Let's see your Queen/Schatt & Morgan Knives

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Had this one in my pocket daily the last 3 weeks as I am away for work. This was one of the last S&M I purchased. A 1 of 30 of which I have never seen any of its other 30 mates. While not a perfectly designed knife, I like it very much. Wonderful, thin and slicy grind, pinned shield on coco or rosewood 3 5/8" handles. Pull is light around a 4, but walks and talks nicely. Cam tang, spring flush open and closed and the blade meets the spring in the open position as well as any factory knife not made by Moki. All steel construction to boot. It gets and stays berry sharp, I think it is 420, but recall it was advertised as ats34 back when I bought it 6-10 years ago.

The personal imperfections imo are the forward placed nail nick is shallow and slippery, so I ground an EO notch and it would have been better with a long pull, and a sharpening notch. And a pen blade.

They would have had proper competition to the GEC 85 if they would have stuck with this one. Far better pocket knife than their larger tear drop of which I have the set. Opens nicer, lighter, better grind. To me, this knife is reminiscent of the Heritage Series and I like to think maybe was to be a part of a 3rd series which never happened.
 
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I don't know if this qualifies since it's been pieced together but it's Schatt and Morgan/Queen parts!!! 😁

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knowtracks knowtracks Some brilliant oldies there Dave :cool: Really like the Wharncliffe Pen type, what kind of era are they from?

Is that an English Jack with the detailed bolster in post 244? Beautiful carry.

Thanks, Will
 
Will Power, John Schatt and Charles Morgan started what turned into S&M in 1895. Called it New York Cutlery, mostly imports and knives made by other companies. By 1896 they started producing their own and began the S&M stamp in Gowanda N.Y. The company moved to Titusville in 1903 and closed their doors in 1932. Queen Cutlery bought the factory and everything in it @ a sheriff's auction in 1933. So the Gowanda tang stamps are harder to come by. They same Titusville stamps were used for 30 years.
The English jack is full size @ 4 or 4 1/4" closed.

Dave
 
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