The Remington (Arms) Co. of Bridgeport, Ct. started producing BSA knives in1923. Two sizes of the 4 blade and a two blade and a three blade knife were available. Remington, because it was part of the famous firearms company is probably the best known Scout knife. The knife division sold to Pal in 1939,

Remington shields. The acorn is 1923, cutout 1st class 1s 1927-28.  Round logo introduced about 1929 - 30

Remington had three can openers. In 1927 they patented a unique style. To date a Remington, check which type of shield, can opener and length of the screw driver.

Top - notch in Handle for can opener pull Bottom  - no notch in handle A - Early pull on the end B - Later pull over the top Early Remington's have a line on the bolster.  The line was eliminated ibn the late 30's

(left) - Type 8 Main blade and screw driver together, can opener separate. Line on shackle. Early can opener. (right) - Type 9 Remington 3 blade with round logo. 9A No shackle. 9B Removeable shackle Late 1930’s no line on bolster. 9B is the only Remington I’ve seen with a removeable shackle.

If type 6 exists it would probobly have a pinched bolster and line. Smaller size Pinched bolster w/line Type 5 non pinched bolster line Type 7 (smaller size)

I’ve complained that it’s difficult to track shackles, here’s an example. These are late model (patented can opener and big screw driver), 3 blade Remington Scout knives. A has no shackle, B has a removeable shackle on the bottom, C has a removeable shackle on top. Note: no lines on the bolster. Improvements in Remington’s are easy to track and date. Earlier knives have a one piece can opener and shorter screw driver blades. Later knives (after 1927) have a two piece can opener and longer screw driver blades. The Acorn shield is from 1921 to 1927. The cut out shield 1927-maybe 1928 and the round shield 1928 to 1938. Sometime in the 1930’s the pull on the can opener was improved. Lines on the bolster appear to a cosmetic thing. Early knives, acorn and cut out acorn shield have them. It’s my belief that knives made in the mid to late 1930’s didn't have the lines in the bolster. Eliminating a line on a bolster probably didn’t save much money, but I can think of no other reason. About type 1 with and without a shackle. I can not find the knife without a shackle in an equipment catalog. It seems Remington only offered the standard 4 blade (larger and smaller) with a shackle, yet knives exists without a shackle and there is no sign of it having been removed.

BSA suppliers competed against their own official knives. Both knives, shown left are early Remington’s, pre-1927, no patented can opener with shorter screw driver blade. Both have an acorn shield. The one on the left is unofficial. The one on the right is official. Although the Remington Co. was a licensed BSA supplier, they also produced knives that competed against official knives.

There are other examples of Remington, Hammer and LFC producing knives “similar” to official ones. (left) - Unofficial but interesting Remington. The “scout” style campaign that certainly seems to indicate this would be a Boy Scout knife, but its not official.

A friend teased me that there's a lot of Remington collectors and I had better get them right. I started my research from my own collection and only when it was done did I reference accumulated knowledge of others. I can’t identify a Type 5, smaller size with cut out shield. This knife is listed in others books, but there are no images. Do people believe it exists and therefore listed it? With collectors aggressively pursuing knives for 60+ years if none are known, I doubt it exists. In 600 Scout Knives by Kerr, green handle Remington's are listed, but again none are know in collections. Do they exist? One of the terrific things about a website is that it can be changed and updated almost immediately, please let me know.

Four Blade official Boy Scout folding pocket knives by Remington

1.    Bone handle, Acorn shield, 3 3/4” size. A. Type 1 can opener, B. Type 2 can opener.       1923 bent pull one piece can opener, 1 1/4” s shorter  screw driver. Type 1 and perhaps other types exist with and without a shackle.       Could no shackle be a special order? 2.    Bone handle, cut-out Acorn shield, permanent shackle. 3 3/4" size. 1927 two piece can opener, 2 1/4" longer screw driver. 3.    4 blade, bone handle, Round shield, (1930) permanent shackle. 3 3/4" size.  Two piece can opener, 2" longer screw driver.  No line on        bolster. A. can opener has "pull" on the end.  B. Can opener has pull over the top. 4.    Same as 3B, pull on top but with pearl/cracked ice handle.

Four Blade smaller size official Boy Scout folding pocker knives by Remington

5.    Bone handle, Acorn shield, permanent shackle. 2 7/8" size. 1923 bent pull one piece can opener, 1 1/4" shorter screw driver. 6.    Bone handle, CUT OUT shield, permanent shackle. 2 7/8” size. NONE known in collections 1927 two piece can opener, 2 1/4“ longer       screw driver. Does this exist in cut out shield? * 7.   Bone handle, Round shield, (1930) permanent shackle. 2 7/8” size. Two piece can opener, 2“ longer screw driver. line on bolster.      Can opener pull on end. 7A. Can opener has pull over the top, lines on bolster. 7B. Same as A but, no lines on bolster Exists with      and without shackle.

Three Blade official Boy Scout folding pocket knives by Remington

8.   3 blade bone handle, round shield, 3 1/2” size, Main blade and screwdriver on top, can opener on the bottom. Older knife, shown in      the 1920’s catalogs. May exist with Type 1 and Type 2 can openers. can opener, line on bolster. 9.   3 blade, bone handle, round shield, 3 1/2” size. Main blade & can opener on top, can screw driver on bottom. Two piece can opener,      1 3/4“  screw driver. A. No Shackle B. Removeable shackle exists on both the top and bottom of knives.

Two Blade official Boy Scout folding pocket knives by Remington

10.  2 blade, Acorn shield, two cutting blades A. Ebony handle B. Bone Handle see 1923 catalog says with shackle, one pictured shows       no shackle. MORE INFORMATION NEEDED HEROISM KNIFE Type 1B (with a shackle) and Type 4 Cut out First Class design exist. This knife probably exists with a round shield from the 1930’s, but one has yet to be documented. Others list Remington's by dates, I find it less confusing to describe them by number of blades.

The Remington Knife awarded for Heroism

Image courtesy of Steve Yon

The Remington Co. developed a special presentation knife for Boy Scouts that had been recognized for heroism and who were awarded the Heroism Medal. The presentation knife had an additional Remington Acorn on the front and an engraved plate on the back. Glenn Case received this knife in 1925, Harry Berg received his knife in 1928. Note the different acorn shield and cut out shield. Does this knife exist with the round shield? It’s interesting that Scout Berg actually used this beautiful presentation knife, the can opener is broken, a piece of handle is missing. Scout Case’s knife is almost new.

Type 1 and 2 knives have raised letters in the Heroism shield. It’s unknown what type of shield the round logo knife might have. In Running Towards Danger, a book about BSA heroism, an artist conception of the Acorn shield is shown. It could lead readers to assume that the shield was engraved. But, it has raised letters. At least one reproduction Heroism acorn exists that’s engraved. These were made by skilled craftsmen, but it would be difficult to reproduce the raised letter acorn.

2011 and 2012 reproductions of the 1928 (round shield) Remington full and smaller size knives.

These shouldn't confuse anyone as original. - Repro. knives are 3 blade and the original were 4 blade.