Opinion on a Queen Peanut

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dalee100

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Hi,

I got this a month ago at a garage sale. It was a toss-in deal. The family didn't know anything about it except it had belonged to an elderly family member. They didn't know where or when it was acquired.
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The part that makes me go What?????
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That thick scale can't be right is it? I don't know enough about Queens to figure it out. I do think it is a replacement. The only photos I've found of Queen Peanuts are all slim and slender.

Dale
 
Yep. Somebody replaced that one side. Probably got dropped and broke the original bone. But that somebody thought enough of the knife to do it. Put it in your pocket and use it.

EJ
 
The rivets tell the story too. Very cool knife.Back when someone would fix a perfectly goot tool rather than toss it and buy a new one.
 
Based on the tang stamping and on the shape of the main blade, that appears to be a 1980's (or early 90's) Queen knife. It may be a genuine stag handle (not bone), which would explain the thick handle. I will check my older Queen catalogs when I get home to see if a stag version was made then.
 
I could be wrong on the rivets.The thickness of the one side would make the front rivets differ from the back side because they would have ground the stag down to the bolsters. I am looking at the center backspring pin and that looks untouched. I believe Steve is right. It's all genuine.
 
Hi,

Thanks for your observations Guys. And I will await your reply Steve.

It does confuse me because if either of those scales are replacements, they were very beautifully replaced. The fit is immaculate.

It's kind of grown on me because it does show that smooth wear that comes from long carry and use.

Dale
 
IF it is stag, then it might not be a re-handle. Stag is notoriously mis-matched and that thick scale could be 'original'.

I've got a Queen Peanut in bone but I think older from the tang stamp (need to look those up somewhere..) The bones are similar thickness but very different colour and slightly different jigging. Some imbecile has started to drill another hole in the bone on one side(WHY??)it's exactly the same size as the pin so it could be a terrible manufacture fault:eek:

That said, it's still a very nice knife as is the OP's one:thumbup:
 
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