Got a new friend

[knarfeng]

I gots a new friend. A Camillus-made Remington Bullet series Moose. It has some good looking Delrin scales and an outstanding set blades made of 0170-6C, a lovely low alloy steel that was also called Carbon V. Makes a GREAT blade for a pocket knife.

Very sharp OOB. Good fit and finish with no gaps anywhere. In the lower pic down by my pinkie finger you may just be able to see the cutaway in the scale to give access to the nail nick. Very cool. I love the way the handle fills my hand, yet it fits in my pocket surprisingly well. I think it is going to displace all of my stockmans for carry time for at least a little while.

 

[orca8589]

Kewl. Where'd you get it? Collectorknives, perchance?

thx - cpr

 

[Blues]

I gots one too. Scales swapped by Augustus88 but finished, polished and sharpened by my buddy Jerry Halfrich:

Excellent knife.

 

[Blues]

Oh, Frank, forgot to mention...it's not a "Moose". It's an equal end/double end trapper!

 

[knarfeng]

Nice work on those scales.

OK, It's the fattest darn trapper I've ever seen with blades at different ends instead of the same end, but what does a stockman guy know from trappers anywho. Collectors advertised it as a moose (orca was on the money). But the 0170-6C is for real. It gots the cert in the box, even if it is not scribed on the blade. It's kind of actually the steel I was after (as usual).

 

[Peter Parker]

My favorite bullet pattern, and that is a sweet knife all the way around knarfeng! I have the baby version with 440A blades, and it's one of the sharpest slippies I own. For some reason the blades seem to have a better heat treat then my other baby bullet knife.

 

[knarfeng]

My favorite bullet pattern, and that is a sweet knife all the way around knarfeng! I have the baby version with 440A blades, and it's one of the sharpest slippies I own. For some reason the blades seem to have a better heat treat then my other baby bullet knife.

I have several Camillus knives. And, while the build quality isn't as quite as good as that of some companies, the performance of the steel on the Camillus is always outstanding. Maybe the best I have found.

 

[orca8589]

Collectors advertised it as a moose (orca was on the money). But the 0170-6C is for real. It gots the cert in the box, even if it is not scribed on the blade. It's kind of actually the steel I was after (as usual).

I bought a Remington Bullet Stockman from Mike (Collectorknives) a year or two back, for the purpose of getting that steel in the blades. It's amazing stuff, for a working material. I bought it for sentimental reasons, maybe for light use, but the blades on that knife are the best of all of my Stockman patterns; the edges on that thing will shave maple/beech/birch paper thin. (I have a Camillus/Becker BK7 in that steel, and it's...well, to use the word again, amazing.)

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Okay, ya'll, here's a shameless plug for Mike Latham and Collectorknives.net: He has several patterns under the Remington knives made by Camillus, with this steel in the blades. If you want a great worker at a good price, get one. :thumbup: (Oh yeah - they're good folks, too. )

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thx - cpr

 

[d.parker]

Here's a couple of my Camillus made Remington Baby Bullet Muskrat Knives that I carry from time to time. I have a few more some engraved that I don't carry. Great little knives.......

Everyone's look great..... :thumbup:

 

[orca8589]

Oh, Frank, forgot to mention...it's not a "Moose". It's an equal end/double end trapper!

Uuuuuuh...how's that? I thought that pattern - clip & spay at either end - was the Moose, and clip & clip at either end was the Muskrat. (Aaaaaww geez...do I gotta go look for another pattern I ain't got?)

Or are you messin' with us?

thx - cpr

 

[Blues]

Uuuuuuh...how's that? I thought that pattern - clip & spay at either end - was the Moose, and clip & clip at either end was the Muskrat. (Aaaaaww geez...do I gotta go look for another pattern I ain't got?)

Or are you messin' with us?

thx - cpr

The "Moose" is based upon the premium stockman frame and always has a heavy clip master and a spey or spear as the secondary blade.

This particular "double-end" Remington pattern is illustrated in Levine's Guide (IV) in the Trapper section on p. 216.

The muskrat always has a narrow (California, Turkish etc.) style clip and (depending if a standard, Hawbaker or modified model) a clip, wharncliffe or spey as the secondary blade.

Does that help any?

 

[knarfeng]

K.

Whatever the heck it is, the big handle fills my hand and makes heavy cutting jobs easier.

And the steel is to die for.

 

[Blues]

K.

Whatever the heck it is, the big handle fills my hand and makes heavy cutting jobs easier.

And the steel is to die for.

Not for nothing, Frank, but the stockman is worth having too. I'm just saying...

Before:

And AFTER a certain talented knifemaker replaced the scales for me as a special kindness:

 

[knarfeng]

yeah, I got me one of those, too. (at that price, I couldn't not.) But those new scales sure look good on yours.

For right now though, I am really liking the equal-end-double-end-trapper-moose design.

 

[Blues]

yeah, I got me one of those, too.

For right now though, I am really liking the equal-end-double-end-trapper-moose design.

Lose the "moose" in the description above and you've got it nailed.

 

[knarfeng]

yabut I can remember "moose".

I have a hard time remember "equal-end-double-end-trapper".

Wise man once say:
"A simple, easily understood, falsehood is sometimes more useful than a complex incomprehensible truth."

 

[Blues]

yabut I can remember "moose".

I have a hard time remember "equal-end-double-end-trapper".

Wise man once say:
"A simple, easily understood, falsehood is sometimes more useful than a complex incomprehensible truth."

Well, alrighty then...


Cat

 

[knarfeng]

Here kitty, kitty, kitty. Nice kitty.

 

[orca8589]

The "Moose" is based upon the premium stockman frame and always has a heavy clip master and a spey or spear as the secondary blade.

This particular "double-end" Remington pattern is illustrated in Levine's Guide (IV) in the Trapper section on p. 216.

The muskrat always has a narrow (California, Turkish etc.) style clip and (depending if a standard, Hawbaker or modified model) a clip, wharncliffe or spey as the secondary blade.

Does that help any?

It does - I realized with this thread that I focus more on the blade pattern & configuration, rather than the handle type, when ID'ing pocket knives. I'll have to get back into LG4 a lot more, especially since I've got a couple of fleabay knives here that I'm not to sure of now.

See what you did to my brain? It's confused. Paradigms have shifted. Accepted truths have been squished. Comfortable little space has become 'uncomfortable'. Re-set to original configuration, start again. (Dang. That's the third time this week.)

thx - cpr

 

[pvicenzi]

I have a large trapper carrying the Marble Arms logo that I believe was made by Camillus. It's identical to one of the Remington offerings. It's one of my favorite knives.