In the 1980's hundreds if not thousands of leg knives from Japan were imported with Remington and Winchester tang stamps and blade etches. Knives in both the small 3 1/4" closed and large 5" closed size like this knife. They still show up regularly on the market and people are still selling and buying them as legitimate pre-1941 knives. Some of these knives did have "Japan" very lightly etched on the pile side of the blade but the etching was so light it could very easily be removed.
The five inch knives all looked exactly like this with exception of markings and handle material so take a good look. The blade style is the most telling and readily recognizable feature of the 5" knives.
Handle colors used included this red handle as well as blue or gold with black checker, a green or blue candy stripe. A flag type pattern was also on the 3 1/4" knives.
Here is your chance to buy one from the famed eugenehundleyllc "Stidham" vendor.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-REMINGT ... 2a3c6ea789
Wayne
