Remington "The 20th Anniversary"

[enuf]

I have the Remington 20th Anniversary knife - it is from 1982 - 2002 on the back side of the Master Blade it is stamped 1986 on the Spey blade it is etched on the front side 1982 - 2002 and on the backside of the tang it is stamped 1982-92. It has the correct handle and "20 Years gold bullet" and the "The One That Got Away" medallion on it. I guess I don't fully understand the stamping dates - any help?

[Mumbleypeg]

Hmmm - 1982 was the year of the first Camillus-made authorized Remington Bullet reproduction. So 2002 would be the 20th anniversary of that event. They released a 20th anniversary re-do of that first Bullet reproduction. A reproduction of a reproduction!

Not sure about the other dates, but the fact that they did the first reproduction, and then a reproduction commemorating that prior reproduction, basically explains it. Knife makers know some collectors will buy just about any “made to be collectable” collectable. So they make them. Their marketing folks are quite creative about ideas to commemorate any event, including events in the company’s history, among other things.

Case is a master at it, and others are good at it also. Someone more familiar with Remington knives probably knows the significance of the other dates on your knife.

Ken

[enuf]

Here are a couple of pictures what I am talking about.

[Modern Slip Joints]

There were many Camillus Remington Bullet patterns that were later used to make Camillus Cartridge knives. The Cartridge knives had the same frames and handle covers but different shields and stampings. Some of the Cartridge knives were made with left over blades from the Remington Bullet series as evidenced by haveing a Bullet series tang stamp. There was a Tenth Anniversary Bullet jumbo trapper with 1982 - 92 stamped on its spey blade's pile side. I think your knife was assembled using up left over parts. It's likely that if you hunt long enough you'll find 1986 jumbo trappers that have LTD. EDITION 1986 stamped on their master blade's pile side.

[Mumbleypeg]

That makes sense. A lot of parts inventory was sold at the Camillus bankruptcy auction. Another thing I notice in the pictures is the blade etch reference to the “Bullet Posters”. In addition to the knives there were a series of artist paintings commissioned, with prints and posters of each painting sold along with each new knife release. Some collectors bought the poster that accompanied each knife. Looks like maybe they did a knife for the 20th anniversary of the first poster also.

Ken

[Modern Slip Joints]

enuf's jumbo trapper was made about six years before the bankruptcy. It was not assembled out of parts sold after Camillus closed. The Cartridge series knives that got left over Bullet knives also were made many years before the bankruptcy sale. In both cases it is only pile side tang stamps that reveal they are left over blades from prior series. I believe Camillus used parts they had in storage.

enuf might enjoy looking through this thread on Camillus Remington Bullet knives: https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kn ... hp?t=43611

[ea42]

That knife is legit. It's the 20th Anniversary Bullet POSTER knife, not the bullet knife. Camillus did an annual run of bullets that commemorated the old posters starting in 1982. 1986 was the year that the knife commemorating the "Strapped" poster was issued, and that's the poster that's featured on your knife. The only thing that's an oddity is the 1982-1992 stamp, which would seem to signify a parts knife but the thing is I've seen the same knife in the original box with packaging with a variety of tang stamps on that blade; two versions of the model number, the '82-'92 stamp, and no stamp at all so I think that it was possibly Camillus themselves using up blades for that very run, especially when they all have the correct etch on them.

Eric

[Mumbleypeg]

Thanks for the explanation. Good information!

Ken

[enuf]

Guys - that is all good stuff, I appreciate it. I do have the box and papers. It was not sealed, just boxed. It came from a gun store. Honestly, after I bought it and was looking on our Store Site, there is one on here for sale. I wish I would have bought it here as I prefer to support our members; but it was an impulse buy.

[hardman]

I believe there was one major difference between the Camillus made Remington Bullet Knives and the knives Camillus made for themselves under the Camillus Classic Cartridge heading. Most of the Remington Bullet knives made by Camillus had Delrin handle covers. (Including the 1982-1984 knives that were very prone to pin cracks.) Only the Camillus made Remington Silver Bullets had genuine bone. Conversely, all the Camillus Classic Cartridge knives had some nice looking genuine bone. I have all the Camillus Classic Cartridge knives. I actually preferred them over the Remington Bullet Knives even though they were all made by Camillus. I was very sorry the Camillus Classic Cartridge series was discontinued, and even more sorry that Camillus ceased to be.

By the way, I am aware that the Camillus made Remington Bullet Knives had wood, Imitation Tortoise Shell, and even Buffalo Horn in some select years. The year 2000 Buffalo Horn Remingtons were very sweet indeed. But for the most part, the standard Remington Bullet Knife made by Camillus had Delrin handle covers.

Here are some pictures of the first six of the Camillus Classic Cartridge Series knives. There was also a seventh one, a very large Camp/Scout type knife.

[Modern Slip Joints]

The Camillus Classic Cartridge Series .270 Win. large camp/scout type knife took a whle for me to find at a price I'd pay. The pattern is a lot more common as a Remington Silver Bullet and even far more common as a Delrin Remington Bullet. I like to carry a bottle opener during the hot months, I like belt pouches and unlike most camp/scout knives they have the blade I use most often, a sheep's foot, so some summers I've carried the Delrin Remington Bullet version in a Buck 110 size pouch.

There was also a series of Delrin sided Camillus Cartridge knives dedicated to small cartridges. They had brass bolsters and shields. My favorite of them is the .22LR 4 1/4 inch closed Stockman. It was #7 IIRC. That size Stockman has a great sheep's foot.

Camillus knives were not built to be zillion dollar collectables like GEC knives. They make great users. I hope enuf enjoys his.

[enuf]

Thanks for the info on the Camillus Classic Cartridge Series - I will have to keep an eye out for some of those too. I just like to pile some up for the grandsons - I have three of those so far.