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Guide to Remington Knives
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Remington Bullet Knife Patterns
Remington produced 11 distinct knife patterns that have
bullet shields. Each one is listed below. |
R293
 This
bullet pattern is a 5 1/4" Jack knife known as
a Hunter, Trader, Trapper. They all have two blades. The master
blade is a clip blade and the second is a spey. They were only produced
with brown bone handles.
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R1123 & R1128
 Remington
produced two bullet knives with the same blade configuration and frame but
different handle material. They are the r1123 and r1128. Both
are 4 1/2" Jack knives known as trappers. They all have a spey blade and a clip. They
do not have rear bolsters, and are drilled for a lanyards. One version
has brown bone handles, and the other has cocobolo handles.
The bone handled knife's pattern number ends  with a 3 and the cocobolo's with an
8.
The knife on top is bone. The one on bottom is cocobolo.
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R1173
 This pattern is a 3 1/2"
Jack knife known by
most collectors as a baby bullet. It is basically the same as Remington's R1123
pattern trapper except that it is 1" shorter. This pattern was
produced with bone handles only. It has a Clip and spey blade.
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R1253
 This is a 5 1/4 "
Jack knife known as a lockback
hunter. It has a single clip style blade. The pattern was only
manufactured with brown bone handles. Some have been produced with a bail,
but usually not.
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R1263
 This pattern is a 5 3/8"
Jack knife known as
a Trapper. It has two blades, a clip and a short pen blade. The
bolsters are grooved. Remington produced with bullet knife with brown bone
handles only.
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R1273
This is a 5 3/8" Jack knife known as a
trapper. It is a two bladed-knife. There is a clip and spey.
This pattern was produced with brown bone handles only, and has grooved
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R1303 & R1306
 This pattern is a 4 1/2" lockback folding
knife. It has a single clip blade, and the rear of the knife is drilled
for a lanyard. It was produced with both brown bone and genuine stag
handles. The bone handled knife's pattern number ends with a 3 and the
genuine stag's with a 6. I have seen bone handled patterns in near mint
bring $850 or more.
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R1613BL
 This
bullet pattern is a 5" Jack knife that most
collectors call a toothpick or tickler. It has single long clip
blade and has grooved bolsters. Remington only produced this knife with
brown bone handles.
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R4243
 This pattern is a 4 3/4" multi-bladed knife
known as a camp knife. There are four blades; a clip and sheepfoot
extending from the front, and a can opener and punch blade on the rear.
The knife has grooved bolsters, and has a bail. It was only produced with
brown bone handles.
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R4353
 This knife is known as a big muskrat or big
moose. It measures 4 1/2" and has two blades that extend in opposite
directions. One is a clip and the other is a spey. They were only
produced with brown bone handles.
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R4466
 This pattern is called either a moose or baby
muskrat. They measure 3 3/4" and have two blades that open in
opposite directions. The front blade is a clip, and the rear blade is a
spey. Remington only manufactured this bullet knife with genuine stag handles.
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