Remington Bullet Knives

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in the past month i have "won" 4 of the annual Remington Bullet Knives at what seem to me low prices. 1990 (1306 Tracker) mint with box & papers: $28.99; Same knife, also mint, no box or papers $16.39; 1991 (1178, mini trapper) mint with box and papers $20.50; and, 1989 (1128 jumbo trapper wood handles) $28.89. these are are pretty nice knives, but obviously i am out of step with the majority of knife collectors. any ideas as to why these knives are out of favour and continue to decline in selling price ? thanks, roland
 
I have noticed that some people think of Remington as an imported knife, since obviously, Remington does not make knives, so it must be China made.
And also, since it does not say Camillus, most collectors tend to ignore it.
Personally, I have never found a Remington knife collector.... well, until now.
 
Mountainwind, actually there are posts in this forum by folks who either are or have collected the full series of annual Camillus Remington Bullet knives. but, i don't mind being only 1 of a few here as that keeps the prices low. there are other "Remington" knives i see on ebay and online knife stores which i think are made in China. however there are many knowledgeable "knifers" who are familiar with these Bullet knives, so i still wonder why there is so little interest in them. these prices are cheaper than when they were new. roland
 
Remington had far too many of the later years Bullet Knives made IMHO.
1987 was the last year of logical quantities, after that they made 25,000 - 30,000 each year & flooded the market!
 
thanks Phil; i have heard of this "over production" but thought it began in early to mid '90s. i have been seriously collecting for less than 1 year and have noted a marked price drop on these knives in that time. perhaps like many things, what's in fashion tends to come and go. however i think they are good usable knives and at these prices make affordable gifts for friends and family. roland
 
I have had many of the Remington Bullets. The original's are still highly collectable and hold and increase in value even. The reproductions Remington had made by Camillus were doing pretty good too. UNTIL, they decided to reproduce the reproductions. The 1985 Large Muskrat R4353, for example, had a high book vaule of $200.00 many were being sold for $150 to $160.
Then they were put back into production and sold again as the same knife. The prices amoung collectors went down like a whoooor.... oops I mean the prices really dropped. I feel the collectors were really mistreated by Remington when they did that. I know a nice guy who collected about 50 of them. He had them all in mint condition too. Just a wonderful collection that I am going to guess he might have paid more than $2000.00 for all of them over a few years time. When I told him I could get him a 1985 Muskrat for about $25.00 he almost called me a lie. I really feel like Remington did him dirty when they did this.
Yes, they are really well made knives but most of them were not purchased to be used. The collectors drove the prices up and the company drove them right back down to way below the original reproductions were sold for.

I guess it's just another example of "Buyer Beware".

Ed
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Anyone know if the original Remington single blade lockback bullet knife is being reproduced? The Queen mountain man is a copy of it. Also the Cold Steel Ozark Hunter.
 
Phil, Thanks for affirming my suspicions about over production. I have bought a few of these over the last few months at very reasonable prices. They are a great user knife and do make handsome gifts. It is a shame that the high quantities changed the collector market, but for the everyday user it worked to there advantage. It's not often that one can buy a quality USA knife at the same price as a China made import.
 
Well noticed STS!!

The Cold Steel one is of course made of Carbon V as an added interest.

It was Camillus patern # 5776, and was made for almost every Camillus customer. I think we did about 5 versions for Remington, and several for many others, as far apart as Santa Fe Stoneworks to A.G. Russell (in 154CM).

Sadly the tooling lays idle in the corpse of Camillus. :grumpy:
 
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