What's your newest Buck knife

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I just received a jumbo trapper marked 'Yesterday Today Tomorrow 2000' but the seller had little other information. There is a 'Limited Edition' medallion inlet into one of the covers.

What is the story of these? Was it made by Buck or someone else? What did the factory sheath look like?

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AR-Trvlr said:
I just received a jumbo trapper marked 'Yesterday Today Tomorrow 2000' but the seller had little other information. There is a 'Limited Edition' medallion inlet into one of the covers.

What is the story of these? Was it made by Buck or someone else? What did the factory sheath look like?

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Camillus made for Buck. Sold through Smokey Mountain Knife Works, if I remember correctly.
 
Another haul from the pawnshop today.
From the top:-
470 Mentor (with a loose handle)
MIB Plain Jane 110 from 2020
'4 Dot' with very light dots circa mid 80's looks to be unused
Lightly used Plain Jane 110 from 2020. This one needed a quick slide on the rocks to bring the edge up, and is now good to go.:thumbsup:
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I added a first version 704 Maverick to my handful of second version 704’s. I prefer the slimmer, more rounded, second version - it makes a perfect suit coat pocket knife - but when I had a chance to fish it out of the bay for $30 shipped, it was a no-brainer. Especially considering that Buck’s hollow ground 425Mod is the best pocketknife steel ever.

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I just received this seemingly unused 350 minibuck tool in the mail.
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I knew it was a small little bugger, but you just never really know until you get it in hand.
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It doesn't seem like the most practical useful design but I can see it performing a number of small tasks well enough to get the job done, most of all it's just a neat little multitool and the scissors are surprisingly pretty good.

Many " keychain " multitools are just small, but thing is kind of tiny in all dimensions which fascinates me.
 
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I just received this seemingly unused 350 minibuck tool in the mail.
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I knew it was a small little bugger, but you just never really know until you get it in hand.
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It doesn't seem like the most practical useful design but I can see it performing a number of small tasks well enough to get the job done, most of all it's just a neat little multitool and the scissors are surprisingly pretty good.

Many " keychain " multitools are just small, but thing is kind of tiny in all dimensions which fascinates me.
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neat little old usa made mutlitool. I like it.
 
I've been thinking about getting a 501 for a long time. I recently found a like-new Schrade (USA) LB5, which only reinforced my desire for a Buck lockback about that size. Well, yesterday I came across two old 501s with maroon micarta covers. One was pretty rough, especially the blade, which had lost a bit of steel. I thought about buying it, then sending it for a spa treatment and a new blade. Then I spotted this one -- only $7 more than the other but seemingly in perfect condition, maybe never even sharpened after it left the factory. It took a bit of research, but I finally got it identified: 1978 - 1980, maroon linen micarta covers, stainless steel liners and bolsters, 440C blade with Old English script. It will make a nice period set with my two-dot 110 and 112 from the same era.


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I also got a 501 today because I wanted to see what a normal production knife was like against this awesome larrin.
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From internet sleuthing I'm pretty sure this knife dates from 84-86. Which, if true, means it's lived it's life in a drawer somewhere because I don't think it ever been used much.

84 because of the block letter signature. It was script til 84. 86 because there is no date mark.

What do you folks think?

The 501 might be the knife I've been missing my whole life. I love this thing. Both of em. Lol!
 
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