Colonial Knife Co Providence R.I.

[cysbad]

Does anyone know what happened to Brian Mauser?

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[screened porch]

Nope.
Maybe he got a life, or maybe he died?
I haven't tried messaging him.

Last seen July 16th.
But last post June 2019.

Are you out there, B.Mauser ?

 

[Joshua91]

Hey guys. Possibly my first post here in the traditional forum.

I spend a lot of time beating up big black fixed blade knives (buy an axe genius!) but always have a little traditional in my pocket.

One of my favorite traditional knife company's is Colonial. My grandfather gave me my first Colonial knife about 35 years ago and my collection of them is huge these days. I like the older ones best. But I have a soft spot for the cheap shell knives too. They just remind me so much of being a kid.

Anyone else collect Colonials?


Here are a few of my best pictures of my Colonials.

The knife below has the curved tang stamp that was used by Colonial between 1926 and 1938.

Below is a Kinney Shoes advertisement knife.

A rare coffin handled Colonial knife. Its 9 inches long when open.

Below is a Colonial Fish-Knife with the curved stamp made between 1926 and 1938.

The knife below was also made between 1926 and 1938. It has the less often seen CKCO stamp.

Also, I have a Colonial Knife blog that gets very little traffic. I sell nothing and make no money there, purely for fun and appreciation of a knife company that is very special to me.

If you are interested in Colonial knives please check it out. I have lots of knife pictures, old Colonial advertisements as well as the history of Colonial knives and the Paolantonio family that made them.


https://colonialknives.wordpress.com/2016/04/06/an-introduction/

Hello! Can you help me date this colonial fish knife ?

Thanks in advance! Greetings from the Netherlands.

Joshua

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WjvHTXn8EtfbdyIX8C4cb2zU_9pQhO-x/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W2kBBsgFbybQ8QgKdecAEX5iqFrTG50V/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VLJKBoHn3X-iv6_ObRZvBxBKzGjuRV_F/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WgFvaYkMozWjJsMoFfezwbMxgL3jntb0/view?usp=drivesdk

 

[multitoolsandblades]

Thank you @leghog for showing me there was an old Swiss Master logo I didn't know about. I finally found a nice one for my collection.


As I have said before, at one point Colonial was contacted by Victorinox because they felt the logos that Colonial's Swiss Master knives had were too similar to their own. To avoid a lawsuit Colonial agreed to change them. They changed to the one with two lines on it.


Here is a picture with the two old logos and the new one.

Colonials first SAK style knives had carbon steel blades and an older style can opener. They were called Swiss Master Master Series utility knives.

Here are the first two and they both have different can openers and cork screws.They also have brass liners and all the models after these have aluminum liners.

Then we have the next kind that has the new logo stamped on it but still has carbon steel blades with exposed rivets and an old style can opener.

I have the bail for this one but I took it off because I use it a lot and don't like the bail in my pocket.

Now this is where I think the Blue Colonial Swiss master fits in. The first sign of the new can opener and belt punch, probably stainless steel blade but still has visible assembly rivets.

Then Colonial re designs them. They now have hidden assembly rivets, stainless steel blades, Victorinox style can openers, the awl becomes a belt punch and they add what they call a tote ring which is just a Victorinox style key ring. Some of them even have the Phillips screwdriver...once again just like Victorinox.

These are called the Swiss Master Ranger Series. The model numbers are all in the 2000's where the old models were in the 1000's.



And those are what we see here in Colonials last Catalog from 1995.

Here is a picture of a 6 function Swiss Master Ranger Series Model # 2006.

Have you ever seen the older style Colonial SAK style knives with brass liners, old style cross, but with hidden rivets?

 

[Hickory n steel]

Have you ever seen the older style Colonial SAK style knives with brass liners, old style cross, but with hidden rivets?

He has been MIA for years.

I only ever had one Swissmaster so I don't know, but if you have one I'm sure there are likely many.
FYI the family who originally owned Colonial still does and is back in business to a degree, they have lots of info and you could message them.

 

[multitoolsandblades]

He has been MIA for years.

I only ever had one Swissmaster so I don't know, but if you have one I'm sure there are likely many.
FYI the family who originally owned Colonial still does and is back in business to a degree, they have lots of info and you could message them.

Thanks, HnS. I've been collecting for decades, never seen an older one version with hidden rivets before. I'll try getting in contact with Bobby directly. Thanks again

 

[multitoolsandblades]

Here is a link to the strange Colonial Swiss Master that doesn't fit the category lore