Queen Doctor's Knife (BEM) ..... D2 or not?

Noddy

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Hi

I wonder if anyone can straighten me out on this?

Most of the Queen Doctor's knives I have seen (the ones with the pen blade - not the spatula - that is) have 420HC blades

I have assumed where it says otherwise, it has been a mistake on the part of the vendor

But, I see several Bird's Eye Maple varieties of this knife listed as D2 at the moment.

Anyone know if this is the same error of old or, is the piece, in fact, bladed in D2?

Thanks for any direction :)
 
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The Bird's Eye Maple line should all be D2. If in doubt, look for the 'Tool Steel' description on the box label, or etched on the blade (if the blade is etched). 420HC or other stainless in the past (440C), have been designated 'Queen Steel'. D2 blades will also show a 'PH-D2' stamping on the tang (the 'PH' stands for 'Peters Heat Treating', the sub-contractor responsible for hardening/tempering those blades).

(Queen might've produced a fixed fillet blade in something like 420HC or maybe even 420J2, which I think was the only exception in recent lines of Amber Carved Stag Bone, Bird's Eye Maple or other lines featuring D2 blades.)


David
 
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(I'd assumed in my previous post, that all the BEM (Bird's Eye Maple) knives were in D2. This may not be true.)

Looking at an image of a Queen BEM Doctor's Knife from Knifecenter's site, it does look like it's (very, very faintly) etched 'Queen Steel'. This is consistent with the vendor description that specifies 420HC. The knifecenter page I linked the pic from also shows it as 'discontinued'. I'm also not seeing the 'PH-D2' stamping on the tang, in the pictured knife.

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David
 
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I have a pair of stag single blade Queen made small doctors. Neither blade has any mention of steel, certainly not tool steel or the Peters tang stamp.
I believe these were both made for AG Russell to market. Beautiful stag, but both very different.

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