I perused the Gun Show yesterday, with only a Queen Cutlery fixed blade coming home with me 🙂

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Yup, our twice a year held Gun Show is in town this weekend, so I did what I usually do... I attended it 😀
It's the largest in my State, so at the very least, it's fun to visually take it all in.

After quite a few hours of walking around, there really wasn't anything that I felt I had to have, so... at the very least I needed to bring home some sort of souvenir! 😂

This NIB Queen Cutlery Co 'Skinner #98' fixed blade knife was my only purchase, well, besides the little meal I purchased while I was there.

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The blade is made of D2 steel, bolster & guard of aluminum, and it's handle scales made of bone that is jigged and colored to mimic a stag appearance.

I'm not sure what vintage it's from, but I'm guessing made during the last few years of Queen Cutlery' existence.

Although it's likely not a very rare knife, I don't really often see Queen Cut Co fixed blades, and I felt it's condition was easily worth the $50 otd I paid to obtain it.

Of course it now just resides in one of my display boxes 🙂

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dave308ek said:
You did well, beautiful FB Queen! I have a Canoe in their WCSB (white carved stag bone) and it is a great cover material.
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Thank you! 👍

Since you have this Queen jigged style/color of bone, do you know if there were certain years they offered it, and hence a time frame in which the knife was made?

Much thanks in advance for any insight you may have on this 🙂
 
PocketKnifeJimmy said:
Yup, our twice a year held Gun Show is in town this weekend, so I did what I usually do... I attended it 😀
It's the largest in my State, so at the very least, it's fun to visually take it all in.

After quite a few hours of walking around, there really wasn't anything that I felt I had to have, so... at the very least I needed to bring home some sort of souvenir! 😂

This NIB Queen Cutlery Co 'Skinner #98' fixed blade knife was my only purchase, well, besides the little meal I purchased while I was there.

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The blade is made of D2 steel, bolster & guard of aluminum, and it's handle scales made of bone that is jigged and colored to mimic a stag appearance.

I'm not sure what vintage it's from, but I'm guessing made during the last few years of Queen Cutlery' existence.

Although it's likely not a very rare knife, I don't really often see Queen Cut Co fixed blades, and I felt it's condition was easily worth the $50 otd I paid to obtain it.

Of course it now just resides in one of my display boxes 🙂

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Nice find!
I’m wondering what the gold object is, by the Bowie handle?
 
GmpaJim said:
Nice find!
I’m wondering what the gold object is, by the Bowie handle?
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It's a reproduction of an ACME 'Cricket' Clicker.

Rather than me trying to describe exactly what that is, here's how they describe it on an online vendor's website...

Description​

The original cricket noise maker was a child’s toy made by the ACME Whistle Company in England. But for D-Day, paratroopers were issued much more serious brass versions. With soldiers scattered willy-nilly behind enemy lines, the troops needed some type of stealth audio signal to identify each other in the dark of night. (Made in UK) used by US WW2 101st Airborne Cricket Brass & steel with hole and 'ACME' markings on end of the Free Box, and the certificate of authenticity Certificate says: GUARANTEE The Acme cricket is manufactured by J. Hudson & co. Ltd. Birmingham, England The reproduction Cricket has been made by the same company, in the same building, on the same machines, and using the same dies that made the original crickets supplied to the troops of the US 101st Airborne Division to jump into Normandy with on D-Day 6th June 1944... Signed by Simon Topman MD. Approximate dimensions: Length: 2 1/4 inches Width: 1 inch Height: 5/8 inch Please note: The brass polish naturally oxidizes and might tarnish. Cleaning from time to time would be helpful.

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PocketKnifeJimmy said:
I do wonder if maybe the box style itself gives a roundabout idea of the year this knife was made? 🤔
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The 'Queen Steel' logos on the box are generally a reference to Queen's older 440C blades - that's what they called them. I do see the 'PH-D2' stamp on the tang, on your knife - so you do have the D2 version. No worries there.

I have one of Queen's fixed blades in D2 and three of their folders in D2 as well. On those, the boxes were all marked 'Tool Steel', which was their reference to the D2 blades. I purchased those knives via retailers in early 2000s, for a time reference.

