The Remington Corporation and the knives that they built have influenced the U.S. cutlery industry more than nearly any other manufacturer. From the time America was settled, to the end of WWI, American knife companies struggled to compete with Britain and German imports, but events that occurred during and after the First World War led to a great change in this phenomenon. Unprecedented opportunities arose, and Remington stepped up to seize the moment. In the process, they created some of today's most prized collectables. In an ironic twist, the next World War played the greatest role in ending the company’s domination of the industry.
Hey Guyz I added a picture of the backside of the knife. Thank you all for your feedback, so here is what I know of this knife at this time. Yes, the main blade has been replaced. The small blade must of broke when it was new because there is virtually no wear on broken part of the blade. It also appears when he was "driving in the railroad spike", he broke the handle and repaired it with fiberglass putty. Just above the body putty is a thumb inset, I have not seen one of these on ebay and I have looked at over 4000 knives trying to find one like it. On Bryans descriptions I did finally determine that the small blade has the UMC and the circle with remington on it with nothing on the outside of the circle. I am hoping someone can identify this and perhaps send me to a site so I can see what it looked like new. Man this knife has me going. Because there is nothing outside of the circle (according to Bryan on AAPK Knife Forum) it was made between 1921 and 1924. It also has a different type of shield than most it is round on the end and it is curved down like a frown. It is a unique knife and the fellar that owned it took great pains to keep in operating. It appears it travelled with him for a lifetime. Also what is the handle made of? I have no clue what it is... Help!
i have come across 2 patterns that are similar to yours. but neither has a long pen like spear blade. the 6015 has a clip for a master blade, and the 6995 has a warncliff. maybe it was a warncliff that has been well used and the front sharpened so many times that it transformed it into a pen blade...could be the tip actually broke off and it was reprofiled.
good luck and welcome to the club
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This started life as a Remington, but sadly it is now a mutt. If you blow the photo up, you can tell from the remnants of the tang stamp, the master blade in this knife is not a Remington blade. I find it interesting how many old working knives have been re-pinned with nails and blades replaced with whatever was available to keep them useful to their owners. I have an old beat up ivory handled jack, pinned with a nail and both blades totally used up - one stamped Holley and the other stamped Southington. I like the original owners taste in cutlery.
Howdy.
It looks like it started out as a 6995 humpback senator. I would guess someone replaced the main blade, and repinned it with a railroad spike ...lol.
Mark
figured it was either a 6015 or 6995.
i didn't notice the tang stamps because i never enlarged it. i did notice the huge pivot pin...
at least the knife was well used, the owner did not want to part with that remington....
I added a picture of the backside of the knife. Thank you all for your feedback, so here is what I know of this knife at this time. Yes, the main blade has been replaced. The small blade must of broke when it was new because there is virtually no wear on broken part of the blade. It also appears when he was "driving in the railroad spike", he broke the handle and repaired it with fiberglass putty. Just above the body putty is a thumb inset, I have not seen one of these on ebay and I have looked at over 4000 knives trying to find one like it. On Bryans descriptions I did finally determine that the small blade has the UMC and the circle with remington on it with nothing on the outside of the circle. I am hoping someone can identify this and perhaps send me to a site so I can see what it looked like new. Man this knife has me going. Because there is nothing outside of the circle (according to Bryan on AAPK Knife Forum) it was made between 1921 and 1924. It also has a different type of shield than most it is round on the end and it is curved down like a frown. It is a unique knife and the fellar that owned it took great pains to keep in operating. It appears it travelled with him for a lifetime. Also what is the handle made of? I have no clue what it is... Help! 