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In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on January 15, 2014 at 9:29

Thanks Clint. The man that had it for sale was a antique salesman and knew very little about it. I also was not sure about this type knife. So I offered $60 and he took it. I am glad I did, a great addition to my collection. A great little knife rich in Colonial Cutlery history. I have no plans on selling it, I was just wondering about the value of these knives. I thought switchblade knives had a bit more value than the traditional style of opening knives.

Comment by Clint Thompson on January 14, 2014 at 21:36

Ball Park figure of your Colonial Auto in the condition as shown in the picture is:  $140.00 to $180.00 replacement.  Market value for sale would be about 20% less.

KnifeMaker Comment by Robert A. Paolantonio on January 14, 2014 at 19:36

Very nice gentlemen!!

These are the beautie's of days gone by..days of pocket knife production when every man and some women carried a pocket knife of some configuration....

These were also the days of "Celluloid" !!  We used to buy 4x6 sheets of this material and the wounderous thing about Celluloid was the colors!

Inexpensive, easy to work with BUT, the danger was there also...

Celluloid was extremely flammable and combustible!!! I can remember walking by the grinding room and secondary operation room and see buuckets of water very close to the wheel operater, and later found out for myself....

Even when drilling pin on or center rivet holes it would smoke; and sometimes ignite !!!  Dangerous stuff and I guess that's why they outlawed it years ago....

Legal storage even 50 years ago was closely monitored,,

Let me find this pic of some old Cell., these go back to the 30's...

Comment by Jan Carter on January 14, 2014 at 19:10

Very NICE!

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on January 14, 2014 at 19:08

Wow, cool JJ.

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Comment by JJ on January 14, 2014 at 18:30

Yup they are cool knives and that`s one I don`t have . I can`t figure out how to post pictures or I would show a few more

Comment by George K. Groot on January 14, 2014 at 17:07

 Very nice knife. Still don't have one in my collection.

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