All About Pocket Knives

I assume your is an R1240? In my Stewart and Richie book it shows the knife with a long pull, like yours. In Sargents book it shows both pull types.

Thank's, yes it is a R1240. Nice knives, didn't know they made a lockback fish scaler.

WelderBob wrote:Thank's, yes it is a R1240. Nice knives, didn't know they made a lockback fish scaler.

Yes sir, it's an R1630.

Dang it Keith...it's like holding candy in front of a hungry baby!
Yes of coarse it's the R1630!

Another Remington mystery. Most have the circle stamp on the blade and some have the straight line stamp. Circle on Remington made knives and supposedly straight line on contract knives made for Remington by other knife companies. Just when I think I have that figured out a friend gave me this barlow as a gift. Should be a RB43 but I can't see the pattern number.

The straight line stamp has had me scratching my head. Remington made 10s of thousands of knives like the R43, why have another company make that pattern for them? They are already set up to make them. I can understand the switchblade knife from Schrader. Here are two identical knives R2215. One with a Remington circle stamp one with the straight line stamp. Is it fact that Remington never used the straight line stamp?

Keith where have you read or heard this about the straight line Remington stamp?

Here on aapk. It has been said many times.

Edit: maybe I have misunderstood what has been said. The knives with a straight line stamp are contract knives (made by another company other than Remington for Remington)

Keith, I am getting older and I recognize my memory is slipping from all the anesthesia I've had from these surgeries, none the less, Remington did authorized a few sub-contracting companies to produce some of their lower cost knives that had the straight script, and underlined-line script Remington logo. However, I believe they also produced some of these tang stamped knives from their production line. The use of contracting companies was to fulfill the production demands of the largest cutlery company in it's time as you well know but I am no longer sure of myself and would ask for a little help from our Ol' boys who still have their memories in one basket.

I've had the big dog grooming knife with the dog head shield for quite a while, with a Remington etch. I picked up this smaller one with "OLD TRUSTY DOG FOOD COMPANY, NEEDHAM HEIGHTS, MASS AND EMERYVILLE, CALIF" Both are R4733 big knife is 3 3/4 the little one is 3 3/8.

I did not even realize they made that knife in two sizes!! Toy Poodles need grooming too. Good to know. Thanks for posting those.

Sargent shows 3 varieties in the 3RD edition, big one with no shield, big one with dog head shield, and the little one with no shield. His little example has the same etch as mine.

Here is a different one. The pen blade is stamped "Kelly How Thomson Co" they were a wholesale hardware company in Duluth, Mn from 1902-1955 as best as I can tell. I could find 2 other knives with this stamp posted on aapk.

There hasn't been any knives posted for several days so I will wake it up a bit.I got a couple of bullets a 1123 and a 1306.The stag on the 1306 is especially nice.

Sheesh. Nice etch on both knives

Great looking knives Roger! Real beauties.

R6484.

I like those little pearl pen knives. Snappy little suckers. I was messing around the other day and did a little reorganizing.

peanut740 wrote:R6484.

That's a really nice knife Roger. Gotta love those that still have the etch.

WOW!

espn77 wrote:

peanut740 wrote:R6484.

That's a really nice knife Roger. Gotta love those that still have the etch.

If I buy a pearl,it's going to be etched.

Here are of couple pearls that have some etch left that I have pictures of.

I love that third one down. Swell belly?

Thanks Ken

americanedgetech wrote:I love that third one down. Swell belly?

Swellcenter.