All About Pocket Knives

PSJim,

Your first knife appears to be a R1153, the length is right and the blade configuration with the long pull clip is correct,
typically Remington's without pattern numbers were made for companies as "give aways"; possibly explaining the lack of a shield. From the pictures I like the knife. The baby bullet R1173 on the other hand is definitely not a good knife, the stamps and/or lack of them concern me, the tang on the spey blade appears to have been shaved to cold stamp the pattern #. The overall look isn't that of a vintage bullet - no need to beat the drum any further.

PSJim,

Sorry I forgot to mention the first knife isn't a cigar (a cigar being a pattern of knife), yours would commonly be referred to as an English Jack - due to it being an actual Jack Knife pattern and its length which is that of an English Jack.

hey felllows, thanks for your input. i will probably never be a collector, but i really do enjoy this site. i never knew there was so much to learn about knifes. again thanks for your help, i guess i will give them to my son now. keep pouring the info in here, it is really great.

RS 4233 Scout then and now.
wazu013

I`ll take the "Then" anyday

You can really tell the difference between the quality of the old and new Remington's in those comparison pictures. Look at the thickness of the two knives, the new knife is thick and clunky, the old knife, being made to tighter tolerences is thinner and more pocket friendly.

MB, I'm with you, that isn 't a hard choice at all.

msteele6 wrote:You can really tell the difference between the quality of the old and new Remington's in those comparison pictures. Look at the thickness of the two knives, the new knife is thick and clunky, the old knife, being made to tighter tolerences is thinner and more pocket friendly.

MB, I'm with you, that isn 't a hard choice at all.

Your right. The original knives are much better all the way around.
wazu013

Since we are talking originals, here is a shot of my latest. It is an R1306 Bullet. The etch is readible but faded and the blade is very good.

Ray

Nice looking bone handles on that one Ray

"hey felllows, thanks for your input. i will probably never be a collector, but i really do enjoy this site."

Jim, I said the same thing when I joined this site three years and 160 knives ago.

Trail, that's averaging picking up one knife per week for the past three years.
That, my friend, is a nice average.

Paul

And enjoyed every minute of it! Of course, most of mine can fit in that "Dollar Knife" thread over in General Discussion, but as I like to point out, knife collecting is a great hobby for this slow economy, considering the chase is half the pleasure of the hunt. Anyway, thanks Paul for giving me an opportunity to post over here on this forum, these Remington beauties are few and far between, and dear when you find them. And plainsimplejim, I hope you're still around, reading the posts and picking up a knife now and then.

This Remington jack is just a fine old knife. No wobble, half stops x2 and great strong springs. 3 5/8".
Zero information off the main tang, front or back.??
No number of either blade.

here is a few remingtons the first one is a 1991 bullett the second one is a pen r7643 and last a jack

FRJ,

Your knife is an R1823. It is THE most commonly found Remington knife, in my experience. It is actually rare to see one with either a pattern number stamped or an etch (Stockman has one with both if I'm not mistaken and has posted a picture somewhere on the site).

The reason is that these knives were frequently GIVEN away as premiums and advertisers. My understanding is that a million were given away by Wrigley alone as premiums. You also frequently see them as advertisers for "Baby Ruth" candy bars with a special "Baby Ruth" shield.

A Remington Baby Ruth on eBay with four days to go. Neat.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OLD-VINTAGE-REM ... 2c5fa2a211

That is a nice one, I've never seen one with just the "Baby Ruth" etch, but quite a few with the "Baby Ruth" shield.

By the way, bigdaddy, those are some great old Remington's you have there, I especially like the pen knife.

Here is an old scout knife................

Great scout M.B.

Great old scout knife, I love those oddball patterns and shields.

Thanks guys

Miller Bro`s wrote:Here is an old scout knife................

Is that the original bail on your scout knife or was it replaced? Most early Remington scouts (non official) have a different style bail without the two beads next to the pin. Remington had so many variations in their scouts its hard to tell whats what. Its always fun to discover yet another difference. By the way, that is a beautiful knife. I have not found a really nice one for my collection yet.

knife-nut wrote:Is that the original bail on your scout knife or was it replaced?

It is the original.

knife-nut wrote:By the way, that is a beautiful knife.

Thanks!

Yea I have quite a few, not many old ones though, here is a 1993 Salesman Sample Kit ( MADE in USA) I have had since 97. Been told there were around 5 of these made?? Had them up for auction, but too pricy for the small collector, has to be really into the Remingtons

Nice collection.