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I am on a newly formed committee to discuss what we can and should add to our custom shop as well as remove. We have some big plans for the Custom Shop this year. I am advocating for a drop point 112 to be added to the custom shop. @bucksway I have spoken to you on the phone and promise this is being addressed. I don't want to say never but the 300's are a long shot. We have almost completely wore out the tooling for these models and when we run the numbers on the 300's the juice isn't worth the squeeze.
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Welcome aboard. So there is a possibility of the 300 series being phased out? I thought a couple years back there was talk of retooling that was going on for the 300 series. That was the reason certain models like the 309 and such were “temporary “ on hold while retooling was taking place.

Wouldn’t some new tooling exist since the 2018 Blade Forum knife and the flat grind BOTM 301’s were made?

So if we want a new Buck stockman it will have to be an import???????????????
 
kyhunt said:
Welcome aboard. So there is a possibility of the 300 series being phased out? I thought a couple years back there was talk of retooling that was going on for the 300 series. That was the reason certain models like the 309 and such were “temporary “ on hold while retooling was taking place.

Wouldn’t some new tooling exist since the 2018 Blade Forum knife and the flat grind BOTM 301’s were made?

So if we want a new Buck stockman it will have to be an import???????????????
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The 2018 Blade Forum 301 and BOTM 201's were built on the older tooling. You are correct a couple of years ago we were looking at retooling the 300 series so we would be able to produce them efficiently . Unfortunately the sales numbers were too low to invest in new tooling. I wouldn't say that model is 100% gone forever but the new 250 Saunters are built in the same cell with upgraded internals allowing us to produce them efficiently.
 
Buck Knives Inc. said:
The 2018 Blade Forum 301 and BOTM 201's were built on the older tooling. You are correct a couple of years ago we were looking at retooling the 300 series so we would be able to produce them efficiently . Unfortunately the sales numbers were too low to invest in new tooling. I wouldn't say that model is 100% gone forever but the new 250 Saunters are built in the same cell with upgraded internals allowing us to produce them efficiently.
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Thank you for the response.

I’m not usually one who questions what a company does because it’s their company and money and not mine. So really it’s not any of my business. I just hate to see such a classic line go away. It befuddles me that other companies sell a good number of stockmans yet Buck doesn’t.

I won’t belabor the point but honestly just wanted to voice my opinion because there had been a Buck stockman of some sorts in my carry since about 1982.
 
kyhunt said:
Thank you for the response.

I’m not usually one who questions what a company does because it’s their company and money and not mine. So really it’s not any of my business. I just hate to see such a classic line go away. It befuddles me that other companies sell a good number of stockmans yet Buck doesn’t.

I won’t belabor the point but honestly just wanted to voice my opinion because there had been a Buck stockman of some sorts in my carry since about 1982.
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As a Case knife collector as well, it would be cool that Buck made more pocketknives. It is sad to see things like the 700 and 300 series diminish or go away. But I imagine it is just not profitable enough for them. I did purchase all the Burlewood 300 series imported knives they offered, but I would have preferred they be made in the US.
 
Happy Hippo said:
As a Case knife collector as well, it would be cool that Buck made more pocketknives. It is sad to see things like the 700 and 300 series diminish or go away. But I imagine it is just not profitable enough for them. I did purchase all the Burlewood 300 series imported knives they offered, but I would have preferred they be made in the US.
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I collect and use Case also but was into Buck long before I was into Case knives. I’ve only been into Case for about 15 years.

I hadn’t thought about it to this extent but I wonder if the imported stockmans killed the 300 series sales.
 
jb4570 said:
Can you get the Duke 500 added? Also, How about short runs of the different old 900 series Bowies that the old custom shop made.
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Well BKI,

Yesterdays drop of only a few of the 923's (I think the 932 was a typo) was the start of an awesome step forward. I hope the 900 series custom buildouts continue!
 
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