Colonial. Brought back to life.

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Colonial. Brought back to life.

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This Colonial barlow was in a junk box of knives a friend of mine gave me that one of his co-workers was going to trash.I found this colonial and thought I would try to save it. Just wanted to share.
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Great job. I've always like the carbon steel on these vintage Colonial's.
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Awesome job ::tu::
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Thanks Men ::handshake::

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Love it!
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Nice job.
That was certainly worth saving.
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Sweet!
Your pocket will get addicted to that knife quickly!
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Nice save, looks back ready for action again!
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Very knice!!!! ::tu::
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Thank you all for your kind comments. ::handshake::
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