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.
I can`t believe it has been over a month since Bryan added this Remington forum and there is only one topic and a few posts
Does anyone collect Remington knives anymore? At one time they were as collectible as Case, if not more so. There are a lot of collectors on AAPK, yet very few knives posted to this forum.
This is certainly puzzling
I have some and will post them as soon as I can. I don`t have many though.
Anyone else have some nice old remington knives? Let`s see them!
good question. i collect newer remington bullets but not older remingtons. too scared of getting burned. know a guy who does but he doesnt belong to aapk and wouldnt be interested. most folks want case, which irritates me as i think they are overpriced and just have way too many models. they sure are easy to find though. i dont buy most newer remingtons as no one seems to want them although i think they are equal to or better than case. but many brands suffer at the hands of case, for lots of reasons. think its a shame. guess the quality is there but the advertising and merchandising is not.
I don`t know about the newer knives, but the older knives were always highly collectible. The newer ones are probably made by Case, I know Camillus made them till they went out of business
I'll have to dig a few out of my ole' chest and do some photos of them...probably have to make a light box before the photos show up. Good lookin' knives gentlemen!!
I don't think I have any older original Remingtons. I do have some Remingtons of the Camillus era. I think Bear & Son makes them now. I contacted Bear & Son about a shield for a Camillus era Remington knife I have and they fixed me right up on it. Seems to be very good customer service at Bear & Son Cutlery. Back on topic, those are some nice Remingtons that's been posted.
I got this one yesterday at a local collector's show. Very heavily used and sharpened with a broken punch blade. The model number is R4683. Old pocket knives from quality makers are hard to find where I live and this is the first original Remington I have seen.
Dan
I have a small Remington I once purchased on e-bay for $7.00. The stamping on it seems to indicate that it was made in c.1924-1933, according to some posted info I got from somewhere on this site. The back spring on this knife seems like it might be damascuss but I don't know for sure. Blade is carbon steel. Scales have a worm groove pattern but I'm not sure what the material is. I'll try to post a pic at a later date. Maybe someone more savy about Remintons can clue me in as to whether this is a fake or the real thing. I showed this knife to a local knife dealer out here and he said it was genuine. I have a book on Remington knives by Stewart & Ritchie but I cannot find it in the listed knives. The knife itself does not have a model number stamp, so thus my question of provenance.
Note: The knife itself seems very well made overall. The blade has a half stop and walks & talks and is tight. No gaps whatsoever along the liner / backspring / scale configuration. One brass pin on either side.
Pretty hard to tell from photos, without them, next to impossible. I have never seen a Remington with damascus backsprings, but some of them do come without pattern numbers. There is a 3 5/8" serpentine jack pattern that is probably the most common of the Remington's, that usually doesn't have a pattern number and there was a period of time when Remington inked pattern numbers on. Knives from that period have frequently lost their pattern numbers.
Hey mssteele6: Thanks for the feedback. I didn't know that some of their blades were ink stamped! Yikes. Well, I'll try to get some pics posted later on.
Here is a 3 5/8 premium Jack--I seem to encounter this pattern more than most others--No pattern #--REAL THING???--Thx Mark
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Here a 3 7/16 Whittler, pattern# 6393--All blades Marked, w/blood groove, and a catalog pic--Thx Mark
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On the R1823 (unmarked), I posted a question about the lack of marking in another forum (I think) and several people responded that that knife was frequently seen without any pattern number (and in my experience, no etch either). The reason given was that this particular knife was often given away as a premium (e.g. for the Wrigley's gum company).
I know that there were many made without the pattern number stamped just by experience. Some other Remington knives will also be found with inked-on pattern numbers, and, of course, some of these inked-on numbers will have disappeared over the years and, therefore, some Remingtons of other patterns will be found without the pattern number marked.
I am not new to knife collecting, but am new to collecting Remington. Acually started last year when the RCCC started. So far I have only been collecting the newer Remingtons. For those that did not know, Bear and Sons Cutlery are making the new ones. They are an American company that makes their own and many other name brands you would recognize. There is another strain with Remington name on it floating around out there that is made in China.
