Every Turley knife comes with a Protect-o-plate. This is a separate plate or card with a code imprinted on the back (on the front for some early plates). Embedded in those codes is all the information about your knife. When it was made, the model number, serial number, options etc. Use this information below to decode your protect-o-plate.  

Model (M)-

 Numbered 01 through 34. See catalog for model numbers. (example: A Gasconade River code would be M01 or M1, A Thunderbolt would be M14, a Thunderbolt with Gasconade blade would be M1401)

"XX" or “00” code designates a prototype

Specials (knives not in the catalog) will be labeled as “M” followed by their name initials. As follows: BB= Big belly (will follow the model number. Ie: M01bb would be a Gasconade Big belly model), BBR= Boone’s branch, BF= Burris Fork, BN= Bull nose (to follow the model number), BOT= Bottle opener, BP= Big Piney, BW= Black Water, CC= Cooper’s creek, CCV= Cheyenne Cobra variant, CR= Current River, DW= Dogwood, GR= Grand river, HC= Huzzah creek, JD= Jersey devil, LP= Little Piney, LR= Lamine river, LT= Little tebo, MC= Moniteau creek, MOC=Moon Creek, MR= Moreau River, NR= Niangua river, OR= Osage River, ORD= Osage River Daweese, SHS= Shaw Shank, SQ= Suicide Squeeze, SR= Soldier River, TB= Turley branch, WC= Wilson’s creek

Any unnamed specials will be coded as “MS” and will have no serial numbers.

Month/Year –

Example March 2016 would be 0316

Steel type (st) –

A= o-1 tool steel, B= 5160 spring steel, C= 15n20 high carbon steel, D= 154cm stainless steel, 

E= 1095 high carbon steel 

Steel thickness –

 1= 3/32”, 2= 1/16”, 3= ⅛”, 4= 5/32”, 5= 3/16”, 6= ¼”, 7= ⅜”

Steel code example- 1/4” 5160 would be STB6

Grind (Gr)- 

A= ¼ height, B= ½ height, C= ¾ height, D= Full height, E= Varied, F= reverse varied, G= fuller(s), H= commando, I= near full height, J= whip grind, K= machete grind, L= Recondo grind, 

M= Sea Bee, N= Phantom tanto, O= half height flat top, OS= Old school full height convex,

 P= Lightning witch, Q= high varied, R= Thunderstreak, S= Dragoon

Spine (SPN)-

1= Plain, 2= shaving notch, 3= sharp top edge, 4= false top edge, 5= small saw teeth, 6= large saw teeth, 7= set saw teeth, 8= pyramid saw teeth, 9= triangle saw teeth, 10= serrations

Blade Finish (BF)- 

A= Heat treat scale left on, B= Entire blade sanded bright, C= Sanded bright flats, D= Duracoat flats, E= Mirror polished bevels, F= Blued finish, G= Vinegar etch finish, H= Hamon line

Spacers (SP)- 

1= thin, 2= ⅛”, 3= ¼”, 4= sandwich, 5= under scales, 6=multi spacers, PM= pommel spacer(s)

To be followed by color code. See below.

Handle or scales (H)-

Note: Air Assault knives will have no handle code. Being an Air Assault it is assumed it will have a hollow handle.

Handle types- B=Bone, BU=burlap, CW= Cord Wrap, FGB= finger groove bottom, FGL= finger groover left hand, FGR= finger groove right hand, FS=fleetside, FSCH= fleetside chromatic FSD=fleetside deluxe, FST= flip stock, G1=G10 laminate, Jg= hand jigged, K=kirinte, LB= line backer, L= linebacker,  MC=canvas micarta, ML=linen micarta, MP=paper micarta, P=plexiglass, POL= politician’s knife,  RE=resin, RW= rod wrap, SL= stacked leather,  SS=sport side, SW=stabilized wood, ST=stag, TE=tesla burlap, TH= thermal micarta, W=non stabilized wood, WW=war wood

