All About Pocket Knives

I have not seen any mini-scout knives before. Nice collection!

I picked up a couple at a gunshow today, both Robesons.

Great Scouts.

Nice ones

Looks like someone put a nail in the bail of the bottom one

KnifeGirl;
In response to your PM; the top knife is correct. The bottom one, for whatever reason, has the punch blade and the tin-opener/cap-lifter blades in reversed positions.
There are only two possibilities for that. Either the knife was assembled that way at the factory or it's been taken apart, then reassembled incorrectly.
I have no idea which applies to your knife. I do think the pin (or nail, as MB suggests) through the bail looks a little funny. It should be spun and rounded, not peened flat like it appears to have been. The pin at the top end of the knife is flush with the bolster and virtually not visible, which suggests that it hasn't been messed with or if taken apart, the bolster and pin were properly matched and ground/polished.
The master blade is down a bit short.
Difficult to call, other than to say it's not the standard blade configuration.
Charlie Noyes

Thanks, Charlie.

Here is a picture of the back side of the knife. It only has one notch cut out on the handle of this knife. The bail does look like it is off another knife.

All in all, I got both of these knives for a total of $33 today. I am still happy with that.

RobesonsRme.com wrote:The bottom one, for whatever reason, has the punch blade and the tin-opener/cap-lifter blades in reversed positions.

The liner and scale would be notched for the lift stud on the front side.

The pin in the bail looks like steel to me and I would bet is a nail

Miller Bro`s wrote:

RobesonsRme.com wrote:The bottom one, for whatever reason, has the punch blade and the tin-opener/cap-lifter blades in reversed positions.

The liner and scale would be notched for the lift stud on the front side.

The pin in the bail looks like steel to me and I would bet is a nail

The bail isn't original, that's for sure.

The other Camper knife has a notch in the front and the back of the handle. The notch on the back allows access to the punch blade nail nick.

I am just wondering why the Scout one, doesn't have the notch in the handle, if the can opener should be in the front? It doesn't look like this knife has been apart, but I am still learning...

Other than the bail and pin being replaced, I don`t think it has been apart.

I have an old Robeson Scout with no notches on either the punch or the can/bottle opener.

This old 1938 Cattaraugus Scout Knife ad belongs in this thread too.

Has anyone purchased a Remington RS4233 R2 Official Boy Scouts of America 2010 knife?

One of my best friends was very involved in scouting back when his son was growing up and now his son, who is in his 40s is still involved in scouting. Given this, I decided, even though my buddy's a train guy and not a knife guy, a 2010 Scout knife would be a good birthday present for his 69th birthday. I found one at a good price and ordered it. It came today. What a POS. It looks like something that was made in Japan in the 70s. Everything is just flat ground. There are no radiused corners on the handles or bolsters. I'm terribly disappointed and am seriously considering returning it. I would be embarrassed to give this as a gift. I'll post pictures tomorrow when it's light enough to take some. I would appreciate other opinions. I understand these were made by MGC and I had higher expectations.

I have seen them, they are not like the old original knives

I have only seen pics...

Not exactly the next day but finally got around to taking some pictures. I was going to send it back but waited too long, now I'm stuck with it. I guess my buddy will end up getting it for his birthday after all.

The pictures don't really do it justice. You need to have it in your hand to see just how poorly this knife is made and feel all the sharp edges. The backs of the blades and edges of the bone handles where they made the "blade access dwells" are sharp enough to cut you. The awl blade wobbles in both open and closed positions. The biggest insult I can make to this knife is, I've seen better fit and finish on Chinese knives. Over all, it's just not a very well made knife and I think the Boy Scouts, Remington and MGC should all be embarrassed to have their name associated with this knife.

Wow.....I wanted to get one... ..sorry to hear that ,Jerry.
If I remember correctly those are going for $75-$95........lot of $$ to put out for a knife that looks like it was made in China.
I own a couple Bear & Sons .... one is the Damascus Trapper with MOP scales....its ok but I believe it could stand a good buffing around the edges of the bolsters to give it a better feel.

That is terrible

I can`t believe the long pull how deep it is stamped

The blades line up so poorly in the closed position

Anyone else buy one of these and have the same trouble? I will give them the benefit of the doubt that this one slipped out in such poor condition before I pass final judgement.

i only have 3 a john primble,a richard sheffield pearl/imitation,usmc issue knife. here they are.

Nice ones.

jerryd6818 wrote:Has anyone purchased a Remington RS4233 R2 Official Boy Scouts of America 2010 knife?

One of my best friends was very involved in scouting back when his son was growing up and now his son, who is in his 40s is still involved in scouting. Given this, I decided, even though my buddy's a train guy and not a knife guy, a 2010 Scout knife would be a good birthday present for his 69th birthday. I found one at a good price and ordered it. It came today. What a POS. It looks like something that was made in Japan in the 70s. Everything is just flat ground. There are no radiused corners on the handles or bolsters. I'm terribly disappointed and am seriously considering returning it. I would be embarrassed to give this as a gift. I'll post pictures tomorrow when it's light enough to take some. I would appreciate other opinions. I understand these were made by MGC and I had higher expectations.

Sorry to hear is is such a POS Jerry.
I ordered a few Bear MGC knives for the cutlery store when Bear first came out in the 1980s.
I was really disappointed with the overall quality of their knives from the QC, the quality of the materials used to the fit & finish. I have seen some that looked better in the years since then, but about the time I think I might buy one of their knives, I see one like this one and I just can't bring myself to pay the $$ for one of their knives.

Too bad they can't figure out that for every POS that leaves their factory with their name on it, they potentially loose 3 or 4 knife sales.

OK, rant over.
Dale

theres a new scout in camp, just got a camillus small scout knife today in excellent condition. here is a few pics.

I picked these two up today also.

Ulster and Imperial

nice ones gino, i wonder how many scout projects they carved.

Utica Featherweight Girl scout knife.

Nice bone handles

Thats one of the cleanest ones that I have seen.

Thanks J

Glad to see you around posting again

Good lookin clean Scout there Miller!