Why did Buck change to a nail nick for 300 series?

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For me, the long linear groove on the main blade of the Buck 300 series is iconic, not to mention more functional. Does anyone know why Buck moved to the nail nick on the blades in the '90's?

Thanks.
 
I am sure there is a more precise answer, but the Camillus made Buck 300 series knives I own have long pulls while the Buck made 300 series knives I own have the nail knick pulls. The change to nail knicks coincided with the change from the 300's being a contracted series of knives to becoming an in-house manufactured knife series. OH
 
Before someone asks, I don't really know. We can go to the Collectors forum Camillus area an ask : Were the nail nic long grooves in the Camillus made Buck blades, stamped into or cut into the blade ? The Buck made blades are cut. So if they were Cami stamped then its about the machinery that fashions the blades. Recently, over the whole industry more are "French cut" small nail nics than long pulls.

However, I like long grooves better also.

300Bucks
 
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Purely my guess: crescent nail nicks are easier and cheaper to make.
 
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Mr. Martin, I am upset you have not corrected me before now. I know I have incorrectly used the term in the past.

Just to make sure I looked nail nics up in both Levins Guide to Knives and Blade's Knives and their values and Mr. Martin is without any future doubt CORRECT. nuf said. So, hence forth the long nic's on Camillus and Schrade contracted 300 models will be CORRECTLY called *** French ***or long nail pulls and the newer Buck made models will have ....."Cresent"......nic's. Either nic can be stamped or cut.

I am happy to stand corrected ~(: - ) , the rest of you folks stand there too........300

CRESENT NAIL NIC


FRENCH or LONG NAIL NIC
 
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Don't hold long to being upset. I was giving you time in hopes you'd read it somewhere. In years past I was quicker to correct. Folks didn't appreciate it. Now, I'd rather save a friend and wait.
On the above 301 you gave it upgrade handles. Did it merely require clipping the heads off the pins and the old ones fell off. Woops, that looks to be an old one and it may have required more work.
Is this true for the newer 301's? Thanks, DM
 
The Ivory scale above it the one that your spouse engraved 300Bucks on reverse. The old Camillus scales are riveted. The new Buck scales have the built in plastic scale rivet. Somewhere I showed a bunch of photos of this in the past. The new ones you sort of carefully cut/pry off.

See the flat melted plastic scale material. They are stepped depressions, that once pin like projections from back of scale are melted into place act like plastic rivets. Black scales have external spring rivets also, new Dymondwood models have hidden spring rivets.


Here in this close-up you can see some smearing of the melted plastic on the SS liner.


Ones with Dymondwood or Rosewood/Brass bolster shown, are just riveted on. Spring rivets under scale.
 
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