What is the age of this old Buck Knife?

Hoyt Buck produced the first Buck Knife in 1902. Hoyt and his son Al moved to San Diego and set up shop as H.H. Buck & Son in 1947. Al Buck revolutionized the knife industry in 1964 with the infamous Model 110 Folding Hunter. The company's innovative history and attention to quality have made for many great collectible knives.
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What is the age of this old Buck Knife?

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Does anyone know when this knife was made?
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Here's a link to a recent thread which may shed a little light on your knife's approximate age.


http://allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_f ... tang+stamp

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Re: What is the age of this old Buck Knife?

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When you see the BUCK* stamp on one of the 100 series fixed bladed knives, it means about 1967. We "think" it is there to mark when Buck switched from forgings of 440c to blanks of 440c.
FYI, the reddish colored handle spacers are bone hard fiber, a gasket material Buck used from 1963 to late 1969, when they changed to a reddish colored micarta.
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