Remington has begun their advertising blitz for the new Great Eastern Cutlery-produced Remington “Prospector” Baby Bullet (in partnership with Smoky Mountain Knife Works). You can read the official press release at The Truth About Guns among other places.I would like to call attention to this quote from SMKWfounder Kevin Pipes:

“The most important fact about the Bullet Knife is that it has always been USA made. We partner with the finest knife craftsman in the country to produce our knives, including Great Eastern Cutlery who is making this year’s Bullet Knife. The overwhelmingly positive comments attest to the knife’s quality and collectability. You can’t go wrong making an investment in “The Prospector.”

I also covered the Prospector in Knife News in the October 2021 issue of KNIFE Magazine (arriving in mailboxes imminently).

SMKW and Great Eastern Cutlery reintroduce classic Remington Baby Bullet

The first Remington Bullet Knives were made in 1922 just two years after the Remington Arms Company began to convert a portion of their post WWI manufacturing capacity to the production of cutlery. The Bullet Knives they produced for the next 11 years remain the most collectable of all Remington Knives. The company was sold to the Dupont Company in 1933, at which point the quality and later the collectibility of Remington Knives began to decline. The cutlery division was sold to PAL in 1940, which made Remington Knives until their dissolution in 1953.

Over the years Remington licensed the name to various manufacturers, but it wasn’t until 1982 when collector’s interest in the brand began to be rekindled. It was then that they began to distribute a re-release of their classic Bullet patterns in conjunction with the purchase of a rifle, this time being made by Camillus. The success of these knives led to a premium line of “Silver Bullets” with premium bone handles, just like the originals, and sold exclusively through Smoky Mountain Knife Works.

The license passed changed hands a couple of more times, most recently to Buck Knives. They produced Remington Knives with a bullet shield through 2020, with one premium knife pattern released each year.

The license has again changed hands, this time to SMKW itself. They have partnered with the premier maker of production American slipjoints, Great Eastern Cutlery, to reproduce the classic Remington R1173 Baby Bullet Trapper.

The 2021 Remington “Prospector” Baby Bullet Knife (RE7352) is a two blade trapper pattern with a 3.125” Drop Point primary and a 2.75” Spey blade, both from 1095 Carbon Steel. Both blades are marked with a traditional circle Remington UMC/Made in USA tang stamp. The liners are cartridge brass, and the handle scales are molasses dyed jigged bone.

While the 2021 Remington Baby Bullet is being produced under the license held by SMKW, it will be distributed by Blue Ridge Knives to a wide range of knife retailers. Retail price: $169.99.