Colonial? Celluloid? Help!

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Bigduck1
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Colonial? Celluloid? Help!

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Hi all!
I have a cool looking little pocket knife that I’ve been holding on to for a few years and trying to identify it. It has a neat Black, reddish burgundish shiny pattern handle slabs that I think could be celluloid. The knife is stamped U.S.A. Only on the secondary blade. No other markings that I see. So, 3 questions for Ya:
1. Who made it?
2. Is the handle Celluloid or some other composite?
3. Approx. Age?

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Many Thanks for any help!
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Re: Colonial? Celluloid? Help!

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That's almost certainly a Colonial. They made alot of advertising knives with tipped bolsters like that. I'd have to guess that's celluloid. With it only stamped usa I'd say it's an earlier one from them.
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Re: Colonial? Celluloid? Help!

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Colonial.
Celluloid.
1940s-ish.
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Thanks again for the help! Good news is, I’m getting slightly better at figuring things out but it takes me a looooooonnnnnnggggg time and I still don’t trust myself much. That’s why I like to go to the Smart Folks :D
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From your pictures it doesn't look like it's bombed yet, but I would be careful to store it away from your other knives.
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