Date Code on Box

[BobmG8]

I just picked up a new Paramilitary 2 and the Date Code is 1348. Does anyone know how to decipher this? Great knife by the way. So far my largest in my collection.

[rycen]

That is not the date code. Should be to capital letters on the right side next to the bar code.

[BobmG8]

I am guessing HK represents August 2011 for the date code. A very recent production date.

[rycen]

august 2011

[BobmG8]

august 2011

Thanks, rycen.

[Michaelg]

what about date code FM
thanks.

[rycen]

June 2013

[Donut]

The date code goes like this: A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4, E=5 and so on. The first letter is the month and the second letter is the year.

AA would be January, 2001. AB = January, 2002. BA = February, 2001.

I wonder what they did for the year 2000 and before, like 1999.

[Cereal_killer]

They didnt switch to the codes till after 2000, before that was actual dates including the day.

[bengaiser]

Or no date...

[The Deacon]

They didnt switch to the codes till after 2000, before that was actual dates including the day.

Or no date...

Or just a month and year.

[KM155]

Wonder what they will do in 2027?

[DerRock]

Is it possible to set the date using this code?

[phaust]

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[Doc Dan]

Is it possible to set the date using this code?

I don't think so, but if you show us some pictures of your knife we can probably narrow it down for you.

[DerRock]

Is it possible to set the date using this code?

I don't think so, but if you show us some pictures of your knife we can probably narrow it down for you.

I thought maybe the code would help find out the exact date. Judging by the knife, it was produced in the period 1995-1997. There is no word “Earth” in the indication of the place of production on the blade. In what year did the inscription "Earth" appear? 1997?

[Meadowlark]

So what happens in three years

[Doc Dan]

Someone else can chime in. The extent of my knowledge of the Renegade C23 is that this one was made in the years you suggested. It is marked GIN-1 on the blade and that with the box makes me think 1994-1995. However, I am not anything close to an authority.

[DerRock]

Someone else can chime in. The extent of my knowledge of the Renegade C23 is that this one was made in the years you suggested. It is marked GIN-1 on the blade and that with the box makes me think 1994-1995. However, I am not anything close to an authority.

Yes, such a knife could have been produced in 1994, but the following piece of paper was included in the box of mine



Below date - June 1995. Perhaps this is the date of birth of the knife. Perhaps such a piece of paper was printed in June 1995 and was included in all boxes until the end of production in 1997.

[Doc Dan]

Yeah, so it could be late 1995 or so. I think that box says no later than 1997. The paper says 1995. The knife was made between late 1995 and 1997.

Someone with more expertise needs to chime in.