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A few days ago I stopped into my local “Feed & Seed” store and saw that they had put out a large selection of the Remington Sportsman Series of knives, they had about a dozen slip joint patterns, 2 lock backs and 4 fixed blade models. All the slipjoints were just $9.99 and I saw this Stockman on impulse decided to buy it to check them out.
Here are the stats from the front and back of the blister pack:
Black Delrin Stag handles.
440 Stainless Steel Blades. (I’d bet money it’s 440A)
Clip, Spey and Sheepsfoot Blades.
4 ¼” Closed
Made in China.
First off, 1 complaint, someone in China or at Remington needs to learn to measure, both the front and back of the package say “4 ¼” closed”…the knife is only 4’ closed, not a huge difference, except I collect Cattle King/Jumbo Stockmen and was a little irritated at the mistake.
Overall fit is pretty much perfect, no gaps or misaligned parts, no visible flaws in the metal or Delrin parts. When I first took it out of the package in my car, I found the walk and talk to be a little sluggish and weak. The edges were all sharp but very “toothy”, similar to what you find on a new Case knife these days in stainless steel, like they were sharpened on an electric sharpener.
After I got home, I oiled the pivots and let it set for a while, when I returned and started opening the blades, I found black buffing compound oozing out with the oil from all the pivots and from between the backsprings and liners. (brass liners), the more I worked the blades, the more crud came out, but the better the walk and talk was. After getting all of it flushed out, the knife now “snaps” really well, I guess the crud was causing the sluggishness.
I touched up all three blades with a DMT “fine” diamond hone, and just a little time brought them all to hair popping sharp!
I took it out today and did some whittling for about 30 minutes giving each blade roughly equal time and afterwards the blades would still shave, that’s not a hardcore test, but for a $10.00 working pocketknife, it held it’s edges well.
I was surprised, this turned out to be a decent knife once I cleaned the pivots out and touched up the edges. It’s comparable to the Steel Warrior or Rough Rider knives.
Here are the stats from the front and back of the blister pack:
Black Delrin Stag handles.
440 Stainless Steel Blades. (I’d bet money it’s 440A)
Clip, Spey and Sheepsfoot Blades.
4 ¼” Closed
Made in China.
First off, 1 complaint, someone in China or at Remington needs to learn to measure, both the front and back of the package say “4 ¼” closed”…the knife is only 4’ closed, not a huge difference, except I collect Cattle King/Jumbo Stockmen and was a little irritated at the mistake.
Overall fit is pretty much perfect, no gaps or misaligned parts, no visible flaws in the metal or Delrin parts. When I first took it out of the package in my car, I found the walk and talk to be a little sluggish and weak. The edges were all sharp but very “toothy”, similar to what you find on a new Case knife these days in stainless steel, like they were sharpened on an electric sharpener.
After I got home, I oiled the pivots and let it set for a while, when I returned and started opening the blades, I found black buffing compound oozing out with the oil from all the pivots and from between the backsprings and liners. (brass liners), the more I worked the blades, the more crud came out, but the better the walk and talk was. After getting all of it flushed out, the knife now “snaps” really well, I guess the crud was causing the sluggishness.
I touched up all three blades with a DMT “fine” diamond hone, and just a little time brought them all to hair popping sharp!
I took it out today and did some whittling for about 30 minutes giving each blade roughly equal time and afterwards the blades would still shave, that’s not a hardcore test, but for a $10.00 working pocketknife, it held it’s edges well.
I was surprised, this turned out to be a decent knife once I cleaned the pivots out and touched up the edges. It’s comparable to the Steel Warrior or Rough Rider knives.
