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sass, I'll give you the reference and allow you to take it up with the author. Blades Guide To Knives by Steve Shackleford pg. 333
"Late in 1940, Remington sold off its entire cutlery division to the Pal Cutlery Co. of Plattsburgh, New York." DM
 
The pommel has a new pin of different metal and it sits proud. It looks to me that one leather disc has been added. DM
 
David Martin said:
sass, I'll give you the reference and allow you to take it up with the author. Blades Guide To Knives by Steve Shackleford pg. 333
"Late in 1940, Remington sold off its entire cutlery division to the Pal Cutlery Co. of Plattsburgh, New York." DM
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DM, I'm sorry where you got that info from. DuPont has owned Remington in its entirety from 1934 + - to the sometime in the 60's when they were bought out...Dupont let Pal use the name and produce the knives that have the RH and model # on it. Read any other publication about DuPont, Remington cutlery, Pal and you will see what I'm saying, this has all been hashed out in a previous thread...
 
David Martin said:
The pommel has a new pin of different metal and it sits proud. It looks to me that one leather disc has been added. DM
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The condition of the blade and the pommel, I would say that all the leather spacers have been replaced, just guessing. You use to be able to buy leather spacer kits to repair those. Then soak them in Neetsfoot oil and use it. Looks just like the original...
 
David Martin said:
You sure about this?
Mine has the red & tan spacers and the edge bevel is very convex. DM
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Not sure what you are asking. I did not say anything about the grind. The 36 has a unique guard not found on the other PAL knives. As far as Tontos goes, You can decide for yourself. The internet consensus is that the knife is a PAL RH36.
 
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Ok, thanks. I did not know that, so, I was just asking. Looks like it to me. DM
 
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eveled said:
Not sure what you are asking. I did not say anything about the grind. The 36 has a unique guard not found on the other PAL knives. As far as Tontos goes, You can decide for yourself. The internet consensus is that the knife is a PAL RH36.
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It's a RH 37. Same exact knife, longer blade...
 
My RH37 has a different pommel and guard. The 37 is a mkII (looks like a marine KaBar). The RH35 is the mkI Navy deck knife. The RH36 has the same aluminum pomel as the 35 but a different guard altogether than either of the others.

I did notice the other Indian looks to be carrying a kabar with it's flat steel pommel. Of course they carved hokie Indian symbols into the handle.
 
The ones that I have sold, I don't think I have an example. The blade is the same as a Ka-Bar and MkII, I have an MKII Marked Ka-Bar, but the 37 looked just like the 36 except for the length of the blade. You had to look at the #. The one that he is carrying looks to have a shorter blade than the one against the Indians neck? I can't enlarge your pic to get a good detail...
 
The blade is RH37 made by Pal...I'll start digging around and see if I can find one. The RH37 in the picture is militarized. The actual RH37 has that blade with the same handle, pommel, and hilt as an RH36...
 
I believe that during WWII that the demand far exceeded the production that all knife makers got involved. I think Pal made the blades and either Ka-Bar, or Camillus did the handle work. Nowhere else will you find a Pal with that type of handle design, pommel, hilt. They are all based off the Remington design. The only exceptions are Pal's own folding pocket knives, 2 and 3 bladed knives. On those, they are marked as Pal Cutlery Company.
 
View attachment 922038 When I was a kid, we had genuine army surplus stores. They sold knives and sheaths ala carte. I kind of liked the PAL and the plastic sheath. I bought the combination, and this was my prime carry when I prowled the puckerbrush as a kid. The sheath was just a little long for the knife, but no one ever noticed.
 
tiguy7 said:
View attachment 922038 When I was a kid, we had genuine army surplus stores. They sold knives and sheaths ala carte. I kind of liked the PAL and the plastic sheath. I bought the combination, and this was my prime carry when I prowled the puckerbrush as a kid. The sheath was just a little long for the knife, but no one ever noticed.
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Would you please post a picture of both sides of the tang so we can see the markings? Thank You..
 
I thought we had already posted the stamp of a model 36. My MK II does not look like my model 36. tiguy, thanks for the nice photos. DM
 
DM, everyone knows an MKII is different from the standard Pal's. We were talking about RH37's, I have sold 1 that looks just like the 36.
 
sassafrassdogs3 said:
It's a RH 37. Same exact knife, longer blade...
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You made it sound like you thought they were all the same. I've never seen a PAL RH37 like you describe. Maybe it was a Remington model before they sold to PAL. IDK. I've never seen one. I know Remington made a RH38. (Same pattern just longer), but they are scarce.

If you find a RH37 like you describe I'd like to see it.

The RH37 mkII was made to the government specs, I don't see why they'd need to have anybody else make the handles.

I think we are all on the same page, just going back and forth between Remington and Pal versions.
 
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