Remington bullet knife

[espn77]

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/122690001102

I think the shield might be right.

[#goldpan]

The shield may be right, but the inlay work is down right shoddy. Looks like it was pushed into Play Dough! I don't much about Remington Bullet knives but this looks like junk....

[RalphAlsip]

Keith, even the shield looks wrong to me (bent down on the bullet tip and missing the lines by the center fire end of the cartridge). I think they are trying to suggest this is a R1253 - not even close. Bolsters are too long, bone is wrong, blade is wrong, etc. Terrible.

[espn77]

Got a kick out of the description, "might not be authentic" Ya think??? I don't thing there is an original piece of Remington on that thing.

[buddyie22]

You know with all of the expertise that's available setting on the bottom shelf around here a guy could get smarter about knives just looking at the remarks on the questions members ask. I myself have taken a longer more enquissive look at knives before I bid or before I buy from individuals or junk stores or pawn shops . There are lot of you without mentioning names because I'm sure I would miss some one just suffice to say thank you for sharing.

[btrwtr]

I think the entire knife is right. Right out of the twilight zone.

[RalphAlsip]

Sometimes you might read the phrase "across the room fake" in the counterfeit forum which means a knife is a very obvious fake. The original post knife in this thread fits that definition for me. Many times I have an intuition that a knife is not right from looking at it but even then I need to study the knife to know the objective reasons why my intuition says bad. In this situation I have some deep knowledge with the Remington Bullet knives because I have studied them extensively so I immediately knew the bolsters and the blade nail nick were wrong. If you would show me a well-done fake Robeson I likely wouldn't be able to tell because I am not familiar with Robesons.

Please look at the comparison picture below. In this case, I think it is pretty easy to determine which example is an old, well-designed knife constructed by a true craftsman and which one isn't.

[rexstubbins]

[supratentorial]

The photo comparison is a really nice demonstration of the night and day difference.

[Cletus Awreetus]

this knife has been relisted on ebay as a "reproduction". great work by all you fellas! I love this place.