Colonial or not?

Colonial Knife was incorporated in 1926 by three brothers; Antonio, Domenic, & Fredrick Paolantonio. It grew to become one of the largest pocket knife manufacturers in the US during the 1960s. The company shut down in 1998, but was back into production under the Colonial Cutlery International Corporation in 2001. Colonial Cutlery International, Inc. brand is the imported line of knives and tools while the U.S.A.- made products fall under the Colonial Knife brand.
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Is this a Colonial knife? It appears to have horn handles. Thanks!
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Your hiding the most important part.....what does the blade read at the base?
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Could be a Utica Sportsman
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Huck Finn wrote: It appears to have horn handles.
Handles are bone...........

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The handles are horn as I have stated. One side is begining to peel. How anyone can differiniate horn from bone relating to this picture is beyond human comprention. Padon the misspelled words. I can get carrrrrrrrried away! ::dang::
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I'd like to see pictures of the entire knife front and back. ::nod::
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It looks like a Utica Sportsman knife. The tang wasn't stamped. Just the blade was etched. It looks like the etch was buffed off somewhere along the way. The handle may have been sanded as well? They were sold in a combo set with an ax or separately.
Imperial sold the same knife with a Kamp King scout knife but they stamped the tang. Kutmaster sold it with an ax and called it a Ranger kit. Both of these sets had black plastic handles. I'll bet they were made for several labels. I'm not sure who actually made them all.
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Huck Finn wrote:The handles are horn as I have stated. One side is begining to peel. How anyone can differiniate horn from bone relating to this picture is beyond human comprention. Padon the misspelled words. I can get carrrrrrrrried away! ::dang::
The handles are jigged bone.
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