shell handled knives

gino · Post by **gino** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:59 am

Those red handles are cool Cato! Thanks for sharin it

whitebuffalo58 · Post by **whitebuffalo58** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 4:19 am

Thanks Joe! I think I knew that, but my brain just don't work like it used to. I appreciate the refresher course.

I used to buy the shell handled knives as a kid by pickin' up returnable pop bottles out of the ditches and cashin' 'em in. It only took about 20 bottles for most patterns. On a good weekend you could buy 2 or 3 knives. They're still inexpensive by most standards, but I sure miss those early days. I wish now i'd have bought more of them then I did. But hey, there were other things to consider. BB's for your Red Ryder, model cars (paints, glues, etc...), Hot Wheels, a deck of cards to put in the spokes of your bike, new rear tire for your bike after spending a weekend of challenges to see how far you could leave skid marks. With all those responsibilities, it's wonder I ever had the money to buy any at all!

WB

TripleF · Post by **TripleF** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:17 pm

Gotta post this beauty in here before it leaves....

singin46 · Post by **singin46** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:03 pm

Red is dangerous Scott, she looks like she gets around, definitely a quality shell.

Old Hunter · Post by **Old Hunter** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:56 pm

Bought this one yesterday, absolutely mint, wish I knew when Colonial quit making these traditional shell-handled pocketknives.

TripleF · Post by **TripleF** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 3:16 pm

Beautiful OH!!

Joe Dirt · Post by **Joe Dirt** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 3:18 pm

I pretty sure there NOT making them anymore, Hunter (to answer your other post).
However, the owner of Colonial IS an AAPK member (He is a descendant of the founders!)!
You can find his contact info in the Knife Lore topic under the post: "Colonial Knife Company",
maybe he could give us a little info. on when they started and stopped making shell handle
knives! The latest date I have on a Colonial blister pack with that handle is 1977. Mint knives
pop up every now and then! Nice one

Guess China has got the handle on ALL the cheaply priced knives nowadays.

.... Joe

Old Hunter · Post by **Old Hunter** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 3:44 pm

Thanks for the compliments on the knife guys. Joe, thanks for the information on Colonial; the mid 70's is while back (much further than I would have guessed), but like you say occasionally something nice and new pops up. I will stick with "USA made" as long as they are out there, should be enough to last the balance of my lifetime! That said, I will/do buy the products of countries that are our friends (and not our enemies) when needed (i.e., Canada, England, Australia, Germany, S. Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, etc.) - have to support our good trading partners too.

gino · Post by **gino** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:34 pm

I just picked these up

singin46 · Post by **singin46** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:37 am

Nice Crossbar and Kamp Kings Gino!

gino · Post by **gino** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 1:50 am

Thanks Perry

whitebuffalo58 · Post by **whitebuffalo58** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:15 am

That's a good'n OH!
Gino, don't look to me like there's a bad one in the bunch! Well done my friend!
No wonder i'm havin' such a hard time scorein' a good shell these days. You fellas are stiff competition!!

WB

edgy46 · Post by **edgy46** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:24 am

Nice shells Gino. Especially the crossguard.

TripleF · Post by **TripleF** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:30 am

Very knice Gino!

Joe Dirt · Post by **Joe Dirt** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 6:34 pm

Man, those are in great condition, Gino!!

The Imperial "Cross-Bar" pattern is one of the patterns that was sold to Colonial - I have no idea what year.

..... Joe

gino · Post by **gino** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:01 pm

Thanks Guys! Here is a open pic Joe, I like it.

whitebuffalo58 · Post by **whitebuffalo58** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:02 pm

Yes sir, when it comes to collecting the shell handles, it's all about the colors.

WB

Joe Dirt · Post by **Joe Dirt** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:57 pm

I really like that knife, Gino!

Umm.... WB, I think the color fell off that one!

The 1 & 2 blade "Dwarf" (Topsy) toothpick is another pattern that Imperial sold to Colonial!
I haven't seen the Colonials in anything other than that jigged plastic in black and varying shades of brown.
The handles on them look like the stuff they were making in the '60s.

Colonials are at the top right and top middle in this pic.

.... Joe

whitebuffalo58 · Post by **whitebuffalo58** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:31 pm

I'd say it did Joe. I call that color

.

singin46 · Post by **singin46** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:49 am

Those are some I ain't even seen before Joe, WOOOHOO!

glennbad · Post by **glennbad** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:47 pm

Wow Joe! Wonderful stubbies.

Nice set!

Glenn

trutemper · Post by **trutemper** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:35 pm

Howdy guys....man I been workin too much!! Nice to get back here to check out all the dandies you guys been showin!

Hey Joe and Perry! Ran into another one of those cool swedge Hammers again....startin to get a collection of these(always on the lookout!)!

Bob

singin46 · Post by **singin46** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 1:06 am

Oooh, that's a nice one Bob!

I always called that handle the basket weave. I have a pen knife in this same handle.

glennbad · Post by **glennbad** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:42 pm

Hey! Can't let this thread fall into page 2.

Here's a couple that are pretty cool to me.

This is a little multiblade, I"m not sure of the model name.

Here's a little midget set. It comes in a little box(not shown)

This last one, I have never seen another anywhere else. If anybody has one like it, please show it.

Glenn

singin46 · Post by **singin46** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:57 pm

That last one I have never seen before either Glenn, great lookin knife! The first I'm pretty sure would fall under the "Vest Pocket" category although JoeDirt may have a better, more to the point name for it. That little set is killer too.

Thanks for showin them Glenn! I got a new one comin in right now with slanted bolsters and is supposed to be NOS.

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