Somethings amiss with this Remington

remington collector · Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:50 am

If this knife were authentic, it would have nickel silver pins in the handles, not brass. And you wouldn't be able to see the blade pin. And the i.d. of the brass bushing in the laynard hole is much too small. I wonder how much his knife buddy offered for this knife?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Remington-R1173-gre ... dZViewItem

olderdogs1 · Post by **olderdogs1** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:17 pm

Thanks for the post. I have been looking at other older remingtons on Ebay to see the differences. A big help for those of us learning about knives,

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:16 pm

Item number: 230017477345 he paid $379.00 in Aug 20.
Now selling for $300.00 and is he useing the same photo ??Item number: 150034652960

remington collector · Post by **remington collector** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:43 pm

Good call there justold52. I had posted the ebay link to the same knife the last time it sold. The pattern number was the big give away last time, but this seller forgot to include a picture of it on his listings. I guess someone told him the knife is not exactly right and he's trying to regain some of his loss.

merlechris · Post by **merlechris** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:55 pm

Maybe he is "just" trying to recoup his loss, but at who's cost. Of course, it could just be a typo in the description where he claims to have recently purchased it at an upstate "NY" antique mall. I mean a eBay is kind of an upstate antique mall, isn't it ?!?!

El Lobo · Post by **El Lobo** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:36 pm

Well, you know what that say about ***Vintage/Rare*** collectables.....''Provenance is EVERYTHING."

Bill