Can anyone tell me about this Colonial?
Can anyone tell me about this Colonial?
This was my wife’s Grandfathers knife and was handed down to me by her Grandmother before she passed. I’ve had it sitting in a drawer until recently finding this forum.
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Re: Can anyone tell me about this Colonial?
A medium 3-spring stockman with a Turkish clip blade, likely a 1970s-80s purchase. Not really meant to be fancy collectibles but definitely more of a working man's knife with excellent Colonial steel. We've scared up some history on those knives over the years in the forum. I've been targeting clean examples of Colonials/rebranded knives with those same synthetic stag handles as your grandfather's.
This particular thread explores the shared heritage of Sharp-branded knives that were sold in K-Mart. You'll see a version of the same knife in its original packaging here: viewtopic.php?t=51203
This one shows a range of Colonial-made Sabre USA knives using the sawcut handles instead of the "fake stag" composition: viewtopic.php?f=87&t=33434&p=587016&p587016
For my part, here are a couple of my posts (including photos) about these knives and similar ones:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=44545&p=679912#p679912
viewtopic.php?f=87&t=32528&p=546893&hil ... al#p546893
Your knife should be a treasured part of your collection because of your grandfather's ownership and all the stories it can probably tell. Happy hunting!
This particular thread explores the shared heritage of Sharp-branded knives that were sold in K-Mart. You'll see a version of the same knife in its original packaging here: viewtopic.php?t=51203
This one shows a range of Colonial-made Sabre USA knives using the sawcut handles instead of the "fake stag" composition: viewtopic.php?f=87&t=33434&p=587016&p587016
For my part, here are a couple of my posts (including photos) about these knives and similar ones:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=44545&p=679912#p679912
viewtopic.php?f=87&t=32528&p=546893&hil ... al#p546893
Your knife should be a treasured part of your collection because of your grandfather's ownership and all the stories it can probably tell. Happy hunting!
Tony
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