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Back at the start of July, I won a prize in a giveaway that Dan (dannyp) had orchestrated. I was offered an array of prizes and chose the Queen Cutlery Canoe in D2 with aged honey amber stag bone scales. Three reasons, first; I had nothing in D2. Second; I had nothing by Queen. Third; I had never owned a canoe pattern at all. Throughout July and into the beginning of August, work has been very hectic for me and I had no time at all to write up my opinions on this wonderful knife until now.
Before it arrived, Dan had informed me that it had been used a little and that he had done a bit of work on it. He had forced a light patina on the D2 blades and had significantly thinned out the edges. Also the bolsters had been brushed to a satin finish.
The package arrived and the knife came wrapped in brown tissue in its original box.
The first thing that struck me was the size of it. Hard to explain, it isn't long, its 3"and 5/16ths. At it's widest it's half an inch and from the furthest edge of the spring to the furthest part of the spine when closed it is exactly an inch across.
It is heavy and chunky, the main spear blade is over an eighth thick at the pivot and locks up with the authority of a closing cell door. It is immense and thanks to Dan's thinning and sharpening it is razor sharp. The pen blade is half as thick and like the main and being on a single spring, tapers nicely to slip in beside it's larger brother top to tail. It is still quite big for a pen blade though, it's half an inch deep for the majority of it's length.
The scales are simply stunning. A gorgeously rich varying colour with deep ridges and valleys which is only let down by the shield that looks to have been glued in place slightly skew-wiff. I quite like the large bolsters (indeed your satin finish is very nice, Dan) which protect the pockets and fingers from vicious poking edges and which is, I must assume, the purpose of their shape.
Overall it is a superb piece of cutlery and I take pleasure in it every time I retrieve it from my pocket. It is quite heavy and I do notice it when it's there, but I only ever carry it when I know that there is a possibility I might need some heavy metal. Using it off and on for over a month, I have not had to touch up the blades yet save a few passes on a strop, which I will attribute to the D2, sturdy stuff.
Dan, you have my thanks for a superb giveaway.
..... but there is more...
Before it arrived, Dan had informed me that it had been used a little and that he had done a bit of work on it. He had forced a light patina on the D2 blades and had significantly thinned out the edges. Also the bolsters had been brushed to a satin finish.
The package arrived and the knife came wrapped in brown tissue in its original box.
The first thing that struck me was the size of it. Hard to explain, it isn't long, its 3"and 5/16ths. At it's widest it's half an inch and from the furthest edge of the spring to the furthest part of the spine when closed it is exactly an inch across.
It is heavy and chunky, the main spear blade is over an eighth thick at the pivot and locks up with the authority of a closing cell door. It is immense and thanks to Dan's thinning and sharpening it is razor sharp. The pen blade is half as thick and like the main and being on a single spring, tapers nicely to slip in beside it's larger brother top to tail. It is still quite big for a pen blade though, it's half an inch deep for the majority of it's length.
The scales are simply stunning. A gorgeously rich varying colour with deep ridges and valleys which is only let down by the shield that looks to have been glued in place slightly skew-wiff. I quite like the large bolsters (indeed your satin finish is very nice, Dan) which protect the pockets and fingers from vicious poking edges and which is, I must assume, the purpose of their shape.
Overall it is a superb piece of cutlery and I take pleasure in it every time I retrieve it from my pocket. It is quite heavy and I do notice it when it's there, but I only ever carry it when I know that there is a possibility I might need some heavy metal. Using it off and on for over a month, I have not had to touch up the blades yet save a few passes on a strop, which I will attribute to the D2, sturdy stuff.
Dan, you have my thanks for a superb giveaway.
..... but there is more...
