My Queen Country Cousin Failed Me!!!

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So, my mom came by my work today as I was getting off and asked me to help her do yardwork because it is going to be a washout weekend. However, I was still in my shirt, tie and slacks from work. She was nice enough to give me some work clothes when I got to her house, though. This sets up what happens next. I get there and she needs help pruning back a young bush. The largest stem was a little larger than the lead core of a wood pencil. She offers me the dull pair of bypass hedge pruners and I decline. I pulled out my Queen and set to pull cutting the heck out of that bush. I did half the bush with my Queen and she did half with the hedge pruners in about the same amount of time. This bush was about a foot tall with a diameter of approx. a foot and a half.

After I finished, I cleaned the blade on my shirt and went to test sharpness when I realize that my knife had failed to get dull!
It was still shaving sharp. Cleanly shaving sharp, I might add, that I would not have believed if their wasn't a bald spot on my arm. D2 and Queen cutlery have seriously earned my respect. I will be ordering an other Country Cousin to keep in my tool box.
 
Nice report. Always good to hear a positive about something so obtainable. Sounds like the workhorse did some work. Like it was designed to do!
 
The Queen Country Cousin has been on my radar for some time now. Their D2 in my experience, has had grand, edge retention. I also am fond of the brighter (brighter than Case's Yellow Delrin) handles as well. I think you've got good taste. As much as I like the yellow and black, I might hold out for the micarta Sodbuster.
 
I really wish Queen made a larger sodbuster like what Case makes. In D2 of course.

I actually had a Spyderco Paramilitary 2 in the care as my front pocket EDC but I felt like leaving it in the car. I guess it was an appointment with destiny.

Edit: I have looked at the Queen Utility folder with zebra wood scales but I am not sure that the Utility could take this kind of use.
 
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Queen's D2 is good stuff once you get the edge how you want it. My mini trapper has seen quite a bit of pocket time since I got it two years ago.
 
Seems like D2 is getting a bit more attention these days. This is right up my alley as all my knives are users, and D2 has turned out to be just the right steel for my pocket knives. I got my first D2 Queen folder a few years back and was immediately taken by the steel. Good rust resistance, and sharpened pretty easily. With it being a Queen knife, we all know what that means... had to rebevel on the Lansky to get it to snuff.

But after it is good and sharp, I only strop it now and then and sharpen every few months. It gets really sharp and stays that way.

Now I have a few Queens with D2, but also have a few Kershaws and even two Ontarios with that as their steel. All have performed really well, and I have even used my large Ontario sheath knife in D2 to chop through a 4" piece of hard, dried wood when camping (forgot the hatchet, and it was the thinnest wood I could find for the fire). You couldn't shave with it after that, but it was still pretty sharp. No chipping, rolling, or breaking.

I am looking at the D2 Queens that are still available, and need to get a couple of more favorites in the stable in case the Daniels folks decide to quit using it.

Robert
 
Squashfan said:
Edit: Should I get the Mountain Man as a slipie or a locker?
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I have a lockback version. Like many traditional lockbacks, I can wiggle the blade up and down a little bit if I grasp it with my fingers and try. But it does not move when I am using it; and there is no side-to-side play. I understand the slip joint version does not do this. If you like lockbacks (and I do), I'm certainly satisfied with mine.

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Seems like D2 is getting a bit more attention these days. This is right up my alley as all my knives are users, and D2 has turned out to be just the right steel for my pocket knives. I got my first D2 Queen folder a few years back and was immediately taken by the steel. Good rust resistance, and sharpened pretty easily. With it being a Queen knife, we all know what that means... had to rebevel on the Lansky to get it to snuff.

But after it is good and sharp, I only strop it now and then and sharpen every few months. It gets really sharp and stays that way.

Now I have a few Queens with D2, but also have a few Kershaws and even two Ontarios with that as their steel. All have performed really well, and I have even used my large Ontario sheath knife in D2 to chop through a 4" piece of hard, dried wood when camping (forgot the hatchet, and it was the thinnest wood I could find for the fire). You couldn't shave with it after that, but it was still pretty sharp. No chipping, rolling, or breaking.

I am looking at the D2 Queens that are still available, and need to get a couple of more favorites in the stable in case the Daniels folks decide to quit using it.

Robert
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Robert, your post pretty much matches what I was going to say. I'm having a hard time buying anything but Queen D2 knives these days.
 
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