No date on Buck 503?

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fredswartz
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No date on Buck 503?

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Has no date mark.
Curious to when it was made.
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Re: No date on Buck 503?

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Maybe Pre '86 ::shrug:: Box sure looks like it.
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Re: No date on Buck 503?

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Advertised as just a Buck knife. 503 on tang does appear to have a dot stamped to the right.
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Re: No date on Buck 503?

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From Buck History Department:

I also just bought a NOS 500 Duke online with the same date symbol.
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Re: No date on Buck 503?

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Strange date mark.
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Re: No date on Buck 503?

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The dot indicates the change to fineblanking. It's from 85 to very early 86.
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Re: No date on Buck 503?

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It seemed unavailable from published date charts.

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Re: No date on Buck 503?

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I agree the dot indicates a transition, with other models the dot can indicate a number of different transitions just depends on the knife! I have to many examples to list.
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