Handle and spacer color codes-

AI= antique ivory, AM= amber, AV= avocado, BW= barbwire, B=blue, BG= blue galaxy,  BL=black, BLR=black lip resin, BP= black palm, BO=bone, BOC= bocote, BOK=bog oak, BC= bolo cord,  BR=brown, BRA=brass, BU= burgundy,  BSF= blue sci-fi, BST= bustterscotch, BW=barbwire, CAG= candy apple gold, CAM=camo, CB= chocolate brown, CCS=carbon color shift, CL= clear, CM=caramel, CO=copper, CS= customer supplied,  DE= Denim, DI= desert ironwood,  DIP= desert ironwood presentation, E= earth, EC=earth coyote, FL= flex,  G=green, GD=golden, GLH= gl hansen, GID= glow in the dark,  GO=gold, GQ= green quad, GR=gray, HD=honey dew, J=jade, JC= jungle camo, K= kiwi, L= leather, LA= lager g10, LS= lightning strike, MA= maroon,  MB=maple burl, MBE= maple bird’s eye,  MN=mint, MW=muddy water, MSP= maple spalted, N=natural, NS=nickel silver, OD=olive drab, ODC=olive drab camo, OL=olive wood, OR=orange, OS=osage orange, OSF= orange sci-fi,  PDK=padauk, PL=plaid, PY= python micarta, R=red, SF=sea foam, SG=sand ghost, SLG= slate grey,  SO=quarter sawn oak, SS=stainless steel, SSY= quarter sawn sycamore, TA= translucent amber, TB= translucent blue, TK= teak burl,  TO=tortoise, TOX=toxic green, TR= translucent red,  TU=turquoise, TS= thunder storm, W=white, WA=white ash, WE= wenge, WL=walnut, WR= wrapped, WS= westingfaux, WW2= ww2 marine camo,  Y=yellow, YSF= yellow sci-fi, ZW= zebra wood,  Z=zircote

Guard (G)-

 F= Full guard, H= half guard, LS= left side guard, R= reduced guard, RF= rear fin guard, RS= right side guard, Followed by material code. 

(See pommels below for material code)

Bolsters

(BO followed by material code), RBO= reverse bolsters

Pommel (PO)-

 1= steel, 2= nickel silver, 3= brass, 4= copper, 5= aluminum, 6= micarta, 7= g10, 8= antler, 9= exposed pommel, 10= mokume, 11= bronze, 12= marble’s style, 13= crown stag, B= bolt, CB= castle bolt

Bolts (Bt) or Pins (P)-

AM= amber, BL= black, BR= brown, BRS= brass, CE= cyborg eye, CO= copper, FE= fish eye, MO= mosaic, MX= mixed, NS= nickel silver, REM= removable, SFB= sci-fi blue, SFE= sci-fi eye, SFO= sci-fi orange, SFR= sci-fi red, SS= stainless, ST= steel, TB= translucent blue, TG= translucent green, TR= translucent red 

Warranty Handle (WH)-

 0= maker defect warranty only, 1= standard

Warranty Blade (WB)-  

1= hard use (light prying), 2= combat, 3= hunting/kitchen, 4= standard (no prying)

Sheath (S)-

A= artwork, H= horizontal,  K=kydex, KC= kydex coffin, KCCC= kydex coffin cloth covered (cloth code below), KCL= kydex cloth covered (cloth code below), L= leather, LC= leather coffin, LCC= leather cloth covered (followed by cloth code below), LH= left hand, LHCD= left hand cross draw, LT= latigo, P= with pocket, RH= right hand, RHCD= right hand cross draw, TI= tip-in

Cloth codes: 1=multicam, 2= advisor, 3=tiger stripe, 4= od green), 

Maker Mark (MK)

CS= chicken scratch, E= etch, N= neon, S= stamp, SS= single stamps 

Serial number: 

This will be located at the bottom of the protect-o-plate. Knives are serial numbered within their model number. For example if you have a Thunderbolt with the serial number 18, then it is the 18th Thunderbolt made.  ("00" indicates a prototype)