It was Bear and Sons who bought a lot of the Queen tooling. They may have been the manufacturer of the USA Trapper that my colleague afishhunter mentioned above. The Queen Steel stuff is made in China as far as I can tell. It's been a year now, more or less, and I haven't seen a lot of definitive information other than what's been said before.
Not according to this "Well, I guess all of you are correct on some things about Bluegrass Cutlery & Queen Knife factory. My name is Gilbert Cooper, most of you don't know me. I was the Guy at the Queen Knife Auction That bought those ' OLD' Machines from the 1930's LOL. We also purchased most of the Knives, Stock, etc. about 95% of the Auction. I was there on Behalf of Bluegrass on Some Things, Like Winchester Dies that they owned and had to buy back to keep them, Because much of their tooling that they owned was in the plant at the time of Closing.
The Main reason I was there was because I personally believe that some of the Best Knives made in our great Country the Good old U.S.A. was made by Queen Cutlery on those Old Machines. I went there with a dream to buy the Trademarks and the Machines to Restart the Machines here in Southern Ohio In Winchester, Ohio. Well my dream is about to come true. The first Schatt & Morgans will be made in Winchester, Ohio in mid 2020 as it takes time to Build and Move everything with Riggers etc. We will start slow, But I believe those Machines will once again be Making Knives, You are right when you said they are old. But Schatt and Morgan was once known as the best knife Money could buy. We will move forward with that vision. Please Wish me luck, As I need it.
Now about Bluegrass Cutlery, It is a Big Building. The Building used to be a huge Bread Factory. 2 story's with a Basement. Tim Scott Runs the Operation. Tim took over after His Father Dave Scott, A true Knife Visionary passed away. Dave was my Mentor and Friend. I knew Dave for 45 plus years as we both Collected Knives and Indian Artifacts. I have known Tim for about as long. They have in the Past been key in Having Many Knives made at the Queen Factory. They worked Closely With Bill Howard on the Case Classic line, Winchesters, Primble, Fighting Bulldog, and Kinfolks and more.
They have always have had a Knife Shop in the Bread Factory as I worked there, years ago, Part Time. They also Make Wood Display frames there also, and soon will be bringing their Riker display frames from their Ruddles Mills, Kentucky factory to the bread factory, all under one Roof. They are currently making Green Bone Handled Barlows. I have worked there, I have seen it. THEY do make Knives. Tim and his Dad were and are Very Secretive, but that's the way they do business. So I guess everyone was right. Happy Collecting, Gil"
afishhunter
has the gist as I recall it.
