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Remington Reproduction

Need a little help from the Remington experts out there. Just bought a Remington Reproduction R1123. It is stamped 1974-275 on the cartridge shield. Most of the information I find has the reproduction knives starting in 1982. What little I could find about this knife suggests it was made by Bowen in 1974 and this knife is number 275 of 500. Tang stamps are Remington UMC in a circle with Made in USA around the circle. R1123 on the back side of that same tang. Second blade has the Remington Trademark etch with Remington UMC in a circle on the tang and authorized reproduction of the back of the tang. Knife is unsharpened, and does not have the typical cracks at the lanyard hole. Derlin handles. I have the typical questions....is it made by Bowen? If so, what years did Bowen make Remington reproduction knives and why are they not acknowledged in several of the knife guide books I have looked at? Fianlly, what's the ballpark on the value of this knife? Appreciate any information. Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on November 27, 2011 at 18:23

Bowen did indeed make knives for Remington in the 70's. Some were sold by LL Bean. Do you have a pic of the knife?

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on November 27, 2011 at 18:26

check out this group on here. http://www.iknifecollector.com/group/remingtonknifeclub?commentId=3...

There are a couple of them on there

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Permalink Reply by Bryan Rayburn on November 27, 2011 at 18:32

Thanks for the response. Sorry no picture yet. Just got the knife. I follwed the link you provded and will search a little more. At first look the Bowen knives they refer to actually have Bowen on the tang stamp. This one does not. Maybe they did not put their stamp on their earlier knives?