queen Stockman, thinking about one

[Obsessed with Edges]

...I bought it knowing I would have to re-profile the D2 blades right out of the box. I did, and it is probably my favorite knife now. ....I personalize all of my cary knives, so I guess I just expect to work at them a bit.

Ken

In a nutshell, that's pretty much how I look at my Queen knives (including my #49 'Cattle King' stockman). It does take some work on the edges, for re-bevelling. But, once done, they've become some of my favorites. The D2 is worth it, in my view. I sort of feel like this steel was born to be 'tailor-made' to the individual tastes/needs of the user. It responds in kind, to however one wants to finish it.

 

[TheSharpStuff]

I have a 4 inch in stag bone, amazing knife. perfect walk and talk. but blades where so dull they where unusable. took around 4 hrs of sharpening on a 400 grit diamond stone to get sharp enough for me. but the only fit and finish issues I have where that they blades all had very very minute blade play. not enough to hold it against the knife. and the tip of the main blade sticks out a bit, but not enough to notice.

 

[neeman]

In a nutshell, that's pretty much how I look at my Queen knives (including my #49 'Cattle King' stockman). It does take some work on the edges, for re-bevelling. But, once done, they've become some of my favorites. The D2 is worth it, in my view. I sort of feel like this steel was born to be 'tailor-made' to the individual tastes/needs of the user. It responds in kind, to however one wants to finish it.

That is a very accurate observation how D2 can be sharpened
I have sharpened a whole bunch of D2 in a whole bunch of different ways

The way I sharpen my larger #49 Queen stockman is a good example
From an obtuse grind with a course finish, an acute grind with a course finish, to a stropped polish edge
And they all cut differently