Not sure about this one, but did Colonial make a horsemen's knife similar to the O. Barnett Tool Co. pliers and hoof pick knife?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Coloni ... 0010.m2109
It looks kind of suspicious to me, but I may be wrong. Pretty hefty price tag too, must be rare?
Colonial Horseman's Knife
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Colonial Horseman's Knife
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Re: Colonial Horseman's Knife
I showed that same one some time ago on the counterfeit forum. Someone's still trying to pass it off as real. The blade is a replacement, because the way Barnett tempered the blades, they broke easily.
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Re: Colonial Horseman's Knife
Thanks for your reply, cody. $450 seems like a hard lesson to learn for some unsuspecting newbie getting into collecting. Those Christmas Tree scales are outgassed to the max.cody6268 wrote:I showed that same one some time ago on the counterfeit forum. Someone's still trying to pass it off as real. The blade is a replacement, because the way Barnett tempered the blades, they broke easily.
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
Re: Colonial Horseman's Knife
Hey Cody, did Barnett make these with celluloid handles?cody6268 wrote:I showed that same one some time ago on the counterfeit forum. Someone's still trying to pass it off as real. The blade is a replacement, because the way Barnett tempered the blades, they broke easily.
All I have ever seen are bone.
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Re: Colonial Horseman's Knife
I don't think so, and I'm sure if they did, there'd be an example of an ad for the knife with the handles. And I think the production of these knives (late 1880s, to early 1900s) predated Christmas Tree celluloid. I suspect the guy way back then that put the Colonial blade in the knife thought it would look good with those celluloid scales.edge213 wrote:Hey Cody, did Barnett make these with celluloid handles?cody6268 wrote:I showed that same one some time ago on the counterfeit forum. Someone's still trying to pass it off as real. The blade is a replacement, because the way Barnett tempered the blades, they broke easily.
All I have ever seen are bone.
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Re: Colonial Horseman's Knife
I agree completely. Wish the eBayer would wake up and realize this, especially at $450!cody6268 wrote:I don't think so, and I'm sure if they did, there'd be an example of an ad for the knife with the handles. And I think the production of these knives (late 1880s, to early 1900s) predated Christmas Tree celluloid. I suspect the guy way back then that put the Colonial blade in the knife thought it would look good with those celluloid scales.edge213 wrote:Hey Cody, did Barnett make these with celluloid handles?cody6268 wrote:I showed that same one some time ago on the counterfeit forum. Someone's still trying to pass it off as real. The blade is a replacement, because the way Barnett tempered the blades, they broke easily.
All I have ever seen are bone.
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter