All About Pocket Knives

Sad to note that Adrian (Colonel Coon) Harris has passed away . He will be much missed by myself and all that knew and cared about him.

May he rest in peace.

Sorry to learn of that. I have the pocket knife repair book he authored. The knife world is losing too many good folks. “Who’s gonna fill their shoes?”

Ken

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:00 pm Sorry to learn of that. I have the pocket knife repair book he authored. The knife world is losing too many good folks. “Who’s gonna fill their shoes?”

Ken

Yes, I have that book too. That book is what started me on disassembling and fixing knives. I feel as though Adrian taught me a lot of what I know about knife repair.
May he RIP

Adrian was a special person with many gifts. When you 1st met him he made you feel like you were old friends and he was loaded with knowledge. Old original Colonel Coon knives are some of the finest and highest quality knives out there. A lot was due to Adrian's creativity. The knife world lost a giant and we all lost a great friend.

Tom

..how did I miss this!!!!........ .......I met him years ago at a knife show, and later bought his book on knife repair, he was a great person!!!............... ...................

....I do have one of his knives, as best I can remember, I bought it from him when he had a booth he had set up in a mall in Gainesville, ga. years ago. also have a stag handled whittler I bought from him!!......one of my treasures!!!.......... ......................................

Carrmillus, I would love to see pics of your colonel coons

..I don't have a clue about how to do that!!, aapk is all I do on a computer!!...computers cost me my job, I hate 'em!!!............ ....................

Sorry to hear this. May he rest in peace. The only genuine Colonel Coon I own (I have others, but they were made by Queen after Mr. Harris was no longer involved).

.........I got to wondering if mine was an "original" col. coon so i dug out the box and looked, there is no "queen" marking on the box or the knife, so, I'm thinking mine is an "original"????......................... .....................

carrmillus wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 2:41 pm .........I got to wondering if mine was an "original" col. coon so i dug out the box and looked, there is no "queen" marking on the box or the knife, so, I'm thinking mine is an "original"????......................... .....................

I'm not an expert, so there may be exceptions. Original Colonel Coons were made in Tennessee. All the ones I've seen are etched "Made in Tennessee by Tennesseans" and have a tang stamp that says "TENN. USA."
They also have a small Colonel Coon figure on the Shield. My Queen made Coons have "CC" on the shield and don't mention Tennessee. Bear made Coons don't mention Tennessee and although some of them have the Colonel Coon figure on the shield it is noticeably larger than on the original - the figure, not the shield.

Hope this helps (and is correct )

.........mine has nieither of those marks, so I guess it is made by Queen!!.............. ...................

I have several original Colonel Coon knives or sale in my eBay store, “olderdogs1”. Not all of them have shields but I believe all have the Tennessee Etch. If a knife has an orange box, almost certainly made by Queen through Smokey Mountain Knife Works.

Hope this helps.

Tom