Queen question

[mwebb524]

Is there a way to tell what steel is used in Queen Cutlery knives? I've had my eye on a stag barlow at my local shop. Hoping it's D2, but would like to know for sure. Is there a blade stamp or something I can look for? Thanks.

 

[matt1987]

i don't know about all of them, but on my D2 copperhead it says PH-D2 under the queen stamp.

it would also say "Tool Steel" on the blade etching.

 

[cj65]

Ask to see the original box, it may tell you.

 

[markv]

call Bill Howard
he knows
buzz

 

[knarfeng]

i don't know about all of them, but on my D2 copperhead it says PH-D2 under the queen stamp.

it would also say "Tool Steel" on the blade etching.

Mine say "tool steel" as the bottom line of the etch.

 

[NirreBosse]

i don't know about all of them, but on my D2 copperhead it says PH-D2 under the queen stamp.

it would also say "Tool Steel" on the blade etching.

My #9 stockman also has that marking.

Bosse

 

[scattershot]

PH D-2 is on the main blade tang stamp on my new Canoe.

 

[DennisStrickland]

my slim trapper & mt. man both say tool steel under blade etch.

 

[navihawk]

Same here PH-D2 under the stamp and tool steel on my trapper. It isn't marked but it is 1095. There was a forced patina on it but I took it off with silver polish. It has a sort of blueish look to it.

 

[lambertiana]

PH-D2 means it is D2 and was heat treated by Peters Heat Treat.