All About Pocket Knives

lrlangley89 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 3:13 am Hey everyone. This is my first time posting. I’ve recently acquired a Colonel Coon 679S that, I believe, is near mint. Until today, I didn’t know a thing about these knives, and I still don’t know much. Any info would be awesome (age, materials, value, etc.)

Colonel Coon Knives were made by Adrian A. Harris, Mr. Harris started making fixed blade knives as a hobby in the 60's, in 1976 he became the only authorized field repairman in the U.S. for Schrade, a few months later he became the only authorized repairman for Kissing Crane and J.A. Henckels in the United States, in 1978 he founded Tennessee Knife Works Inc. in his home town of Columbia, Tenn. and began making Colonel Coon Knives the old style a true bench made or handmade pocket knife, In 1980 he devised his own chemical milling process for custom etching the blades, along with this he developed a packaging process which included a hinged paper box which is still being used today. By offering this packaging system and custom etching to knife dealers this help start the trend of " the commemorative knife " In 1988 he sold his manufacturing processes to W.R Case & Sons and retired.

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 2:31 pm Add me to the list of know-nots.
I do know one thing about that knife - it sure is a looker!
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RevolverGuy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:24 pm I've always wanted to add one of these Colonel Coon knives to my collection. They were made from 1978-1988 (USA, Tenn.). Sort of custom knives made by Adrian Harris. The ones I've seen over the years were very well made knives. Mr. Harris worked for Schrade and later became the only authorized repairman in the U.S. for Kissing Crane and Henckels.

Below is an excerpt from the following website: http://www.colonelcoon.net/

Colonel Coon Knives were made by Adrian A. Harris, Mr. Harris started making fixed blade knives as a hobby in the 60's, in 1976 he became the only authorized field repairman in the U.S. for Schrade, a few months later he became the only authorized repairman for Kissing Crane and J.A. Henckels in the United States, in 1978 he founded Tennessee Knife Works Inc. in his home town of Columbia, Tenn. and began making Colonel Coon Knives the old style a true bench made or handmade pocket knife, In 1980 he devised his own chemical milling process for custom etching the blades, along with this he developed a packaging process which included a hinged paper box which is still being used today. By offering this packaging system and custom etching to knife dealers this help start the trend of " the commemorative knife " In 1988 he sold his manufacturing processes to W.R Case & Sons and retired.