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In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on January 7, 2014 at 17:06

I was wondering if anyone know anything about a Colonial Sure Snap knife? Thanks, I know very little about this type of knives.

Comment by Donald Lee Hargrove on November 12, 2013 at 8:43

Thanks, guys!  I think your explanation is a perfect fit.  It was probably a souvenir, which accounts for its near perfect condition without blood or guts on it, lol.  We're getting ready to take another trip -- this time to Florida -- perhaps I'll come across another neat item.

Comment by Ron Cooper on November 12, 2013 at 3:40

Well, Donald, it sounds like the mystery knife has been demystified thanks to Clint and Bob. I'm pretty well satisfied with their contributions that this is a Chinese import that somehow found its way into an antique mall in Tennessee and then into your hands. What do you think? 

Comment by Clint Thompson on November 11, 2013 at 22:33

This design is a knockoff of some sort, of a CRKT knife.  Since CRKT has some of their knives made in China...they make counterfeit CRKT knives...even in a counterfeit package.  I bought one of these counterfiet CRKT in a 2,000 year old market place in As Sulaymaniyah, Iraq to send to CRKT for show and tell.

Comment by Bob C. on November 11, 2013 at 22:33

Made in china entirely. They come in a variety of colors. Usually sell for $10 - $20 retail. Here is the same knife in camo :  http://www.ioffer.com/i/sale-camo-automatic-knife-547966666

Comment by Clint Thompson on November 11, 2013 at 22:28

Donald...

This knife is made in China and marked USA.  If it was imported to the USA it would have a tang stamp saying China.  It would have been converted once it arrived in the States.  Taylor Brand knives import the S&W knife with some of them being converted to an auto.  Taylor Brand does not do the conversion.  This was sold in a country like Turkey, Iraq or somewhere in the Middle East. I found plenty of these in Iraq, Jordan and Turkey.  Somehow, this knife made it to the States via a tourist or a soldier returning home.  We could have bought them for about $12.00 each but we had good USA autos in Iraq.

Comment by Clay Strong on November 11, 2013 at 22:21

Would someone care to make an educated guess as to who designed this knife? Usually the mechanism is a give away.Or at least a clue.

Comment by Donald Lee Hargrove on November 11, 2013 at 21:56

Hi, Ron!  I found the knife in an antique mall here in TN.  I don't think they knew what they had.  (I don't know what "Parkerizing" is.  The black finish is like a smooth layer of black powder covering everything.)  Hmm, Steve's looking at what United has to offer led me to the sale of "kits".  The button & safety should not be black, but some of the screws & the spacers are also unpainted.  That is, the 2 handles and blade are the only things painted.  I wonder if this was a kit (from China or Taiwan or?) to be assembled once it reached "home" where these unpainted items were used to completed the knife?

Comment by Bob C. on November 11, 2013 at 18:42

Hi Donald, What you have is a china / taiwan imported knife. Cool knife nonetheless.

Comment by Ron Cooper on November 11, 2013 at 18:09

Wow! Those pics did come out great. Unfortunately there don't appear to be any markings. At least none that I can see. And also unfortunately I have never seen one of these before. Some similar, but none quite like this one. And, boy! You are right -- this is one gnarly, scary looking knife! It almost looks like all of the metal parts have been Parkerized? What do the grips feel like?

Hopefully someone else will have something to add to your quest?

What is the back story on this knife? How did you come to own it? 

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