Having said the above, I don't know for certain if the knives & boxes I have might be a somewhat later generation than yours, or if Queen's re-labelling of the boxes for 'Tool Steel' happened some length of time after the D2 knives began production. Maybe they did ship the earlier D2 blades in the standard 'Queen Steel' boxes for some time. The D2 knives I have were also etched 'Tool Steel' on the blade itself, apart from the pattern# etching. So it may be that your knife is a little earlier-generation than the ones I have.

Very nice find, all things considered. :thumbsup:
 
PocketKnifeJimmy said:
Yup, our twice a year held Gun Show is in town this weekend, so I did what I usually do... I attended it 😀
It's the largest in my State, so at the very least, it's fun to visually take it all in.

After quite a few hours of walking around, there really wasn't anything that I felt I had to have, so... at the very least I needed to bring home some sort of souvenir! 😂

This NIB Queen Cutlery Co 'Skinner #98' fixed blade knife was my only purchase, well, besides the little meal I purchased while I was there.

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The blade is made of D2 steel, bolster & guard of aluminum, and it's handle scales made of bone that is jigged and colored to mimic a stag appearance.

I'm not sure what vintage it's from, but I'm guessing made during the last few years of Queen Cutlery' existence.

Although it's likely not a very rare knife, I don't really often see Queen Cut Co fixed blades, and I felt it's condition was easily worth the $50 otd I paid to obtain it.

Of course it now just resides in one of my display boxes 🙂

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At that price I would've jumped on that deal as well, excellent knife. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
 
I again attended this weekend's Gun Show today, my picking up this A. Wright & Son, made in Sheffield England, 8" blade length Bowie knife.
The vendor didn't have it's sheath or factory packaging, but I was still interested in the knife, which seemed unused and in about a 98% or better overall condition, (minor showing of age and some fine scratches from handling and such).
He was asking $100 for it, but did accept the $75 I offered him.

I already lightly cleaned it up and gave it the Renaissance Wax treatment 👍

On one side of it's ricasso, it reads...

A Wright & Son
Sheffield England

And on the other side it has the makers mark...


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The vendor told me he had picked it up a few years ago as part of a collection that belonged to a person that had passed away.
He received the knife as is, it having no factory packaging or sheath.

Again, mostly because of that, I wasn't comfortable paying $100 for it.
I didn't NEED to come home with another Gun Show souvenir... But, for $75, I would definitely take it home with me... And, so, $75 it was, and home with me it went.
👍😁👍

I don't know it's age, but I'd guess it to be in the 15 to 30 years old range?...
I really don't know 🤔
 
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hornetguy said:
All I find at gun shows are horribly overpriced Case knives and custom knives made from files. Well, that and about 10,000 automatic and OTF knives.... tactical, dontcha know...
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There was a lot of shake my head at stuff here too... But, I stay walking around for hours and seek out good deals 👍😊👍
 
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PocketKnifeJimmy said:
Thank you! 👍

Since you have this Queen jigged style/color of bone, do you know if there were certain years they offered it, and hence a time frame in which the knife was made?

Much thanks in advance for any insight you may have on this 🙂
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Sorry I missed this, unfortunately I am the second owner but I have read a post from a long time member that "WCSB, ACSB are from the late 90's to around 2005" and black mamba black mamba is very knowledgeable so I will defer to his dates.
Edited to add canoe for reference, hope this helps.
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dave308ek said:
Sorry I missed this, unfortunately I am the second owner but I have read a post from a long time member that "WCSB, ACSB are from the late 90's to around 2005" and black mamba black mamba is very knowledgeable so I will defer to his dates.
Edited to add canoe for reference, hope this helps.
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Nice Canoe! 👍😊👍

Thanks for your input, guys 👍😊👍

I should have shown the sticker on the box I received with the knife, so here it is...

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As for getting an approximate manufacturing date for the A. Wright & Son Bowie knife that I purchased at the Gun Show, maybe Jack Black Jack Black will run across this thread and be able to share his insight. He may be able to just take a peek at the above photo and have a ballpark idea of when it may have been made.
🤞🤔🤞
 
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