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Here's something new for me.......a Trapper. I don't own many trapper patterns; a full size trapper feels just great in the hand, but at 4 1/4" they tend not to be real pocket "friendly". Nonetheless, I have been meaning to a add a full size Trapper to my small collection of knives.
In the late '90's, post- Case, Jim Parker still owned/leased (?) the Case Family Tree brand names.....Platts, Standard, Crandall, and Kinfolks.....I'm not sure about Little Valley. (Before he passed on Parker sold them back to the present Case owners, Zippo). Parker had some knives made through Blue Grass, ( God...it seems as if EVERYTHING went through Blue Grass) but manufactured by Queen under the Case Family Brands names. Apparently some patterns were made at the Olbertz (Bulldog) Factory in Solingen. This particular knife was made by Queen however, and it has the typical tight, quality detailed finish you find in their work. Terrific walk and talk....and SHARP. The blades are highly polished: one side of the the clip blade tang has the year of manufacture, 1997, and on the other side "Standard Knife Co". On that same blade is etched CS...the blades are carbon steel ! The rather "different" arrow-head shield is interesting. The stag handles are like nothing I have quite seen up close before. I have several other stag handled knives....this one is not "barky", nor burnt, nor particularly colorfully orange and brown.....the stag looks really old, and weathered....as if it had been lying around on a forest floor for ages. I like the look. Any who, this "Reproduction" Standard Knife is real nice........I guess there are others out there with handsome antique jigged bone handles.....some say Platts, some Crandall, some Kinfolks and some like mine say Standard ...and they're pretty reasonably priced...under $50 for a Queen made knife with carbon blades ! ....anyone else own one ?
( The photos are from eBay....although I have received the knife I haven't had the time to properly photograph it.)
-Cheers to all !
In the late '90's, post- Case, Jim Parker still owned/leased (?) the Case Family Tree brand names.....Platts, Standard, Crandall, and Kinfolks.....I'm not sure about Little Valley. (Before he passed on Parker sold them back to the present Case owners, Zippo). Parker had some knives made through Blue Grass, ( God...it seems as if EVERYTHING went through Blue Grass) but manufactured by Queen under the Case Family Brands names. Apparently some patterns were made at the Olbertz (Bulldog) Factory in Solingen. This particular knife was made by Queen however, and it has the typical tight, quality detailed finish you find in their work. Terrific walk and talk....and SHARP. The blades are highly polished: one side of the the clip blade tang has the year of manufacture, 1997, and on the other side "Standard Knife Co". On that same blade is etched CS...the blades are carbon steel ! The rather "different" arrow-head shield is interesting. The stag handles are like nothing I have quite seen up close before. I have several other stag handled knives....this one is not "barky", nor burnt, nor particularly colorfully orange and brown.....the stag looks really old, and weathered....as if it had been lying around on a forest floor for ages. I like the look. Any who, this "Reproduction" Standard Knife is real nice........I guess there are others out there with handsome antique jigged bone handles.....some say Platts, some Crandall, some Kinfolks and some like mine say Standard ...and they're pretty reasonably priced...under $50 for a Queen made knife with carbon blades ! ....anyone else own one ?
( The photos are from eBay....although I have received the knife I haven't had the time to properly photograph it.)
-Cheers to all !
