ya know...I got 0ne "Custom" 110, Two reblades and three 532's...:p :p
 
...Must be a ton of "stamp" variations out there...Just like everything else in the world of Buck...LOL...Sure glad I ain't a "collector"...:p :p :cool:
 
DarrylS said:
...They ain't all 110's Trax...
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My thought is that the 110 (or 560/426) clip-point blade in BG-42 should all have the same ["Custom"] tang stamp...rolling it with the date stamp seems like it would be a mistake...maybe if it was a "blade upgrade" it would make sense...and make dating it easier...but that Buffalo scaled/FG/NS is clearly not a production knife...

For that matter...Why doesn't BG-42 have the "Bos" logo on the back??? Doesn't Paul Bos supervise the BG-42 heat treat??? :confused:
 
...I do like that "Bos" logo and that's a good question..."etchings" of any kind are still not for me though...
 
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