Remington Purina Knife

[just bob]

The 4 blade Remington Purina knife is one of my favorite knives. In a lot of junk knives on ebay I noticed there was one in there in very poor condition and could also see this knife with the blades closed and thought it was a Kutmaster. Well much to my surprise it is also a Remington. It has 2 blades and is about 3 1/4" long. I have seen an older 3 blade Remington Purina stockman but never this pattern before. I can see they've tamped on the bolsters to tighten up the blades and it is well worn. I also notice how close the nail pulls are to the edge of the blades. I believe this knife is original. Anyone seen one like it? Any comments on it? The knife came from an estate sale in southern Illinois. Has anyone ever cataloged all of the various Remington Purina knives?

[AREMINGTONSEDGE]

Well, I read several articles a short while back on how "knife mechanics" were refurbishing these Purina knives and selling them for what seemed to be the original Remington Purina advertising knives. That article provided a lot of pictures/descriptions that allowed one to see and understand the subtle diffrences between an original production knife and a re-worked knife. This knife is more than likely not one of them. In saying that, I also do not believe this is "all" original. The first thing that jumps out is the condition of the pins. I believe the bolsters should be nickel as well as the pins however the pins in your knife appear to be steel. Noticing the discoloration or mismatch in the pins verses bolsters. It is possible that it was original and an owner of this knife did his own re-work to make the knife useful. However as a Remington purest I see any re-work and replacement of any part as lowering the value and taking away any claim to the knife being an original production knife. I always fall back to Remington's commitment to their cutlery design and production process that set them apart from others cutlery companies. Even in the later years of the 1930's Remington maintain commitments to production quality and upheld those standards against their lifetime warranty. Finally, remembering these were advertising knives made for giveaways or incentives to buy more product. These knives were not considered part of Remington's production line knives yet were still made well overall. To throw in a disclaimer, pictures can be deceiving and a knife in the hand is worth several guesses in the bush. LOL
Special thanks to Greg Nolting for the pics of his Remington Purina knives.

[just bob]

Thank you for posting your pictures. I have enjoyed studying them and picked up a lot of insight on the subject. I also appreciate your comments and am in agreement with what you say. There has been discussion of altered Purina knives on AAPK in the counterfeit forum. So far as I know there has been no cases of an altered Remington Purina posted on there. The general thinking is that an average Purina knife made by Kutmaster or one of the others isn't worth counterfeiting and no one would waste their time doing that. I disagree with that line of thought and always will. Some of those altered Kutmasters were bringing $75 - $80 or more. Many people get up in the morning to go to work at Wal Mart for less than $10 an hour. Why wouldn't you do some knife fabrication if you stood to make $40 - $50 or more for your labor. Basic hand tools and a printer are really all you need. As you say it is so hard to tell about a knife unless you actually hold it in your hand. The pictures like you posted gives collectors a standard to go by. Thank you again for taking your time to do that.