remington

M

mike6161

Joined
Jun 5, 2008
Messages
3
hi
i have been looking for a nice knife to carry whan hunting and found the remington F.A.S.T it looks like a nice knife is this a good knife.Its made of 440steel is this any good i don't know much about steel. is it easy to sharpen will it hold up or is this knife just junk. i have $50 to spend on a knife and like this one but don't know any thing about it. I'm looking for a knife thats 4 to 6 inchs full tang serrated blade is ok price up to 50$ but I can go more . steel thats easy to sharpen and well hold up. what would you get.
thanks for the help
 
"440" That means 440A. Not great for edge retention.

For $50 you would be better off buying a Spyderco Native or Native III.
For $60 you can get a Benchmade mini-griptilian.
 
The Remington's are made in China and that is a negative for many people. With that said, I use a lot of Remington knives in my stonework. They are very solid and work well for their price.

If you have $50.00 to spend you can get a very well made USA knife. I suggest you visit the Kershaw forum as they make a lot of very good knives in your price range and a lot of them are assisted open knives which I prefer for one had operation....
 
I had a Remington FAST. This one (the one at the top) to be exact:

fast_sizes.jpg


It was $15 or so at Big 5 on "sale." Big 5 are the biggest bullshitters ever. They quadruple the prices and then have "sales" every week, where they lower the price to MSRP (eg the $15 I paid).

It was an OK knife. It came very sharp, and because of the design, I was able to use the quillion as a Wave to quickly deploy the blade while pulling the knife out of my pocket.

Unfortunately, the knife was a framelocker, and a weak one at that. There was immense bladeplay in all directions, and the lock didn't even make contact with the tang. It didn't feel very safe. And worst of all, it smelled very bad.

So after a few days or a week or something, I returned it. It was a cheap knife. It seemed ok in some aspects, but overall I couldn't keep it.

As for the steel - I have no idea what they used. If it's 440A, it's going to be a weak edge holder. If it's 440C, it should be better, although since it's made in china, you can't really tell (so far as I hear, chinese "440C" isn't as good as 440C made elsewhere).

If you're thinking about paying $50 for this knife, you're overpaying by at least 4 times.
 
Long story short: today you can buy a better knife than a "Remington" at almost any price point.

Remington knives were very good quality knives, made in the USA, for a long time.
Many were made by Camillus, in both carbon and stainless steel.

Some were even made with damascus blades, MOP scales, etc.

Recently, though, the Remington knives name was sold and is now being used on what are frankly pretty low quality knives sourced from China.

(However, some Remington Limited Edition knives as recently as last year (2007) were made by Bear Cutlery and were pretty decent.)


If you want a good Remington, a "real" Remington, the auction site is a good place to look.
 
rifon2 said:
Many were made by Camillus, in both carbon and stainless steel.
Click to expand...

Now that you mention it, the one I had (the top in the picture above) reminds me of the Camillus Maxx. The blade shape, including the quillions, look exactly the same as far as I can tell.
 
Aren't the newest Remingtons being manufactured in Italy? These have advertised for months but I have not read much about them on this forum, or any other for that matter. Anybody have one of these?
 
Remington knives are currently being made in several places.

USA (Bear & Sons)
Italy (Fox)
China (?????)

The FAST series pictured above, were always made in China, not by Camillus.
 
cutter17 said:
Aren't the newest Remingtons being manufactured in Italy?
Click to expand...

I noticed these in the recent A.G. Russell catalog, but completely forgot about them.
Haven't seen or handled any so I'm not in a position to comment.
 
Kershaw KE-1720 Junkyard Dog Knife would be a good choice.

KE-1720.jpg


Junkyard Dog Knife is designed by Tim Galyean, and features a 3" spear point blade made of Sandvik 13C26 stainless steel. The blade of this Kershaw knife has an ambidextrous Index Open System blade flipper. The contoured stainless steel handle, 4" closed, has a metal rivet look pattern and a frame lock. A removable metal pocket clip is mounted at the pivot end of this Kershaw knife. The Kershaw Junkyard Dog knife has an overall open length of 7" and weighs 4.0 ounces. Made in the USA.
 
im looking for a fixed blade. i have a buck 110 I can get the remington for19.99. so what fixed blade knife would you get.
 
mike6161 said:
im looking for a fixed blade. i have a buck 110 I can get the remington for19.99. so what fixed blade knife would you get.
Click to expand...

As THG points out, the Remington is not a fixed blade.

How much do you want to spend?
What tasks do you want to perform with it?
How big a blade are you looking for?

(side note, in the $19.99 range for a folder, I would look at the Byrd knives or at the KaBar Doziers. Any of these would serve you better than the Remington.)
 
mike6161 said:
im looking for a fixed blade. i have a buck 110 I can get the remington for19.99. so what fixed blade knife would you get.
Click to expand...

As knarfeng says, depends on what you're going to use it for, etc.

The best inexpensive fixed blade knives I've seen are made by Marttiini; you can buy one for around $20.00.
They're made in Finland of 420HC. Always razor sharp right out of the box.

Very good quality knives.
 
Last edited:
knarfeng said:
"440" That means 440A. Not great for edge retention.

For $50 you would be better off buying a Spyderco Native or Native III.
For $60 you can get a Benchmade mini-griptilian.
Click to expand...

No, 440A is a domestic steel. The Chinese have a stainless steel that is available to the manufacturers in Yiangjiang that they call 440. I don't know that it has much similarity chemically to the 440's we have here. It is a perfectly acceptable cutlery steel, usually hardened to around RC 57-58 and has decent corrosion resistance. The trend these days among American knife importers has been to use new designations like (number)cr(number)mov. Most of these steels are what the Chinese manufacturers call 440.

I should mention that a lot of great knives have been made in the U.S. with 440A. It is a perfectly competent blade steel.
 
mike6161 said:
im looking for a fixed blade. i have a buck 110 I can get the remington for19.99. so what fixed blade knife would you get.
Click to expand...

If you want an inexpensive fixed blade , the Buck Diamondback series is good for the price. These are imported but are very nice and sell for around $20. I have a small one, I use it for cutting cardboard or light work in the garden.

Buck also has the Omni Series , they're made in the US and go for around $35 and up.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top