Queen canoes?

JAlexander

JAlexander

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Have any of y'all had a chance to check out the Queen canoes that're on sale on the Cumberland Knife Works website? I have a real soft spot for that particular pattern, and since they're making it in 1095, I'm really, really tempted to get one. However, my budget's pretty slim right now, so if the quality isn't at least good, I can't justify the expenditure.

Any input would be helpful, so don't sugarcoat it. :D

Thanks a lot.

James
 
I own 4 of those 1095 Canoes now! I love carrying one; it's as close as you are going to get to carrying a nice old Case XX Canoe, for a fraction of the cost.
They are nice and slim, and the blades work and fit well. I own 3 recent Case Canoes, and find the blades conflict, especially when you try to close them. Case stamps them out of rolls of steel, and Queen stamps them out of flat stock, from what I saw at the factory tours, and there-in lies some of the fit problems, I will bet. You buy yourself a Queen and you'll get the best! And if it has a problem, they'll take it and fix it like most good cutleries.
 
Do the Queen Canoes have a split backspring? My 1977 Blue Scroll canoe has a single thick backspring and I like that a lot better than the split backspring which evidently came later.
 
longbeachguy said:
Do the Queen Canoes have a split backspring? My 1977 Blue Scroll canoe has a single thick backspring and I like that a lot better than the split backspring which evidently came later.
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Queen uses a single backspring and to me it seems to be even thicker than on the older Case canoes from when Case used a single spring design.

I agree the two-spring design on Case canoes (used since about 1986) results in thin blades and wimpy blade snap.
 
The Last Confederate said:
My CSB Queen Canoe is awesome, very slim in hte pocket and strong snap.
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Mine too :D
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It's a couple years old and hasn't been babied.
(Then again I use it like a knife and haven't rescued anyone from a wreck or chopped down a house with it either)
Tiny bit gritty when it arrived, smooth as silk with in a month.
Hoodoo Honed the edge and it is sharp.

I'm lookin hard at the 1095's too.
 
Ebbtide, I love that picture!

Mine (and just about every recent Queen I've bought) was gritty also at first. I've had some black stuff come out of the pivot after oiling them, I think it's whatever buffing compound Queen uses???
 
Yup, it's buff-cake, to use a name that a Case rep once told me. Blow it out with a couple of WD-40 applications, then oil with mineral oil. WD-40 is a good cleaner, and a poor lubricant!
 
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Well how about a couple of canoe's made by Queen but with Robeson tang marks...These are red stag & green bone canoes made by queen in my favorite Robeson.

Thanks,

Sunburst
 
Has anybody else had problems with Queen Canoes being duller than butter knives. I recently got one from New Graham and it took me all throughout "The Corpse Bride" to put an edge on the D2 steel. Good thing I like sharpening knives.
 
D2 is tough to sharpen. It took me a half hour for my new sodbuster, and I'm still not completely happy with it, but once it's sharp, I'm hoping it will be just as tough to dull it!
 
Well, at long last I have received my Queen canoe. I got it from Ron Ryder at cuttersandcollectors.com, and it's a heck of a nice knife. It has a single backspring, and carbon steel, as advertised. Ron sent it with one of his leather slips, since it didn't come in a box, and I really like the execution and the idea of being able to carry the knife around in a soft leather sheath-esque thing. It keeps the dimes and lint out of the knife, but doesn't keep me from accessing it PDQ. I'm including a picture of it, and I'll try to have more and better ones later if y'all are interested.

All in all, I couldn't be happier; I have a great new EDC, and I bought it from a great guy. If you read this, Ron, thanks again.

James

http://public.fotki.com/JAlexander/slipjoint_pics/63_014.html
 
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