Queen knives what have you got,whats your thoughts.

Invoice said:
Hard to disagree with.
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waynorth said:
Both Bladeforums knives!!! 😁
Wonderful examples!!
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The 2010 is the first porch knife of mine so nothing else matters!🧐....especially the fact that i joined in 2006 and could probably have the whole set😆🤐
 
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I have a few Queens.
Mostly D2 blades. The two on the bottom right are 1095.
The two "Mountain Man" knives are actually different. One is a lock back and one is a slip joint. The blade on the lockback is noticeably thicker stock.

NOBODY, did amber stag bone as good as Queen. I have one stockman in actual stag, and it was unexciting. It was a late production knife. The top four in the center have covers made of spalted maple. The knives with spalted maple are earlier production and the fit and finish is 10 out of 10. Easily the equal of GEC, because most of the cutlers who made them later worked at GEC.

Queen was famous for shipping knives with "butter knife" edges. They were worthless for cutting until a thorough sharpening / reprofiling session. I won't go so far as to say all of them were like that, but a lot of mine were.

When Queen was in its prime, it was a definite step above Case. Towards the end, after many of its most skilled cutlers went to GEC, they declined somewhat.
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My Queen made knives are not perfect but they are lovable. Their flaws showed they were made by humans :) Their sometimes less than razor sharp edges are a tradition carried on by GEC which was founded by Queen’s best workers; hence Queen’s demise, ironically similar to its birth. Although the edge may not be perfect, with some work and diamond hones I put a great lasting edge on every one. Still have them. Each one has withstood use and abuse.

Queen was an innovative company. At the turn of the century, their D2 knives were about the only traditional US made knives in a tool steel other than 1095 or Case CV. Schatt knives in ATtS34 were the only US made traditional knives in a premium stainless steel. Their pattern designs are legendary, many are better than Case and many designs were copied by GEC. Their checkered pearl covers are not seen on factory knives since their demise.
 
I’m currently carrying the split back shown in the add above. It has a little blade rub on the coping blade but it’s pretty slight. Outside of that I’d say it’s a fantastic knife, as good or better than anything else I own and the bone is probably the best I own.

I like Queen knives and keep a sharp eye out for them all the time, they’ve sort of become my go to since the GEC popularity explosion has made them nearly unobtainable.
 
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