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Greetings everybody. I just received two new D2 stockmans from Queen via Empire Knives. (Please see my GB&U review) Since today is garbage/recycle day, I got to do some testing of these along side my fairly new carbon series stockman from Camillus. I had a large pile of cardboard boxes to cut up. Out came the battle of the stockmans... I got the cocobolo and stag-bone models from Queen, and the carbon series with delrin-staglike from Camillus.
For a comparison, let's compare scales. Obviously the Queens rule here, the cocobolo is richly patterned/grained. The fit and finish is very nice. The stag-bone is a little lighter in color than I was expecting, but still very pleasing to the eye. Fit/finish very nice as expected. The Camillus has delrin fashioned into a faux stag pattern. The "jigging" is a little smooth, and the reddish color is a bit fakey in appearance. However, the fit/finish is also very nice.
Let's talk blades now. The Queens with their D2 had high expectations in my book. Interestinly enough, the stag-bone model had moderately dull blades... all three blades were affected, but the spey blade was the sharpest of the bunch. The cocobolo model came with all three blades nicely sharp, the spey blade very much so the sharpest of the three. The Camillus came with all three blades nicely sharp, though a tiny touch less than the cocobolo. The Queens all had a firm "walk and talk" All three blades on each model were almost too difficult to open, (gotta grow a longer fingernail or two) and each clunked open nicely. The Camillus also had a nice walk n' talk, but less pronounced than the Queens. I might even characterize it as "smoother". All in all, I am very happy with all three. I was thinking of giving the Camillus away to a fellow knife-knut, but I just cannot bear to do that now.
In my very unscientific cardboard-cutting orgy, the cocobolo D2 Queen reigned supreme. The Camillus was second, and the Queen stag-bone came in third due to the relative dullness of the blades.
I think all three will see regular rotation in my EDC category.
As a downer side note, my stag handled doctor's pattern knife was stolen out of my doctor's coat yesterday... talk about something to just take a major crap on your day.
If I ever find out who took it, they may just find out what the spey blade was originally intended for!
Well, I encourage everyone to get a Queen D2 stockman and the Camillus carbon series too for that matter. All are fine knives.
Thanks everybody, Mongo
For a comparison, let's compare scales. Obviously the Queens rule here, the cocobolo is richly patterned/grained. The fit and finish is very nice. The stag-bone is a little lighter in color than I was expecting, but still very pleasing to the eye. Fit/finish very nice as expected. The Camillus has delrin fashioned into a faux stag pattern. The "jigging" is a little smooth, and the reddish color is a bit fakey in appearance. However, the fit/finish is also very nice.
Let's talk blades now. The Queens with their D2 had high expectations in my book. Interestinly enough, the stag-bone model had moderately dull blades... all three blades were affected, but the spey blade was the sharpest of the bunch. The cocobolo model came with all three blades nicely sharp, the spey blade very much so the sharpest of the three. The Camillus came with all three blades nicely sharp, though a tiny touch less than the cocobolo. The Queens all had a firm "walk and talk" All three blades on each model were almost too difficult to open, (gotta grow a longer fingernail or two) and each clunked open nicely. The Camillus also had a nice walk n' talk, but less pronounced than the Queens. I might even characterize it as "smoother". All in all, I am very happy with all three. I was thinking of giving the Camillus away to a fellow knife-knut, but I just cannot bear to do that now.
In my very unscientific cardboard-cutting orgy, the cocobolo D2 Queen reigned supreme. The Camillus was second, and the Queen stag-bone came in third due to the relative dullness of the blades.
I think all three will see regular rotation in my EDC category.
As a downer side note, my stag handled doctor's pattern knife was stolen out of my doctor's coat yesterday... talk about something to just take a major crap on your day.
If I ever find out who took it, they may just find out what the spey blade was originally intended for! Well, I encourage everyone to get a Queen D2 stockman and the Camillus carbon series too for that matter. All are fine knives.
Thanks everybody, Mongo
