Queen Steel???

when queen started using 440c way back s.s. had a bad reputation. so queen marketed their knives marked queen steel to get around the bad image of s.s.
 
but my Buck knives with the 440c seem to be great. Is the 440c a good knife steel ? or is the old 1095 better?? Kind of like asking Ford vs Chevy I suppose?

FYI: I am new to knife collecting...................a machinist for over 40 years and I have found a real interest in knives lately.
 
440C is a good blade steel for blades that you want to hold an edge. It doesn't hold an edge quite as well as some of the newer blade alloys, but it still does pretty good. It will hold an edge better than 1095.

When it was first used for knife blades, it was considered brittle. (It is more brittle than 1095.) It was also considered hard to sharpen, which it is compared to 1095.

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me neither. I like both kinds, country and western.

Points if you know the source of the quote.
 
Give that man a kewpie doll.

When that movie came out, my boss at the time liked that movie so much, he took his 5 workers to go see it. He used to quote that line all the time. God bless him. May he rest in Peace.
 
Yep..........................'The Good Ol' Boys " get a temporary replacemant stand in and "Bob from the Country Bunker or whatever it is gets a little pissed off when the tab isn't payed...........


bet i saw that movie 10 times and hope to see it 10 more and then 10 more and 10 more and....................


bet you'd never run into another like your boss did ya???!!!:)
 
two great ole timers, classics really. actually to my knowledge 440c was the 1st decent s.s, alloy used in knives.wood in venice calif. brought out a line of knives with revolving handles to be opened with one hand since he was a sail boat enthusist.not an original concept but not produced in this country for many years. i understand he originally had the blades done by dexter --russell kitchen knives---whatever they were good edge holders & went on to become desired collectibles. barry woods may have actually ground the blades but used russell for heat treat. produced the product for colt for a short period of time. sorry about side tracking
 
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