Pal Brand, The Utica Knife and Razor Company of Plattsburg, NY purchased the Remington knife division in 1939. They used the tradename Pal. The purchase included inventory of blades, awls, can openers, etc. It’s not unusual to find Pal knives with some blades marked Remington. Pal knives have the round Remington logo. It’s believed that Pal just finished out the terms of the Remington contract with the BSA. Pal knives do not have a line on the bolster like Remington’s. Pal quit making BSA knives in 1942.

(left)- Pal knives have a brown “bone” and black plastic handle. Bone handles were replaced with black plastic about 1940. I suspect as Pal ran out of Remington handles. (right)- Unique Pal can opener. Probably developed after Remington parts were ran out.

Remington can opener - Longer screw driver  Unique "Pal" can opener short screw driver       Pal 3 blade with round logo blade marked Pal. Potentially official knive identical to Type 2. No logo on the handle. 3A w/shackle 3B No shackle

Type 3 has no logo on the shield, yet examples exist with BSA etching on the blade. It’s believed to be from about 1941/42. WW II, had started (December 1941). It was obvious that Scout knife production would not be a priority. Perhaps Utica Knife ran out of Remington shields, yet they had supplies for a few more knives. Blade etching probably wasn’t a problem so they made knives with parts they had on hand. It’s known Pal was making knives from left over Remington parts, it’s possible that some unique knives may exist.

A Pal knife with lines on the bolster.is unknown Utica Knife bought Remington parts, but by the late 1930’s Remington had eliminated lines on the bolsters. This might be an easy way to spot a Pal. I had a round logo knife without lines that didn’t have a good manufacturers stamp in my Remington collection. When I discovered the line difference I cleaned the stamping on the tang and discovered it was a Pal.

Collecting Pal Knives

Four Blade official Boy Scout folding pocket knives by Pal

1.   4 blade, round (Remington) logo, permanent shackle, 3 5/8" long. Two piece Remington can opener, 2" longer screw driver, Pal Blade Co.       Available with and without shackle.       1A. Bone handle 1 B. Black plastic handle MEASURE KNIVES 3 3/4" ?? 2.   4 blade round logo, permanent shackle 3 5/8" long, "Pal" style can opener 1 1/2" (shorter) screw driver, Pal Blade Co.  2A. Bone Handle       2B. Black plastic handle. When Pal ran out of Remington parts they substituted their own can opener and screw driver. 3.   4 blade, NO logo on handle, but etching on blade, 3 5/8" long, "Pal" style can opener 1 1/2" (shorter) screw driver, PAL Blade Co. 4A With       permanent shackle 4B. No shackle

Three Blade official Boy Scout folding pocket knives Early Pal

4.   3 blade, round logo, bone handle, no shackel 3 1/2" long

In Official Scout Blades, Ed Holbrook has what seems like very accurate dating information. Perhaps he had access to manufacturers records.