Queen Lg Stockman

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My bank account would be much healthier if I had never found BF, lol.

Like most, I started off with little slipjoints and gravitated toward one-hand openers like Spyderco and Benchmade. Thanks to some of the great stories and excellent pictures on this sub-forum I've become interested in traditional knives again.

I posted a thread awhile back asking for advice in selecting a stockman. Thanks to the input I received I decided on the Queen Lg Stockman. It's a big knife, excellent F&F, and carries well in the pocket. Not quite as sharp out of the box as some other knives, but that's easily fixed.

The pictures don't do the knife justice.

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and with a Case Trapper for size comparison
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They consider the birdseye maple and the cocobola series their working knives. Rightly so as they're stout.Queen knows how to put a knife together:thumbup:
 
Thanks for the replies.

The blades weren't particularly sharp out of the box. This stockman and a Queen sodbuster I ordered at the same time are the only knives I have with D2. My understanding is that D2 is fairly hard. Do you think my Sharpmaker with the brown and white stones is sufficient to put a good edge on them or should I consider something else?
 
I would recommend a fine or extra fine diamond "stone" for D2 to actually put the edge on -- use the ceramic stones to refine the edge and maybe for minor touch up to maintain the edge (though frankly, I always start with a very fine diamond stone and only use a ceramic stone to refine the edge a bit, then strop on some leather to finish up).
 
The problem with this sort of sloppy edgeangles Is from my wiev that if you just sharpen them in the same edgeangle they for sure gets sharp but they have to thick stock behind the edge and that way they dont cut as well as a slipjoint can as its best. For me it was the sandpaper on mousepad that finally made a knife out of that tool.

Bosse
 
Thanks for posting the photos. That's a Mini Case Trapper in the last photo correct?
 
I loved my Queen large stockman. A fantastic user with jigged delrin handles. It didn't come very sharp, but a little time with some sandpaper and strop it was screaming sharp and stayed that way. I carried it for roughly a year, then the backspring for the sheepsfoot blade snapped. Now it sits in a drawer. I do want to get another, and the honey bone offering looks good. This was by far, my favorite stockman. Just the right size and handle shape. As soon as my change jar is full I am gonna pull the trigger on a new one.
 
Onies said:
I loved my Queen large stockman. A fantastic user with jigged delrin handles. It didn't come very sharp, but a little time with some sandpaper and strop it was screaming sharp and stayed that way. I carried it for roughly a year, then the backspring for the sheepsfoot blade snapped. Now it sits in a drawer. I do want to get another, and the honey bone offering looks good. This was by far, my favorite stockman. Just the right size and handle shape. As soon as my change jar is full I am gonna pull the trigger on a new one.
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I would send it back to Queen.Does anyone know if Queens Warranty is anything like Cases?
 
52100 said:
Thanks for posting the photos. That's a Mini Case Trapper in the last photo correct?
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Correct. model 3207

zerogee said:
I would recommend a fine or extra fine diamond "stone" for D2 to actually put the edge on -- use the ceramic stones to refine the edge and maybe for minor touch up to maintain the edge (though frankly, I always start with a very fine diamond stone and only use a ceramic stone to refine the edge a bit, then strop on some leather to finish up).
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Thanks, that's kinda what I was thinking. But nice to hear from someone with more knowledge before I spend the money.
 
The rounded bolsters and low tangs are a bonus point on that pattern.As is the satin finish on the blades when you opt for BEM (Amber bone has polished blades in an orange peel D2 sort of way...)

The discussion about D2 sharpness or lack of it from Queen has been extensive.I'll just add that 2 of my knives have come hopelessly dull and 2 very keen. I know that you have to sharpen all knives eventually, but I do feel new ones should be sharp on delivery.When they arrive sharp, it's much much easier to keep them that way.
 
I have a whetstone at work.the middle has a worn radius It takes a couple of shots and go for a convex edge. Hit it with the arkansas to smooth it out.Hit or miss with me, but I agree, it should be sharp out of the box.
 
Onies said:
I loved my Queen large stockman. A fantastic user with jigged delrin handles. It didn't come very sharp, but a little time with some sandpaper and strop it was screaming sharp and stayed that way. I carried it for roughly a year, then the backspring for the sheepsfoot blade snapped. Now it sits in a drawer. I do want to get another, and the honey bone offering looks good. This was by far, my favorite stockman. Just the right size and handle shape. As soon as my change jar is full I am gonna pull the trigger on a new one.
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Queen will definitely replace that backspring at no charge - they have done that for me. A broken backspring is definitely a warranty issue.
 
Then I will have to send it back. As I said before, it was my favorite pocket knife. Seemed to be the absolute right size and handle shape for me. No gaps, good snap and it held an edge forever. I do miss it.
 
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