A DOZEN GYPSIES

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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Dern these COONS...
Keep showin up like IRS agents to an inheritance.

Heres 6 of 12 that landed in TX today..
6 more to follow in reply..

Hope yawll enjoy em..

regards.... Dave
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Heres the last 6..
Came a chargin through the door,
like Opra at an ice-cream store opening..

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You have got'em all Dave! Incredible collection BTW
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Wow!! Great lookin bunch of knive. I will help you out carryin a few if you like???? LOL!!!
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Very nice Mr. B! What can you tell about the ones with no etch? Are they newer Coons? Are they older Coons? Or what? ::shrug::

BTW, and to all coonisseurs, I have one Coon left. It is a stag handled coongress, complete with everything but a box. Price is $305 delivered to you in the USA. 8) :D

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Ray. .. a very very general way to look at age is by the stamp..
The OLDER ones seemed to mostly have a large font stamp..
Smaller the stamp, the newer the knife.. Etch or not had little to do with age..
This, of course, would be NOT applicable if the knife is
smallish in pattern size... BTW, I couldnt find yer COON at
Sweetwater knives, meaning neither can a consumer..lolo

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Blisterman, those Coons just make me drool on my keyboard. ::nod::

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MrBlister wrote:Ray. .. a very very general way to look at age is by the stamp..
The OLDER ones seemed to mostly have a large font stamp..
Smaller the stamp, the newer the knife.. Etch or not had little to do with age..
This, of course, would be NOT applicable if the knife is
smallish in pattern size... BTW, I couldnt find yer COON at
Sweetwater knives, meaning neither can a consumer..lolo

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OK, just to please you, I now have it listed in the store. Photos are not very good but I'll get better ones posted when the Christmas company leaves.
*****Good photos now posted!
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