Where Are All The Remington Knife Collectors?

The Remington Corporation and the knives that they built have influenced the U.S. cutlery industry more than nearly any other manufacturer. From the time America was settled, to the end of WWI, American knife companies struggled to compete with Britain and German imports, but events that occurred during and after the First World War led to a great change in this phenomenon. Unprecedented opportunities arose, and Remington stepped up to seize the moment. In the process, they created some of today's most prized collectables. In an ironic twist, the next World War played the greatest role in ending the company’s domination of the industry.
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I’ve owned a fare number over the years and none have had etch. Also, old advertising material shows blades without etch. John
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Great looking knife. I think they are a very classy knife. They came with round or square bolsters. Some have a match strike on one nail nick. I dont believe they came with an etch. Good find and thanks for showing us.
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Thanks guys. ::handshake::
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Got this today.
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That is fantastic. ::tu::
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Keith ::tu::
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Thanks guys. It has a faint etch but couldn't get it to show up in the picture
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Great looking Pyremite scales!! Great catch.
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Nice knife Keith. Love the scales
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Keith, another wonderful Remington, you sure have some great Remingtons.

Picked up a R6163 half Congress, just over 3 3/4", close to full blades, tight with great snap but unfortunately been cleaned.
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Great looking congress
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JohnR wrote: Picked up a R6163 half Congress, just over 3 3/4", close to full blades, tight with great snap but unfortunately been cleaned.
Another great knife John ::tu::
I've been messing around with my scout knives this evening.
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Keith, you can start your own scout troop with that many knives :). Super nice collection.
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Keith ::tu:: ::tu::
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I love looking at those scout knives
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Lostvalley wrote:I love looking at those scout knives
I'll Second that, great looking collection. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thanks guys. The hunt is fun.
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espn77 wrote:
JohnR wrote: Picked up a R6163 half Congress, just over 3 3/4", close to full blades, tight with great snap but unfortunately been cleaned.
Another great knife John ::tu::
I've been messing around with my scout knives this evening.

Thanks Keith! Great collection of Scouts, the box is awesome also, I would assume original Remington?
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JohnR wrote: I would assume original Remington?
Yes sir.
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Thanks to Keith espn77 I have a couple of new Remingtons in my pile. I bought a Remington R1773 2 blade easy open jack and had it made into a single blade for EDC purposes. I was surprised to find a nice R6463 also included in the box.
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Great looking knives Jerry, I like what you did to the easy open knife.

I'm a shield guy, and lucky for me Remington made a bunch of different styles. But I find that I'm drawn to this style. Not sure if it's the shield I like or the fact that most are equal end. Either way I like them.
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I do NOT collect Remington knives. However, I do collect Camillus 72 ( how appropriate, this is page 72) variations
and this Remington R14 whittler is a variation. Now to find the variations of this variation. ::dang::
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Picked up a decent R1061 Jack, wood handles, found a price list listing as redwood but I would assume just another name for Cocobolo.
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An 8 would indicate cocobolo.
Nice knife johnr
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espn77 wrote:An 8 would indicate cocobolo.
Nice knife johnr
Thanks Keith. You actually helped me learn, went and found out about the Remington numbering system and a 1 does indicate redwood, does say it was mainly used on work knives so I guess it may be unusual on a jack.
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