Colonial Forest Master Camp Knife

[CluelessNick]

Came across this stainless Forest Master and bought it the other day. Really happy that all the blades have good snap. It's in great shape too.

[Papa Bones]

Came across this stainless Forest Master and bought it the other day. Really happy that all the blades have good snap. It's in great shape too.

Nice one Nick!!

[Checkered past]

Thought I would add my Forest-Master in. It's a 4 blade, with the awl broken. Break has been cleaned up and sharpened? Nasty little point on it. Need a small screwdriver to get it out though. Steel liners and spacer. Also noticed on the tang stamp it's

COLONIAL
PROV R.I.
PAT PEND

Got it free in a bundle. Nice little knife

[Eelephant]

Couple ForestMasters.

[eveled]

I’m always drawn to the can openers on “camp knives”, mostly because they usually are an indicator of age.

Its interesting on these Forest Master knives that there were different can openers. I also was unaware of an American knife that used the Victorinox style can opener with the small screwdriver tip.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Recently, this pocket knife arrived in a very large lot or group of pocket knives that I purchased. It now becomes my latest example to be added to this topic or thread and added to my general pocket cutlery collection. I did NOT buy the group to obtain this particular pocket knife. It is another COLONIAL, "FOREST-MASTER", one blade, three tools (can opener, cap lifter or bottle opener and a punch or awl), three tang stamps, 3 3/4" closed (not including the bail), camping or scout, pattern or style of pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says "COLONIAL (over) PROV. U.S.A." The can opener front tang stamp says "U.S.A." The cap lifter or bottle opener front tang stamp says "U.S.A." It is in VERY GOOD condition.
It needed a bit of cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
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[313 Mike]

I’m always drawn to the can openers on “camp knives”, mostly because they usually are an indicator of age.

Its interesting on these Forest Master knives that there were different can openers. I also was unaware of an American knife that used the Victorinox style can opener with the small screwdriver tip.

In addition to the bottle openers being different, the top one also has what looks like a pen blade in place of the awl.

[tabbyapple]

I was going through my father's tools as he had previously passed away.

I glad to see that among his tool was one of these knives.

Our family had gone to a local county fair in 1974 when I was 7.

There they had a large out door claw crane attraction.

It was arranged in a rectangle with a carny guy in the center.

You put your quarter in the front of the machine and turned the crank to operate the crane's claw.

The prize was dropped into a small chute in the back left corner so that when you won a prize you had to ask the carny guy in the center to hand you your prize.

I think it was $.25, but it may have been $.10.

My dad won this knife on the cranes.

I won a large footed glass with large dimples i the side at another attraction whereas you tossed a coin across a two layered stack of glasses and won a glass if you coin managed to land in and stay in a glass. The smaller glasses required a dime to when them and the larger ones a quarter.

LOL, my parents had bought a brand new 1972 Ford Maverick for $1900 2 years before that.

For comparison, in 1970 a good paying job at a union controlled meat packing plant paid $3 and change an hour plus benefits.