Cub Hunter

Colonial Knife was incorporated in 1926 by three brothers; Antonio, Domenic, & Fredrick Paolantonio. It grew to become one of the largest pocket knife manufacturers in the US during the 1960s. The company shut down in 1998, but was back into production under the Colonial Cutlery International Corporation in 2001. Colonial Cutlery International, Inc. brand is the imported line of knives and tools while the U.S.A.- made products fall under the Colonial Knife brand.
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Colonial miniature, possibly was on a cardboard display in a corner market in some small town. I remember these displays, but not these little knives. 4” overall. Probably late 30’s early 40’s
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Here's mine, they are neat little knives! ::tu::
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Thanks for the reply. They are neat little knives, I had never seen one in the box and sheath. That is a very nice sheath, that came with the knife. I see in your picture that they were made as a letter opener, souvenir.

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They were a seven year old's dream in the early 50's when I was a kid. As I remember, they weren't very sharp, but they looked so cool on your jeans' belt.
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Here's a CAMCO 3-1/2" blade hunter for the next size boy. It has a neat cap-lifter/church-key can opener combo on the guard. Ahhh, the fifties!! A great time to be a boy. J.O'.
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Another cool little knife, it was a good time to be growing up. The 50’s. Harold
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Interesting how they marketed that Cub Hunter as a "souvenir letter opener", skirting the knife aspect. It must be a later model. I never saw that back when. I think they came on a card for like $1.29 or something close. J.O'.
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stockman wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2024 9:16 pm Colonial miniature, possibly was on a cardboard display in a corner market in some small town. I remember these displays, but not these little knives. 4” overall. Probably late 30’s early 40’s
That's a neat little knife 👍🤠
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