Early queen folder

I use the single blade version as my bench knife. Excellent knife. Using steel wool won't hurt the blades at all.
 
I don't think the steel wool will hurt anything, and will make the knife more enjoyable, with less exposed surface area for rust. A rougher blade rusts more easily - part of the reason for high polish on gent's knives!
I gotta tell you Duncan, I was puckered thinking of you squeezing your knife!
You may have dodged a bullet, but that's not the way to do it, IMO!!
You can crink the pin, and permanently crink the knife!
The correct way is to use a highly polished cutler's hammer, locate the pins, and using an equally polished stiddy or anvil, tap it to snug. Inserting a thin feeler gauge type spacer will ensure it doesn't get too tight.
 
Charlie to you have a "cutler's hammer' you could show us ?
I 'need' one but need to know what i'm looking for.
roland
 
rprocter said:
Charlie to you have a "cutler's hammer' you could show us ?
I 'need' one but need to know what i'm looking for.
roland
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roland, while you're waiting, here's a few i found via google:

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Blue's pic shows cutler's hammers for heavier, forging type work. When working on folding knives such as the OP, 3 to 8 oz. cross-peen hammers are the usual tools.
Like these;
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Thanks Charlie. I actually have 1 like that. out in the woodshed, somewhere.
I'll go find it. Neat, now i can tap away !
roland
 
Hey guys...
Well ...... yeah...to be honest...I dont think I will do that again..
I lined the vice with a soft wood first before I put the knife anywhere near the vice, the pressure that I did use wasnt all that great-BUT to a small pocket knife..it could have been a lot!
Elliot..your advice has been taken, AND stored...Charlie's and Rolands as well.....
Some very good news...i left the knife after "speaking" to you last night bathing in Mineral oil...The knife is just brilliant...it would have to be 100% better than I got it...I havent steel wooled the blades yet...but thank you Bill and everyone else...Im still getting over picking myself off the floor of the garage from my scare!!
Funny you should mention forging hammers Charlie...as I bought two that I saw here in New Zealand...would you mind if I took a photo and posted them?...just to get everyones opinion that they could be the safer alternative...IF EVER I want to go down that bumpy road again.
To be honest...I feel quite foolish- having gone through a close call like that...and yet I am the most carefull person you can get when doing things like this...but can I say a HUGE thank you to all who have contributed to helping me with this...you are legends..
Its a pleasure to be able to visit here and be part of a great group of people.
Duncan
 
runningmike-thats a nice knife...would that be the synthetic bone?....or real bone?

Bearclaw...what a lovely aged knife!!...show us some more shots please-maybe in another thread?..looking forward to it!!
 
Campbellclanman said:
Bearclaw...what a lovely aged knife!!...show us some more shots please-maybe in another thread?..looking forward to it!!
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That knife has a great story, a friend that buy/services/sells air conditioner window units, found it stashed inside an old unit.

Totally caked in that fine grey dust that builds up inside them.

One brass liner had turned green from moisture and the green leached through the bone, that's the greenish stain in the picture.
 
Just a technical point; notice how polished those cutler's hammers are?
Not my old pic of course, but the ones Elliott found.
That is so you don't leave marks on your work. You would be amazed what a mess a rough hammer peen will make of a nickel bolster!! Mirror polish them before tapping away!!!
 
waynorth said:
Just a technical point; notice how polished those cutler's hammers are?
Not my old pic of course, but the ones Elliott found.
That is so you don't leave marks on your work. You would be amazed what a mess a rough hammer peen will make of a nickel bolster!! Mirror polish them before tapping away!!!
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Charlie, my apaologies for being so late in coming back with some photos of these two that I picked up for a few bucks some time ago...I thought they were a forging hammer of sorts-but were surprised when I picked them up-they seemed a bit light?..but boy...did you spark something when you bought up the subject of hammers...here are these two-they have had a fair share of work, and with some work, would come out fine once chips were tapered of edges, and polish up the edges-as well as faces?...what do you think?...the blown up photo is of the mark on one of them-which has 450, then underneath a anvil...
Thanks for your time in looking, hope all is well for everyone!

ps..the old Queen is great now, the snap is there everywhere it should be..dont get me wrong, when I open a newer folder-the ol' Queen doesnt have the resistance like the new one -BUT ..its a nice smooth action..then a healthy snap at half stop-both blades do this, then at full opening both blades seem to have a slightly stronger snap, coming back-again a nice half stop action, and both have a gentle snap when closing...this knife had none of this when it first arrived, the blades look so much better now-its a healthy old knife now, I love looking at it!

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navihawk...
Thank you-that is a nice knife!!..I was looking through at some quite early threads, and I cannot remember the forum members name who posted the QUEEN marking chart ( thank you very much for that )..to the chart, yours seems to be in-between 1925-1945!! and those blades look to be in lovely shape-have they been polished at all?
 
Campbellclanman said:
navihawk...
Thank you-that is a nice knife!!..I was looking through at some quite early threads, and I cannot remember the forum members name who posted the QUEEN marking chart ( thank you very much for that )..to the chart, yours seems to be in-between 1925-1945!! and those blades look to be in lovely shape-have they been polished at all?
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It could have been cleaned, I don't know for sure.If they were cleaned it was done professionally with walnut shells or something that didn't remove any stock. The blades have greyed since I've owned it from carrying and handling.It's too nice to sit in a drawer.
Steve


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