Any love for the Queen ACSB Whittler?

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I've started looking at the Queen Whittler in ACSB, more for the thick main blade than the bone.

Does anyone out there have one, and--if so--be willing to share thoughts (spring snap, F&F, etc) and a few pix (preferrably showing the thickness of the blades)?

Best regards.
 
All I can tell you about the Queen Whittler is that I ended up putting the main blade of mine on the belt sander and thinning it down to get it sharp enough to suit me. The original edge bevel was over 50 degrees included and over 0.040" thick at the back of the bevel. That might be okay for an axe, but I think it's pretty lame for a pocketknife, especially one that small.
 
yablanowitz said:
All I can tell you about the Queen Whittler is that I ended up putting the main blade of mine on the belt sander and thinning it down to get it sharp enough to suit me. The original edge bevel was over 50 degrees included and over 0.040" thick at the back of the bevel. That might be okay for an axe, but I think it's pretty lame for a pocketknife, especially one that small.
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I agree. Took mine down on some diamond hones and then followed up with ceramic. Now it's a nice little knife. Never used it for whittling as I tend to use carbon blades for that, but it took a nice sharp edge.

The example I have has excellent F&F as well as good springs. (Sorry, no pix. I used a stock image from the vendor for my albums.)
 
all queen knives i've had , had super F&F.
extremely well made knives.
D2 and carbon steel
buzz
 
The Queen #48 whittler in ACSB is my #1 EDC and it's a great knife. With the rounded bolsters and swell-center shape it fits well in the pocket and feels good in hand - the handle length is just right. It is a smaller knife but the extra thick main blade gives it the performance of a larger knife. The small coping blade is also very useful with its sharp corner like a sheepfoot blade, and the pen blade is a good backup blade. If I had to choose just one knife this would be it.
 
pulled out an old yellow handle queen whit i had laying around, main blade marked #48a. was a little dirty but never used & it has clip blade beveled like a chisel. knife is real well made & surprise it has tapered backsprings. looks like they have'nt changed their stripes as far as bevels go.
 
A fine knife up to the standard Queen quality

The main blade is the same length as a 3 1/4 Stockman but double the width
It is very stout indeed and will take a lot of work.
The two secondary blades are good for finer work.

The normal sharpening is on DMT diamond stones

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I got one of these last year, not used it very much.

But I just noticed that on the main blade of mine it says #48S

anyone know what the S means ?

I like the big think blade....but it is a real nail breaker. ;)
 
Casares, two thoughts. Do the blades have "tool steel" or "D2" anywhere on them? If not, maybe it's a Stainless model. The second one is, does it have Squared bolsters, instead of the round ones?
 
I had a Case XX that I think was made by Queen. The blades were too hard to open so I sold it.I didn't think the swedge on the coping blade was right either.Other than that it was well made.Pinned shield, all the bells and whistles.

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I like whittlers and collect and use a number of them. I would have to put the queen #48 up there as one of my favorites, if not my favorite, at least among swell-centered whittlers.

Eric
 
BlackMamba

my #48 is not marked D2

so I guess it must be stainless......thanks, I guess that means 420???

but I have seen some Queens made in 12C27....

only just noticed the S recently; I was considering trading one of these for something else..... but I have four or five, all different, so I think I will keep them.

C
 
Casares said:
BlackMamba

my #48 is not marked D2

so I guess it must be stainless......thanks, I guess that means 420???

but I have seen some Queens made in 12C27....

only just noticed the S recently; I was considering trading one of these for something else..... but I have four or five, all different, so I think I will keep them.

C
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As far as I know, Queen has always used 440C for their default stainless.
 
Kbrasmodeler said:
I am curious about this. I thought Case always made their own knives. Did they have other companies make knives for them at certain periods?
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Sure. Most of their brown Delrin ones were Camillus-made, hence why they vanished when Camillus did.

yablanowitz said:
As far as I know, Queen has always used 440C for their default stainless.
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440C in the old days, sure, but 420HC has been their standard for a few years now.
 
Kbrasmodeler said:
I am curious about this. I thought Case always made their own knives. Did they have other companies make knives for them at certain periods?
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I heard recently that Queen had been finishing off some blades for Case, although not sure how true this is!

The Case Classic knives were all made by Queen Cutlery, except Four patterns which Case made throughout the time these knives were first put on the market.

The Case classice range was thought up When Parker owned the Case Co back in the early Eighties. Case sales were down and his idea was to encourage sales by bringing out a range of knives that were patterns of very early Case knives. Case quality was down at this point hence these knives were not made by Case themselves.

Russell
 
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