All About Pocket Knives

Just bought a Colonial Stockman pattern with brass liners that stand proud of the rest of the frame---a significant amount, considering they're usually sanded/ polished flush on most well-made knives. Tell me that isn't normal on their knives, or tell me it's a rare/ valuable production mistake, and don't mess with it! Otherwise, I'm prolly gonna put it to the belt sander. Just wanted input prior. Thanks in advance.

Can't say I've ever seen a sanded Colonial.
I think there intention was to make an inexpensive knife and they did.
I'm surprised your knife has brass liners.

Not thew norm from what I've experienced.

It depends. Colonial made some nice knives but they also made some on the cheap that are just down and dirty cutting machines.

Jerry,
I haven't seen any Colonials that were of the same quality of the early Imperials.
Did Colonial produce knives of that quality? From my some what limited experience, I thought Colonial made a good knife, but not a very refined knife.

Colonial made this "Old Cutler". It may not be up to the standards as the early Imperials but it's a hair of a lot better than their normal run of the mill knives. At least it's not a shell handle.

I had not heard "shell handle" before, but knew immediately what you meant, being schooled by an Imperial that I still mean to rehandle, someday. Idk why...

jerryd6818 wrote:Colonial made this "Old Cutler". It may not be up to the standards as the early Imperials but it's a hair of a lot better than their normal run of the mill knives. At least it's not a shell handle.

Well, there's another one for me to look out for. I didn't know Colonial uped the game with something like that. Thanks Jerry.

My nekkid eyes had trouble, but when I took a pic and enlarged it...it appears it's the backsprings that stand proud, not the liners (felt the other way)....I think I'll leave the backsprings full thickness 3rd pic is out of focus but unmistakably brass (to me). It's a decent blade for what it is, but, it's got some heavy competition in my stable of everyday Case's, let alone a few GEC's, H n R's, Queen, etc. It'll never be in that league, but, I'd carry it on a day in a swamp where there was a reasonable risk of loss, but need of an ok blade for desired (not needed) tasks...I try to avoid those commutes, anyway....

Sand it down with some 220 and polish with some 400 wet dry sandpaper.

No, 220 won't work unless you've got several hours to put into it.....

TripleF wrote:No, 220 won't work unless you've got several hours to put into it.....

If they are that Proud get some 80-100 Wet Dry or free hand it with a Belt sander locked in a vice.