God Save the Queen!!

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1950’s… one of my top barlows

 

[mbkr]

 

[hornetguy]

and.... a Queen Cutlery muskrat, with turkish clip and wharncliffe blades.... one of the Classic Bone series, apparently. This one has really pretty bone handles... so perfect, they almost look like delrin...

 

[Rookie82]

Here is a set of Tuna Valley sunfish whittlers made at the Queen factory.

 

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A couple of old fishers from my pal… Cal

 

[hornetguy]

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A couple of old fishers from my pal… Cal

That jigging is amazing on the lower knife....
unless it's some kind of aged antler... ? Wonderful.

 

[drj211]

 

[drj211]

I had forgotten that the black box Winchesters came from Queen. Here’s a couple photos from other threads. I love the bone on these, kind of reminds me of the old Remington bone.

 

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hornetguy
Thank you my friend!
It’s bone alright, a real dandy

Here’s a later (60s) stag jack…

 

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drj211
Yes indeed
We all need to remember these!
From 1987… Model 2857 (Incorrect box) with real Rogers jigged bone scales.

 

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From 1989 with it’s correct box.
A real beaut of a whittler…


Another one from1988…

Mawvellous knafs these

 

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I know some of you have seen these…
Why not with some fresh pics!
Cheers JohnDF !!
and Dave knowtracks !!
From 1991…

 

[JohnDF]

It really is an amazing knife.

 

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JohnDF
Thank you as always my friend

Another whittler from 1991 model 3902S, without its case…

 

[euroken]

Another Queen lock back (#4L). Worst up and down blade play I have with a blade rap lol. But looks fantastic!

Look at the jimping cuts! About half an inch bigger than GEC #83 closed, making it a perfect size EDC compared to the much larger 3Ls.

 

[Bubber]

Those Winchesters black box are what I’m talking about!

 

[mbkr]

hornetguy
Thank you my friend!
It’s bone alright, a real dandy

Here’s a later (60s) stag jack…
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I just keep learning things today. I didn't know Queen made knives for Kabar. It doesn't surprise, me, I just didn't know it. Is there any way to tell if a Kabar was made by Queen?

 

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mbkr
Yes Mike and somewhat rare as Camillus made much more ka-bars tha Queen did.
Cami’ and Queen made knives for each other too, A lot of knives! Ka-Bar’s history is all over the place after 1939 from what I recall. The best vintage metal ever used some say is from this period, and on any knife of course. Very sought after these pre-WW2 examples.
Again from memory, Queen and Camillus enter the picture in the 40’s.
The Olean Cut. Co. Stamp disappears in the early 50’s, now other than that I just follow the lines of every knife. Believe it or not…
It’s my only way lol.
Charlie will be here to correct and fact check me soon enough as I want to know a bit more myself!!

 

[mbkr]

mbkr
Yes Mike and somewhat rare as Camillus made much more ka-bars tha Queen did.
Cami’ and Queen made knives for each other too, A lot of knives! Ka-Bar’s history is all over the place after 1939 from what I recall. The best vintage metal ever used some say is from this period, and on any knife of course. Very sought after these pre-WW2 examples.
Again from memory, Queen and Camillus enter the picture in the 40’s.
The Olean Cut. Co. Stamp disappears in the early 50’s, now other than that I just follow the lines of every knife. Believe it or not…
It’s my only way lol.
Charlie will be here to correct and fact check me soon enough as I want to know a bit more myself!!

Thanks Gus. I haven't had much luck researching Kabar in terms of who made what knife. I've got a couple of pretty nice ones that I'll have to take a better look at. I was assuming they were actually made by Kabar or more probably Camillus, but now that I know they might be Queens...

 

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We also have a Ka-Bar section here
https://www.bladeforums.com/forums/ka-bar-knives.874/ with some history I’m gonna dig into… anyway, a pre-war one I adore just for pic content!