Ode to Queen, the users.

[joeradza]

My only knives that qualify make a good poker hand, three Queens. A fairly recent Queen teardrop, a Queen made Northwoods ivory lockback and this fine Queen City canoe.

 

[Invoice]

Gunstock that gets a lot of use.

And this orange #55

 

[Heirphoto]

Are (were) Queen, Queen City and Queen Steel knives all from the same company, Queen in Pa?

 

[Jolipapa]

Though not a specialist, I can answer yes, they were.

 

[waynorth]

These are my two favorite Queen knives, a ~1960 winterbottom bone #12 and a big 'ol toothpick c.1945 to 1955...

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Nice to see those older bone variations, Kevin. Winterbottom, and what looks like Rodgers bone!!
Nice examples!!

 

[veitsi_poika]

Nice to see those older bone variations, Kevin. Winterbottom, and what looks like Rodgers bone!!
Nice examples!!

You got it Charlie... Queen started using Rogers bone in the 1920's and used it exclusively until WWII when they started transitioning to the Winterbottom to reduce costs. By the mid-50's they were pretty much exclusively Winterbottom. I was very happy when I found that Roger's bone example, haven't seen many of those

Here is the resource I found this info in... very interesting read and belongs in this thread

http://www.queencutlery.com/uploads/The_Winterbottom_Bone_Factory_in_Egg_Harbor.pdf