In 1919, the Remington Arms Company established the Remington Cutlery Works at its massive manufacturing complex in Bridgeport, Connecticut. This facility was already world-renowned for munitions production, but the shift toward consumer goods after World War I allowed for the company to utilize its extensive metalworking expertise and vast labor force during peacetime. By 1920, the company released an incredibly ambitious first catalog that spanned nearly two hundred pages and featured hundreds of distinct knife models. This initial offering signaled to the market that Remington intended to dominate the cutlery sector with the same vigor it had applied to the firearms industry.

The golden age of Remington's in-house knife production was relatively short-lived due to the geopolitical shifts of the early 1940s. In 1941, as the United States prepared for entry into World War II, Remington made the decision to cease all knife production to clear floor space for the manufacturing of .30 caliber military cartridges. The company sold off its cutlery machinery and liquidated its remaining stock, effectively ending its time as a direct manufacturer of pocketknives. For the next several decades, the Remington name lived on in the cutlery world primarily through the high value placed on these vintage "Bridgeport" knives by serious collectors.

A significant revival of the brand occurred in 1982 when Remington decided to capitalize on the growing market for sporting collectibles and nostalgia. The company reintroduced the Bullet Knife series as a promotional incentive for its new centerfire rifles and as a standalone product for the burgeoning community of knife enthusiasts. For many years, the highly successful annual Bullet Knife series was manufactured under contract by Camillus Cutlery in New York. These modern reproductions sought to emulate the exact specifications of the 1920s originals, often utilizing the same patterns and handle materials.

Following the bankruptcy of Camillus in 2007 and subsequent shifts in the Remington Outdoor Company’s corporate structure, the production of Remington-branded knives moved between various other knife companies like Bear & Son Cutlery and Great Eastern Cutlery. These partnerships allowed the brand to maintain a presence in the market even as the parent company faced restructuring. Today, Remington serves as a permanent symbol of a period when American industrial might was applied to the creation of everyday tools with an uncompromising level of detail and function.