All About Pocket Knives

This was my Fathers Boy Scout pocket knife it's marked on large blade Remington UMC, Made in USA with the number RS4773 stamped on it and it must be over a hundred years+ old.

Awesome!!
John

steeljustice wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2024 3:57 pm This was my Fathers Boy Scout pocket knife it's marked on large blade Remington UMC, Made in USA with the number RS4773 stamped on it and it must be over a hundred years+ old.

Circa 1928 to 1932 - BSA Model #1564 with correct no bail. It should measure 3.375" long. It's a dandy and being that it was your dad's......priceless! Thanks for sharing!

Tom Thank you so much for your reply and yes priceless, i would never part with it my father was a wonderful person a WW1 Veteran and great father.

steeljustice wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2024 4:18 pm my father was a wonderful person a WW1 Veteran and a great father.

So I'm guessing since WW1 ended in 1918 and given the dates of this knife your dad might have been a Scout Leader and used this knife at that time?

What a wonderful heirloom! Very, very nice.

A friendly word of caution for such a fine keepsake: Please be careful opening both implements on the same spring. When you stress both ends of the back spring, there is a risk of breaking the back spring in half.

It doesn’t happen often but when it does, it’s too late. Believe me, I know. I broke the back spring on a sentimental heirloom because I opened the blades to take pictures so I could post them on the forum.

The original owner, rest his soul, carried the knife for decades and then I go and break it after only owning it for a couple days. Just because I wanted to post pictures. I still haven’t forgiven myself for that and probably never will. I try to prevent that from happening to someone else whenever I can.

You can open all the implements without stressing both ends of a spring which I highly recommend doing. Don’t be like me and regret it for the rest of your life.

Thank you for the kindly advice i very seldom open it as i just did to make sure i had the corrrect wording, it's been years since i opened it for the picture.

steeljustice wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2024 4:43 pm Thank you for the kindly advice i very seldom open it as i just did to make sure i had the corrrect wording, it's been years since i opened it for the picture.

And be sure to keep the joints well oiled.

I'm not saying I know you're wrong. I just do not understand the mechanics of it. With one tool fully open its end of the spring would have dropped back down to the same position it rests in while that tool is closed so opening the second tool would not stress the spring any more than if the first tool was closed. Perhaps the warning needs only to be do not have both tools partially open at the same time?

Cool old knife.It will be a century old soon enough. Be extra careful not to lose it.

Modern Slip Joints wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2024 5:33 pm I'm not saying I know you're wrong. I just do not understand the mechanics of it. With one tool fully open its end of the spring would have dropped back down to the same position it rests in while that tool is closed so opening the second tool would not stress the spring any more than if the first tool was closed. Perhaps the warning needs only to be do not have both tools partially open at the same time?

Cool old knife.It will be a century old soon enough. Be extra careful not to lose it.

We are both saying the same thing. Stressing both ends of the back spring, which is what I said, is the same thing as having both tools partially open at the same time, which is what you said.

That’s also why I stated that you can open all of the implements without stressing both ends of the back spring, like you also said.

Trust me it's never used and remains locked in my fort Knox safe, i only took it out todat to check the wording and it's again sleeping in the safe.

What a beauty!
I have my Great-Grandfather's Remington scout. It is a different pattern, but I know what an item like that means. I am glad that yours is appreciated, and I hope that it remains in your family for generations!

Nice knife without the family connection. Add in the sentimental value and it becomes a real treasure.

steeljustice wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2024 6:02 pm Trust me it's never used and remains locked in my fort Knox safe, i only took it out todat to check the wording and it's again sleeping in the safe.

And resist any and all urges you may have to "restore" it. The way it is now is the way your father carried it. If it was restored, then it would become something totally different.

I agree that’s why it’s always in safe.