Pretty Maple Coon

Colonel Coon Knives were made by Adrain A. Harris, Mr. Harris started making fixed blade knives as a hobby in the 60's, in 1976 he became the only authorized field repairman in the U.S. for Schrade, a few months later he became the only authorized repairman for Kissing Crane and J.A. Henckels in the United States, in 1978 he founded Tennessee Knife Works Inc. in his home town of Columbia, Tenn. and began making Colonel Coon Knives the old style a true bench made or handmade pocket knife. In 1988 he sold his manufacturing processes to W.R Case & Sons and retired.
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Breeze
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Pretty Maple Coon

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Picked this up at the friendly, local, gun show today. The curley maple handles are really sharp. 3.5" closed.
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Is this a Queen made knife ?
SMKW i believe owns the brand name. Now that Queen is gone do you know if some other manufacturer has been contracted to make this brand ?
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Nice knife. I have a Case Peanut Curly Maple. Love the handles.

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Looks nice. :D
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Re: Pretty Maple Coon

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kootenay joe wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2020 3:47 am Is this a Queen made knife ?
SMKW i believe owns the brand name. Now that Queen is gone do you know if some other manufacturer has been contracted to make this brand ?
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This the first Colonel Coon that I've bought. I don't know much, but in a nutshell, after SMKW obtained the rights to the name, the knives were made by Queen until Queen went out of business in January 2018. Since then they've been made by Bear. I bought this thinking it was a Queen and a gentleman over on Blade Forums has indicated its a Queen made around the early 2000's.

Its very well made. Excellent f&f, snap, and no blade play. Its a very nice knife.

I mostly bought it for the handles :D
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Re: Pretty Maple Coon

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rea1eye wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2020 4:22 pm Nice knife. I have a Case Peanut Curly Maple. Love the handles.

Bob
TPK wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2020 4:37 pmLooks nice. :D
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That's real nice. Glad you were able to find it. ::nod::

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Nice find ::nod::
Beautiful color.
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