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High Condition R703 Hawkbill

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:23 pm
by JohnR
Grabbed a very nice Remington R703 when it popped on Ebay as a BIN the other day, seller only had one bad picture but took a chance on it.

What showed up is a mint R703,doubt it was ever used, if I'm looking at the tang stamp correctly 1920's to 1930's.

Re: High Condition R703 Hawkbill

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:42 pm
by espn77
Wow. That's super nice ::tu::

Re: High Condition R703 Hawkbill

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 12:09 am
by RalphAlsip
Congratulations! The R703 is an outstanding example. It's good when a bet pays off big :)

Re: High Condition R703 Hawkbill

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 12:14 am
by BWT
John you hit pay dirt on that one ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::

Re: High Condition R703 Hawkbill

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 12:19 am
by stockman
John really nice old Remington!!

Re: High Condition R703 Hawkbill

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 12:36 am
by peanut740
John,you hit a home run with that one my friend! ::tu::

Re: High Condition R703 Hawkbill

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 12:58 am
by pearlroosterman
Very nice! Congrats. Hard to find mint. Most were used up. Thanks for sharing. John

Re: High Condition R703 Hawkbill

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 11:19 am
by JohnR
Thank you guys, appreciate it. This is probably the highest condition old knife I've been able to add to the collection,hard to believe it made it all these years without being used and not rusting,as Pearlroosterman stated most of these hawkbills were well used. I like the size of this knife,a little on the smaller side for a pruner.

Re: High Condition R703 Hawkbill

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:14 pm
by XX Case XX
S-C-O-R-E!!! You rolled the dice and it paid off. Well done Sir. Very nice indeed. ::tu::

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Mike

Re: High Condition R703 Hawkbill

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 2:17 pm
by doglegg
JohnR, I've been back by here a couple of times to admire that old beauty. That is indeed a great find. ::nod:: ::tu:: ::tu::

Re: High Condition R703 Hawkbill

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 2:26 pm
by wlf
That's a terrific knife ebay must send you Christmas cards :D

Re: High Condition R703 Hawkbill

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 3:39 pm
by biglmbass
Wow, what a nice one. Congrats.
::tu::

I've recently started picking up a few h'bills...