I think i finally scored!

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ranchmanben

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Early this morning I took my dad to the hospital to have surgery for carpal tunnel. Once they took him in to do the deed, I took off to get some breakfast and ease around town. I ended up at a little dump of a pawn shop and low and behold, there it was. The main blade is a little banged up but for twenty dollars I couldn't say no. If anyone knows what year this could have been made I'd love to know.

Remington R173

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The surgery went well and he's got three weeks to recover before they do the other hand.

Ben
 
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Congrats! I'll be happy to reimburse you the $20 for the knife if you should regret the purchase and want to get rid of it. :p

I'm happy that the surgery went well. Best wishes for your dad.
 
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WOW!! What a score. I like the knife overall but those covers are really nice.
 
Nice score! I love that old bone!
 
I know nothing about older Remington slipjoints but even I believe that you made a major score for a 20 dollar bill. It's got a bit of honest wear to it but IMO it gives it a great deal of character I'd put it in my EDC rotation and enjoy it if I were you it's just beging to be carried.
 
Very nice! The pen blade has a "Circle UMC" stamp with no "Made in U.S.A." around the circle (Remington's first tang stamp) dating it between 1921 and 1924, whereas the master blade has the "Circle UMC" mark with "Made in U.S.A." around it, so that blade, along with the rest of the knife, was made between 1924 and 1933. Since 1924 was the transition year from the first to the second tang stamp, that's the most likely date of birth for your knife, but you never know how long the pen blade was lying around waiting to be used.
 
Wow Rick, I didn't think it was that old and it's awesome that you were able to give me a fairly precise date. Thank you. A

And thanks for all the comments, I'm really pleased to have found this old beauty.

Ben
 
You're welcome. Remington only made pocketknives for around twenty years (roughly 1920 to 1940) in order to better utilize the excess manufacturing capacity created during WW1, until WWII brought knife production to a halt and returned them to military footing. BTW, the UMC stands for Union Metallic Cartridge.
 
Great find. I bet it has some good stories to tell.

From the pix, it looks like maybe the tip of the main blade was pried off at some point, and re-shaped. Is that the case here? Even if so. It's hard to beat the patina of an 80 year old knife. :)

Edit: way to keep the eyes open!
 
Never pass up a Pawn or Antique store!!
Killer find. I bet that knife is hapy to be home with you. Oil and hone it up. The bone looks like toffee it is so smooth.
Looks like worth well more than $20.
I just picked up an almost perfect Schrade 233 for $5 all it had was a broken tip on the clip blade, easily fixed with a "diamond card" by hand. The pen blade on it was razor sharp and almost new.
So far the Pawn shop folks loved that I was looking for those "old knives"..."come back I will give you a deal" they say...OK
 
Rick said:
Very nice! The pen blade has a "Circle UMC" stamp with no "Made in U.S.A." around the circle (Remington's first tang stamp) dating it between 1921 and 1924, whereas the master blade has the "Circle UMC" mark with "Made in U.S.A." around it, so that blade, along with the rest of the knife, was made between 1924 and 1933. Since 1924 was the transition year from the first to the second tang stamp, that's the most likely date of birth for your knife, but you never know how long the pen blade was lying around waiting to be used.
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Thanks for this valuable snippet. I've got a Rem Pen with tiny bolsters (near Shadow) and this has the same thing, the Pen blade has the older stamp and the Master the newer one.

The OP got a great knife for that money, looks like there's life in it yet and, fantastic worn bone.
 
Super find!! Look at that butter. Sweeet,

And I thank you Rick. Those kind of posts that really make this forum.

Get well soon to your dad.
 
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