Rare Finds

This page is for Colonel Coon knives or stuff that was made in very limited quantities or is extremely hard to find or buy.

 Adrian A. Harris
Repair Agent Business Card

Here is an old business card back from around 1976 when Adrian 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. Thanks to my friend Dave for this gift.

Colonel Coon  "Road Dog"

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    Adrian made this knife for his own personal hunting knife. He used it many times on game. He made very few of these and gave them away to family and friends. The blade is 440C stainless, the bolsters nickel/silver, and pins stainless..
 
A little history behind the definition of a "road dog". Many years ago, before the Second World War and around the time of the depression, people would have to walk everywhere they went. When some men would walk to a farm to work (i.e., plowing, cutting bushes, etc) their dog would walk along with them. As they walked down the country lane,  they had their "Road Dog" to keep them company and share their journey.
 
Adrian had planned on producing a "Tennessee Road Dog" to commemorate this.

Colonel Coon Lock-back with Adrian Harris on the blade.

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Notice this knife has Adrian Harris on the blade. When asked about this knife Adrian had this to say:

   When I started with the lock-backs, I decided to put my name on the first few I made. Most of these, I gave away to family and friends. Please note: there is one thing about the tang stamp I did. Since I had the blades blanked out and they had Col. Coon on them, I ground this off and stamped (cold stamped) the first few. The stamp did not hold up so I used a carbide cutter on the engraving machine to "deep" cut my name in. Like I said, I don't think I made but 25 or 50 of these. I have one I used as a hunting knife and I etched "Road Dog" on the blade. There may be a few out there like that.

Colonel Coon Patch

The "Colonel Coon Patch", I had forgotten about. Around 1981 or 2, I had some caps made. The company I ordered the caps from only sewed patches onto caps. I had to order the patches from one company and send them to the other company to have them sewn on the caps. Since I had extra patches left over, I guess I gave them away to dealers. I don't think I had many left, < 50 I guess. I later had caps made that were screen printed. I have not seen any of those come up on ebay so I guess there is none left.

Colonel Coon  "Coon Oil"

I started to bottle the "Coon Oil" around 1980. When we finished making a knife and after it went through a final cleaning, we would "dip" the entire knife in this oil. It was a rust inhibiting oil with a neutral pH. was great for protecting guns and knives. I bought this oil through a Texaco distributer and he had to order it special for me. After many requests for some of the oil we used, I started to bottle and sell it (mostly at knife shows).

Sterling Silver Colonel Coon belt buckle

Here we have a very rare sterling silver Colonel Coon belt buckle.
 

Picture courtesy of AAPK member "Dave"