Question about the new Colonel Coon

jfarmer · Post by **jfarmer** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:05 pm

I keep hearing that Colonel Coon pocket knives are going to be made again and that they will be released soon. Does anybody know anything about them? Who is making them? I have heard that they will be made here in the USA. Doesn't Case own the Colonel Coon name?

James

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:21 pm

They were originaly made by Adrian Harris for 10 years and then Case bought out the name and rights...I have not heard that rumor of Col Coon knives making a comeback, I only hope it is in the USA and made with the same quality of the originals.

Turkey Creek Tom and Yerout are the next best thing to experts on Col Coon in the forum in my humble opinion...Maybe they will chime in..

Here is my lone Col Coon offering to the world..

Sunburst

jfarmer · Post by **jfarmer** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:34 pm

That's a nice Coon sunburst. I like the filework.

James

singin46 · Post by **singin46** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:05 pm

Sunburst

you have definitely been holdin back. I knew you had a case full of one of a kinders. Here I've been worried about showin you up.

No more my friend.

Beautiful custom slipjoint Col. coon.... AGAIN !

Perry

mumblypeg · Post by **mumblypeg** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:26 am

Nice filework, sunburst.

Are the liners milled also? I see that they are on the back, but I mean the divider.

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:51 am

Thanks mumblypeg,

The liners are milled, good eye...

It's a rather unique knife..

Sunburst

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:22 am

I can see now why the dogs are barking again.
A coon on the loose.

Sunburst can you tree that coon a bit more to show the mill work more?
PLEASE just for us.

El Lobo · Post by **El Lobo** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:29 am

OK,

I'm feeling persnickity tonight, so I'm going to say...I don't believe the liner is milled...as that is done by machine. That work appears to have been done by hand...so it's much more time consuming.

OK, it's nitpicking...but I feel better now.

That is a beauty...no matter.

Bill

tank · Post by **tank** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:07 am

This is interesting.
http://xrint.com/trademarks/us/78702502

upnorth · Post by **upnorth** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:30 am

Does that mean that SMKW is applying for a copyright on the logo, tank?

Exquisite knife sunburst!

jfarmer · Post by **jfarmer** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:10 pm

Thanks for the info. tank. SMKW has a relationship with Queen so hopefully they will be building them. If it turns out that way, I will need some of those coons. Of course, they also have a relationship with Bear & Son Cutlery so it could go that way too.

James

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:19 pm

mumblypeg wrote:Nice filework, sunburst.

Are the liners milled also? I see that they are on the back, but I mean the divider.

See if this makes it easier to see...

tank · Post by **tank** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:39 pm

upnorth thats whats i'm taking it as. all that legal stuff escapes me. it would be great if smkw did pair up with queen on them, proly lead to my bankruptcy though.

mumblypeg · Post by **mumblypeg** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:46 am

Thanks sunburst. Absolutely beautiful!

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:30 pm

tank; "bankruptcy"

I will come to your home just befor the bankruptuy and buy your colection to bail you out.

Sunburst that is a very fancy lady.

jfarmer · Post by **jfarmer** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:07 pm

I've been thinking some more about it and I'm guessing that Bear & Son will be building them.

James

tank · Post by **tank** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:15 pm

Ken, what a pal you are!

yerout · Post by **yerout** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:30 am

As far as my personel feeling I hope they never build another Colonel Coon, If they are waiting on me to buy one they are already broke, even Tenn Knife Works didn't make all the coons and that has never set well with me ! but its all about the money

Sorry about the rant

yerout

jfarmer · Post by **jfarmer** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:16 am

yerout, I wasn't aware that Tennessee Knife Works didn't make all of the original Coons. Who else made some of them. I understand what you mean about someone else making the new Coons. I would still like to have some of the new ones if they are quality made knives.

James

El Lobo · Post by **El Lobo** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:51 am

I'm pretty sure I read that Colonial, Camillus, Schrade and maybe others, made knives, or at least the components, for Colonel Coon. However, the finished product sure was a high quality knife...IMO.

Bill

yerout · Post by **yerout** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:15 am

Bill you are right on the money as always on the parts makers that produced parts for the knives, I dont know for sure who made what parts but if I get to see Mr. H again I will ask the question.

jframer here is a knife that was outsourced by Tenn Knife Works

Thanks
yerout

Sorry about the poor pic, I cant run no pitchur takn machine

muskrat man · Post by **muskrat man** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:33 am

looks alot like a schrade 8OT.

Turkey Creek Tom · Post by **Turkey Creek Tom** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:28 am

muskrat man wrote:looks alot like a schrade 8OT.

I believe it is a Colonial!

And I join yerout - A Colonel Coon made other than by Tennessee Knife Works was not a true Coon. Now if they make again get the fellows who worked for Adrian Harris in Columbia, Tennessee to make them...I don't like knives contracted out and made by who knows who or what country or company. If Queen makes a Case classic stamp on it made by Queen for Case etc.

jfarmer · Post by **jfarmer** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:37 pm

Sometimes it is hard to keep up with who made what isn't it?

James