Queen # 11 or # 41

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Whitedog

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Need your imput since there are no Queen dealers close. I have been wanting a Queen Utility or the Copperhead. Which do you find to the the more usefull and the better knife as far as blade size and how the knife fits the hand. Any comments besides what I have above would be helpful.
 
a lot of difference in the #11 and #41. what will you use your knife for? big hands? smaller hands? the 11 is thin and could be more fragile for hard cutting. the 41 is more robust.
 
Thanks Johnnie for the comment. The knife would be pretty much EDC use in medium size hands and general purpose cutting.
 
#11 would be a great picnic and all around food-prep knife. It has the reach needed to keep food out of the joint.

#41 is a smaller, stouter knife suited to harder work.

I have thin, meduim hands and find the Queen #41 in my pocket quite often. It took me a very long time on stones, but I thinned out the thickness of the blade because I like thin blade geometries. Then I rebeveled the primary edge to around 12 degrees, making touch ups on the 15 degree sharpmaker fast and easy. It's now razor sharp and the thin geometry slides through materials. It is a near perfect knife for me now.

Either knife will be exceptional, each is optimized for slightly different use but you really couldn't go wrong with either. I love Queen's D2, it will serve you well. :thumbup: Let us know what you get.
 
The No.11 Utility has proved a very useful all round knife for me.It's a long slim knife that is surprisingly easy in the pocket, I like this pattern and the CASE Slimline Trapper equivalent as well. Very heavy cutting maybe not but most daily tasks it handles excellently. I'm trying to get another Utility in Amber Honey Bone as I have the whitish Carved Stag Bone already but I like it so much a second won't hurt(when I can get one).
 
I'm a big fan of the #11.

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I just got another back from getting a ironwood handle put on.
 
M 98 that Easy Open yellow is really appealing! Not bad that Winterbottom either OR that Amber Bone, great pix thanks.
 
It depends on what you want to use the knife for.
Either are excellent.

Do you want a long thinner narrow blade #11 Utility or a short wider thicker blade #41 Copperhead?
Got to Cumberland for good online pictures.

Both are very thin to carry in your pocket.
Both are easy to pinch open.

I find the #11 utility too long for comfortable front pocket carry.
Has a nice soft opening.
I also find it too long for a comfortable back pocket carry as I sit at a desk most of the day.
Also it is too long for me to use easily the point of the blade.
I use it a lot for food prep.
The Forest Edge (brown delrin in a winterbottom design) was one of my first Queens, it 'helped' me to continue with buying Queen.

The #41 Copperhead is much more robust.
The blade is quite thick, but thins out towards the point.
It has a solid walk and talk, where it opens and closes with authority.
I find it more useful as an EDC.
It just disappears in my pocket.
I have in both Maple and Amber.
The Maple is thinner because of the wood scales.
The Maple can be from a rich green tint to a grey, from plain grain to amazing patterned knots.

Also there is the #41L MINI HUNTER LINER LOCKBLADE, which has a linerlock and has the same handle as the Cooperhead, but the blade is wider closer to the Gunstock.
(I do not have one)
 
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Morrowj- that easy open is lovely. I've never seen one like that- very nice. I'm a fan of this pattern as well. I have the Case equivalent of the #11 and it's one of my favorite Cases. Heavy cardboard cutting is pretty much out- I wouldn't use it for anything that required using a lot of force, but for piercing and slicing it's great. And it's hard to beat for purity of line, ease of carry, and feel in the hand.

When I carry the slimline trapper, I carry it in my back pocket, in the same pocket as my wallet. The wallet holds the knife up, so it's very easy to grab quickly. When you want to get your wallet out, you just hold the knife down with your thumb, and it stays in your pocket. The slimline trapper is one of the easiest slipjoint patterns to open- just pinch the blade and pull 'er open. I never bother with the nail nick.
 
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willgoy said:
M 98 that Easy Open yellow is really appealing! Not bad that Winterbottom either OR that Amber Bone, great pix thanks.
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Here is another easy open #11 recently back from a handle rework. I love ironwood. :)
Sorry about the crappy pics...best I could do where I am.

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