Quality is not there on these, can barely open, unsharpened. Its weird. Made in USA too. Will do some work on them and report back.
For Colonial, I'm not expecting Case or GEC quality, but even by those in my collection over their entire range (from cheapo 1960s knives to Old Cutlers, which were high end equal to Camillus and Schrade). But even comparing it to lower end knives by Colonial, it's awful.
Mine showed up in the mail today. The one I removed from the wrapper to use I had to clean to remove grit and the awful smell of whatever grease they packed them in (kinda like a mixture of raw fish and sewage). Lock works, but seems to be a bit lazy sometimes, primarily from the fact that I feel the pins other than the pivot aren't too tight. I can shove a piece of paper between the liner on the side that the lock release is on and the backspring. Lots of up and down play in the lock. My old Colonial electrician's knife from the 1970s has a screwdriver blade that locks up like a bank vault. Sharp, but the tolerances are pretty bad. Probably means it was made towards the end in '98. But for five bucks, I can't complain.
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