Queen #19 Honey Amber

2brothers

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Queen #19 Honey Amber Stag Bone
Came in today.

Fit and finish: 8 Scales and bolsters match up nicely. I was expecting worse after reading some of the threads here.
Walk: 6 kinda weak, not the resistance I'm used to but decent enough.
Talk: 7 Decent snap, not loose in the handle at all.

I'm gonna take the Case he bought from my brother and have my
bro send it in to see if they can "fix it up".

Hopefully this D2 will surpass his expectations.

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Should have gotten one for myself. :(
I just might anyway.

mike
 
Queen's honey amber stag bone is very very good stuff.
 
Looks good!:thumbup:
Let us know what you think of the steel after while.
 
Queen makes a dang good knife. I have become familiar with them not too recently, and the #64 Canoe has become one of my favorites. Mine too is D2.

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The blades on the trapper look like they have almost an "orange peel" look to the steel. Is that a trick of the light or for real because I like it!
 
I like this Handle material a lot. It makes a new knife look like an old classic.
 
I should have quit while I was ahead.
I found a D2 Lrg Toothpick in the Amber that I must have. :D

mike
 
RandallFlagg said:
The blades on the trapper look like they have almost an "orange peel" look to the steel. Is that a trick of the light or for real because I like it!
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I see the "orange peel" look in real life on my Queen Cattle King.
 
I believe the steel is D2 and it doesn't take a mirror finish well.. I think I've heard that?
 
It's a sad day in Trapperland.
I went by my customer's place yesterday as I was passing nearby.
Mainly just to see how liked the Queen my brother got for him.
He got it scary sharp after about an hour working on it. Says
it holds a great edge, but...........

The blades are wobbling. Loose if you will. We took it to the back
and he had some some leather blocks we put in a vise and gently squeezed on the bolsters.
Tightened up pretty good, but now the pins are protruding ever so slightly.
What is the correct way to fix this problem?

This guy is hard on pocketknives (I didn't know this prior)
He's only had it a couple of weeks. :(

mike
 
2brothers said:
The blades are wobbling. Loose if you will. We took it to the back
and he had some some leather blocks we put in a vise and gently squeezed on the bolsters.
Tightened up pretty good, but now the pins are protruding ever so slightly.
What is the correct way to fix this problem?

This guy is hard on pocketknives (I didn't know this prior)
He's only had it a couple of weeks. :(

mike
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I am not sure what he could have done to a thin blade trapper that would be out of bounds (no batoning, etc., ) and not damage the blade itself while still loosening it up.

Sounds like a bad fit to me.

Before I had enough money to have several knives, back in the 70s we used to "fix" our Case knives when they got loose. None of us had enough money for more than one or two knives, so we worked on them as needed.

I had an old timer tighten up my old Stockman after I had done it the way you did a couple of times. Times between "adjustments" will get closer and closer together with me doing it the way you described.

He "adjusted" my knife until I liked the feel by hand pressure in a vise like you described. With the pins protruding on both sides, he took a prick punch (a really flat super low angle point) and centered it on the bolsters.

One small whack each side. This knife was a user, so I didn't care about the little knick at the bolster. The blades never loosened up again. I supposed they could have been sanded flush after they were punched, but I never did it.

If it was a brand new knife and there was no blade damage at all, I would probably send it back before I did anything to it.

Robert
 
Since they are peened pins, significant side/side pressure will cause some loosening in the joints. But usually it will be noticable by divots in the pins (versus pertruding). Otherwise the NS pins must have had enough pressure put on them to expand somewhat.

To fix it in the current condition use a small ball peen hammer to tap on the pins causing them to re-spread inside the cavity then take the bolster down with a cratex wheel and buff it back.

Or, send it to me and I can have it back in the mail in 10 minutes.

Mike Latham
CollectorKnives.Net
 
That honey amber looks so warm and inviting. Really nice stuff. Also, those pictures do a pretty good job showcasing the orange-peeling that D2 is known for.
 
Have a traditional Queen-yellow small pocket knife that I have had nigh on to 50 years and still treasure it.
 
Thanks to midnight and knifeswapper, appreciate the advice.

I think I might get this guy and railroad spike or something. :D

mike
 
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