Buck Knives are used by most big game hunters to field dress their animal

If you were lucky to fill a buck or doe tag, or both, this past deer hunting season, there’s a good chance you field-dressed the deer using a Buck knife. If so, here’s some interesting information from Buck if your curious about the age of your knife. 

First off, Buck Knives has been global leader in the manufacturer of knives and has been since it started in business in 1902. And a question often received at company headquarters in Post Falls, Idaho, is “how old is my Buck knife. An easy way to determine the answer is by going to http://www.buckknives.com/about/behind-the-blade/how-old-is-my-knife/” There you’ll find a chart with 39 symbols which indicate date of manufacturing, and on the knife’s blade you’ll find one of the symbols on the pivot point where the knife blade opens from the handle. On the company’s website there are also details about the dots that could be discovered on a knife’s blade. Those many dots, and on which side of the blade the dots are placed, could help determine when the iconic 110 Folding Hunter and 112 Ranger knives were manufactured. There are also numerous details about the knives with the company’s trademarked anvil stamped into a blade to detail more manufacturing information. These symbols have been applied to blades since 1986.

Still have questions? Customers can inquire via email at [email protected] to obtain more details about a knife. When contacting the company historian via email, Buck asks to provide a few photos of the knife (and photos of the box if you still have it), as an aide in determining the knife’s age. Some models, says Buck, had little to no material changes for several years so a date range of production can possibly be made. 

If you have the iconic 110 Folding Hunter, there’s a website that’s loaded with precise information about all the different versions and variations – and the age ranges. Visit www.historyofthe110.com.

Buck also reminds Buck owners that their knives are covered under the company’s industry-leading Forever Warranty. Added details on the warranty, along with more than 200 knife models the company sells, can be found at www.buckknives.com. Or call, 800-735-2825.

ICE FISHING REPORT

So far, local ice fishing is thin. Chris from Chris’s Bait and Tackle in Mertztown said he received reports of 2-3 inches of ice at certain places around Ontelaunee Reservoir that was mostly void of water until the  recent rains that brought the lake up five feet. He added that Minsi Lake had some ice and Leaser Lake had only skim ice around the edges. Most anglers, he said, are going up to the Pocono’s especially Promised Land Lake that had 5 inches. 

Other reports emanate from Francis Slocum that had 3-4 inches, 4 inches at Lake Minisink in Pike County, Belmont Lake had 5-6 inches as did Stillwater Lake and lastly, Shohola Lake had decent ice. 

SNOW GEESE
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On Saturday there were a flock of snow geese on the cut cornfield on Schantz Road across from the new Parkland Elementary School. There was also huge flock seen putting down on the quarry behind Weis Market on MacArthur Road. So they’re back. 
While driving on a rural road on the outskirts of Topton, I saw some hunters with corn stalk blinds set mid-field with a bunch of decoys set out. There was also a mildly dense fog over the field. 

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