Colonel Coon?

jstrange

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Hey all,

I was just checking out the site called Knife Newsroom and stumbled on this brand. Supposedly it’s a resurrection of an old brand, is US made, and inexpensive. Anyone have experience with them?

They have a few more patterns but you get the gist. I am wondering if they are just rebranded Bear & Sons or something of that nature.

What say you?
 
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FROM AAPK:
"The Early Years
Colonel Coon Knives were made by Adrain 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.

Extra special thanks to yerout for contributing the above information.

The Comeback
In 2006, [a large knife retailer] purchased the Colonel Coon name and the brand was soon reintroduced. The more recent Colonel Coon Knives are factory manufactured models that come out of the Queen factory under license by [that company]."
 
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Thanks for the info. If Queen is making them then they should be good quality although the 420 steel is not too impressive.

I really like the toothpick, it’s hard to find a new full-size one nowadays.
 
The yellow comp models you show are made after Queen closed down. My guess would be Bear & Sons, and definitely not up to the quality of the earlier Colonel Coons. The Queen made knives had CC on the shield, rather than the current raccoon.
 
black mamba said:
The yellow comp models you show are made after Queen closed down. My guess would be Bear & Sons, and definitely not up to the quality of the earlier Colonel Coons. The Queen made knives had CC on the shield, rather than the current raccoon.
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Jeff when you say the "earlier Colonel Coons" are you referring to the pre-Queen knives or the Queen knives and if you meant pre-Queen, then how do these Bear & Sons compare to the Queen made ones in your opinion?
 
I have never handled one of the original bench made Tennessee Colonel Coons, but the Queen made knives were extremely well made, nicer than any Bear & Sons I've ever seen. The Queen made CCs were in the $80-$100 retail price range when originally released, the same as S&M knives of the same period.
 
That’s too bad, I had forgotten that Queen had closed down when I got a bit excited earlier. If B&S is making them then they are probably no great bargain at the asking price.
 
black mamba said:
I have never handled one of the original bench made Tennessee Colonel Coons, but the Queen made knives were extremely well made, nicer than any Bear & Sons I've ever seen. The Queen made CCs were in the $80-$100 retail price range when originally released, the same as S&M knives of the same period.
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Thanks. That's what I suspected.
 
Going to edit the posts in the thread to remove mention of the non-supporting knife dealer that now owns yet another old brand. That's going to include removing some pictures.
 
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