The really Old ones.

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Your Name Goes Here said:
Great pics ! I had to put on my glasses for this picture - and I am only seeing the knife in a picture, not in hand (this picture being the most clear and close up view of the asterisk mark I have seen), and the mark on these knives has been called an Asterisk for years - but that asterisk looks like a dot to me !

I can understand trying to differentiate from the regular dot dating system, but a dot is a dot and an asterisk is a different symbol. Am I just not seeing the mark clear enough, or is the 'asterisk' mark really a dot that everyone calls an asterisk ? (Emperor has no clothes)

I'm not saying anyone is wrong with the labeling of their knives or years.
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I'm right there with you, YNGH.

I've always called it a Buck Dot, especially since no other single dot exists in their production history. I've always thought it was because no one could find the degree button.

BUCK° = 1967
• 110 • = 1972/74 - 1986

There is an actual BOTM 110* out now with an asterisk after the model. (June 2021) Imagine the havoc this will cause in the future.
 
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Michael_DF_Lowe said:
I'm right there with you, YNGH.

I've always called it a Buck Dot, especially since no other single dot exists in their production history. I've always thought it was because no one could find the degree button.

BUCK° = 1967
• BUCK • = 1972/74 - 1986

There is an actual BOTM 110* out now with an asterisk after the model. (June 2021) Imagine the havoc this will cause in the future.
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The June 2021 BOTM is the Asterisk that got me started on this search (quest ?). Yes ! a 'degree'. Or call it a Raised Dot. But, as you mentioned, a Buck Dot would be just as good - based on the Buck Date Code.
I summed up my findings/thoughts on the issue here https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/2018-2019-2020-botm-list.1783429/page-2 Post # 28. Information copied below:

2021 June | 110 Folding Hunter | S30V satin finished, drop point, with a black Cerakote coated thumbstud, OD green G10 inlays with brushed nickel silver bolsters handle. Black leather sheath (Imported sheath). Black drawstring pouch. Sleeved, Black Box; box has a magnetic hinged lid.
For the June 2021 BOTM, the 2021 date code was not entered into the program/machine during production. The program/machine defaulted to an Asterisk for the date code.
I believe 1967 is the only other time Buck used an Asterisk for the date code. The asterisk was only used for a few months in 1967. To be very specific (overly specific ?) - the asterisk on the 1967 knives is an elevated dot in the location an asterisk would be placed. So it was called an asterisk to differentiate it from the common center line dot (Thank you Eveled for this explanation). Read this informative thread - https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/118-inverted-asterisk.1423980/
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Michael_DF_Lowe said:
I'm right there with you, YNGH.

I've always called it a Buck Dot, especially since no other single dot exists in their production history. I've always thought it was because no one could find the degree button.

BUCK° = 1967
• BUCK • = 1972/74 - 1986
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Looking back. Obviously I should have put • 110 •, but my brain was writing it as BUCK° and BUCK two-dot. 🤦‍♂️
 
The era to really find the old ones was in Southern California back in the 70's and early 80's. Back then they were 'just a knife' and could be found.for $20.00 or even less. Some of the best collections of early Bucks,especially Old Custom shop knifes, was in the 80's and 90's after the BCCI was formed and folks started actively looking for them. I've been told in the early days of Ebay some incredible bargains were found. Collectors started tracking down retired and current employees and buying there Buck collections sometimes for pennies on the dollar. As the collector base has grown in the last 20 years old Bucks are finally seeing the prices they always deserved but most of the great collections are in very strong hands and it takes the death of the old time collectors before they see the light of day..
 
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