what do you see (Remington)?

[muskrat man]

Bought this, and this is what I had to look at. I drew the conclusion it was correct and in decent shape. Not many bids but it wasn't described or titled well, and the pics were kinda shoddy. Did I read the knife correctly? Would like to hear your thoughts

[jonet143]

pattern? closed length? i'm sure your pics will be better!

[rigwelder]

its surely a decent old straightline rem. jack knife, i was going to bid on it but i couldnt tell if the handles were bone or some kind of rough black type material. i asked a few days ago, but never got a answer. the old straight lines tend to be a cheaper made knife. But it is a good looking old knife.

[muskrat man]

don't know any of that johnnie,

yes I think they are a rough black.

[remington collector]

So then, you are the one who outbid me by $1.00. I thought I was going to get a bargain on that knife. It'll make a nice knife after a bit of polishing. The bolsters appear to be tarnished a tad. It's a good knife, glad you got it.

[muskrat man]

Sorry RC, didn't know you were bidding on it or else I would have backed off. Did I do good on it? I wasn't sure what it was worth but I liked it, and figured any etched remington was worth what I paid

[remington collector]

Thats ok, no problem. I don't expect to win every knife I bid on. I'd say you got the knife for less than half of its fair market value.

[muskrat man]

Well, it arrived but I have been slacking on my photography, here it is. pretty nice, a bit of tarnish on the bolsters and lots of specking near the spine on the clip and pen blade, looks like it may have been in with a gasser. Etched pattern number, nice strong blade etch and tang stamps, never sharpened. Strong snap with half stops.

[remington collector]

I really like to see Remingtons with inked on pattern numbers. That almost guarentees they have saw no use. I think it will clean up nicely. Very good knife to put away.

[upnorth]

RC, are the straight line Remingtons by Camillus?
MM, some of the rough blacks were celluloid, so check carefully that the gassing isn't coming from the handles themselves.
(Sheesh what a pessimist I am!)
For all that, a nice looking knife.

[muskrat man]

es they are cell, thouh I don't think they are the ones doing the gassing, they show no signs of shrinkage or deterioration. I might trade it off one day, just trying to decide if i should carefully clean off the spots or leave them be