Procedure for getting a replacement COA

cccanada

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Hi everyone

From those of you who have done it i was hoping you could give me a quick rundown on the person /procedure at buck to obtain replacement COAs
And what the fee or charge was

I am speaking of strictly buck or buck custom shop here

I have some supposedly protos and one offs but no documents of such
It would be nice to have it confirmed by buck

Before i bothered them with it i thought it was worth asking here
 
I once called about a "build out" knife - parts of knives left over, put together to create a limited run of a knife. I think it was a 120 General with 5160 steel and a unique handle material - I can't remember exactly (it wasn't my knife, it was a knife for sale on the bay). Anyway, I called Buck to see how many were made, gave them the model on the box, within minutes they told me how many were made.

I have no information about receiving a replacement COA but maybe at least you can find out how many were made of the knife if you have the model #. When I call Buck has always been very helpful. Hope it helps.
 
If the seller informed me correctly being protos and one offs there should only be 1 of them
 
If the seller informed me correctly being protos and one offs there should only be 1 of them

Yep, and if you call Buck then you can confirm if they are one offs or prototypes (always important to get a confirmation from the source when dealing with rare items). Or as pjsjr said, Jeff Hubbard should also be able to answer all of your questions.
 
And if the Bucks you have are older perhaps message Joe Houser with some good pictures. At the very least get a brief letter from the seller stating the patilicurs he knows. Former Buck employees and salesmen are the main sources for 1 of 1 knives and something is better than nothing as far as documentation..
 
That's why a letter from even the seller is better than nothing. Employees and Salesman are the source for up to 95% of odd Bucks. Old time collectors (pre 1980) are THE source for early Bucks. Simply because they were there in the days when getting older odd,sample and prototype knives were made . After the move to Post Falls things were much different than San Deigo..
 
i go after the prototypes / over runs / salesman samples... unusual and odd knives
i have a few marked also as artist proof and some newer ones marked as prototypes
few have any thing like a COA with them
i have bought knives from many former and current employees that were unique and per the employee request i do not record who sold it to me... as stated above any provenance is better then nothing!
 
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