Have a buck knife and curious how old it is? Locate your buck knife date code (stamped on the knife blade) and cross reference it with the info below to determine what year your buck knife was made in!
Full Buck Knife Date Code Chart
Buck Knife Date Codes By Year
1961 – 1967 Date Code
1967 – 1972 Date Code
1972 – 1986 Date Code
1986 Date Code
A carrot pointing left (‘less than’ sign).
1987 Date Code
A carrot pointing right (‘greater than’ sign).
1988 Date Code
A carrot pointing up (upside-down V).
1989 Date Code
A capital ‘V’.
1990 Date Code
An X.
1991 Date Code
A plus sign.
1992 Date Code
A hyphen or minus sign.
1993 Date Code
A forward slash.
1994 Date Code
A back slash.
1995 Date Code
A ‘U’ rotated 90 degrees.
1996 Date Code
A ‘U’ rotated -90 degrees.
1997 Date Code
An upside-down ‘U’.
1998 Date Code
A capital ‘U’.
1999 Date Code
A right-facing square bracket.
2000 Date Code
A left-facing square bracket.
2001 Date Code
An upside-down square bracket, like a goal outline.
2002 Date Code
An anvil.
2003 Date Code
A ‘T’.
2004 Date Code
An upside-down ‘T’.
2005 Date Code
An outline of the state of Idaho, or a ‘T’ rotated -90 degrees (alternate date code).
2006 Date Code
A ‘T’ rotated 90 degrees.
2007 Date Code
An arrow with a stem pointing down.
2008 Date Code
An arrow with a stem pointing up.
2009 Date Code
An arrow with a stem pointing to the right.
2010 Date Code
An arrow with a stem pointing to the left.
2011 Date Code
The left half of a circle with a dot in the center.
2012 Date Code
The right half of a circle with a dot in the center.
2013 Date Code
The upper half of a circle with a dot in the center.
2014 Date Code
The lower half of a circle with a dot in the center.
2015 Date Code
The left half of a square with a dot in the center.
2016 Date Code
The right half of a square with a dot in the center.
2017 Date Code
The upper half of a square with a dot in the center.
2018 Date Code
The lower half of a square with a dot in the center.
2019 Date Code
A plus sign with a dot replacing the right half of the horizontal line.
2020 Date Code
A plus sign with a dot replacing the left half of the horizontal line.
2021 Date Code
A plus sign with a dot replacing the bottom half of the vertical line.
2022 Date Code
A plus sign with a dot replacing the top half of the vertical line.
2023 Date Code
A graph or heartbeat monitor pattern.
