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I don't post here often, I'm a lurker at these forums... But I find myself looking at this knife while I read here this morning, so posting it seems a good idea.
My birthday present to me I got early last month(around the 6th). Although, my birthday wasn't until the 23rd.... of May.
Figured if I waited, someone else would get it... Also, collectorknives.net had it $50 to $100+ 
cheaper than the few other listing I found..(only paid $64)
Anyway, its special for my birthday in two ways, its a moose, my overall favorite pattern(look, use, and feel), and it was made in 1985, and is dated that year. I was born in '85.
1985 Remington Woodsman Moose bullet knife. 4-1/4", stainless blades, delrin. Came razor sharp, best factory edge I have ever seen.(came to me unused, near mint). I'm not 100% fond of plastic on slippies and had intended to replace it with some amboyna burl I have. But the delrin looks better in person than the pics did, and the knife seems happy as is. (yeah, I'm a superstitious sort, hard to explain... I'm sure some of you guys 'get it' though.)
Went snowmobiling the day it arrived, explored a new trail and found some trees cut down by a beaver. I figured it made a cool picture spot for a knife called a Woodsman.
And with my case moose, the Rem is quite a bit heavier, thicker and Wider... didn't expect that. Great feel in hand, good heft. A little big for my preferred back pocket carry though( I made a buckaroo pouch for it, for front pocket carry).
The blades sit well down in the liners, very comfortable to hold using either blade(pet peeve of mine is high closed second/third blades on knives making it literally a pain to hold at times).
Good snap or in the venacular; walk and talk. Not quite a nail breaker, but stronger than all my case knives. Blades stop half way well but not a solid stop, the tang end is not perfectly flat like half stops I have seen, sorta a semi-half stop.
There are two slight hair line gaps, on the springs sides, outer liners and the springs ~3/4" long, at each blades tang end. But you really, really have to be looking for a flaw to find them.(light caught them in the pic, they don't stand out that much).
This knife will be my EDC steady for a while, and a preferred one when I go back to rotation or find a new pattern interest. But I plan to have this knife as long as I live... its taken the first 23 years better than I have, will be nice to see how it handles the next 20.
The problem now is that I've looked at the rest of the bullet knives made in the 80s onward, and there are several other moose/muskrats that I want.... Not to mention a nice large barlow... And so it starts...
Gary
My birthday present to me I got early last month(around the 6th). Although, my birthday wasn't until the 23rd.... of May.
Figured if I waited, someone else would get it... Also, collectorknives.net had it $50 to $100+ cheaper than the few other listing I found..(only paid $64)Anyway, its special for my birthday in two ways, its a moose, my overall favorite pattern(look, use, and feel), and it was made in 1985, and is dated that year. I was born in '85.
1985 Remington Woodsman Moose bullet knife. 4-1/4", stainless blades, delrin. Came razor sharp, best factory edge I have ever seen.(came to me unused, near mint). I'm not 100% fond of plastic on slippies and had intended to replace it with some amboyna burl I have. But the delrin looks better in person than the pics did, and the knife seems happy as is. (yeah, I'm a superstitious sort, hard to explain... I'm sure some of you guys 'get it' though.)
Went snowmobiling the day it arrived, explored a new trail and found some trees cut down by a beaver. I figured it made a cool picture spot for a knife called a Woodsman.
And with my case moose, the Rem is quite a bit heavier, thicker and Wider... didn't expect that. Great feel in hand, good heft. A little big for my preferred back pocket carry though( I made a buckaroo pouch for it, for front pocket carry).
The blades sit well down in the liners, very comfortable to hold using either blade(pet peeve of mine is high closed second/third blades on knives making it literally a pain to hold at times).
Good snap or in the venacular; walk and talk. Not quite a nail breaker, but stronger than all my case knives. Blades stop half way well but not a solid stop, the tang end is not perfectly flat like half stops I have seen, sorta a semi-half stop.
There are two slight hair line gaps, on the springs sides, outer liners and the springs ~3/4" long, at each blades tang end. But you really, really have to be looking for a flaw to find them.(light caught them in the pic, they don't stand out that much).
This knife will be my EDC steady for a while, and a preferred one when I go back to rotation or find a new pattern interest. But I plan to have this knife as long as I live... its taken the first 23 years better than I have, will be nice to see how it handles the next 20.
The problem now is that I've looked at the rest of the bullet knives made in the 80s onward, and there are several other moose/muskrats that I want.... Not to mention a nice large barlow... And so it starts...
Gary
