Traditionals in D2?

s7brad said:
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Queen single blade copperhead
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Got that knife myself-or rather, the liner lock version. Very sturdy lock it is too and a fine pocket knife all round, the ACSB scales are certainly grippy.:thumbup:
 
My Queen "Dan Burke" small Barlow has D-2 blade steel,
And I really enjoy it. Stays sharp once you get it there!
Get one and you'll enjoy it allot.



Jason
 
Hi--I think you can look at the big auction site and some brick and mortar stores on here and find a Queen birdseye maple discontuined for approx. 45 to 60 dollars. You might even find a Queen sodbuster for under 35 dollars. Good luck.
Harold
 
Somebody say Queen Birdseye Maple in d2?
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The jack is gone, but the folding hunter rides in a mag pouch on my duty belt at work each day. I did take it to a fellow who does sharpening at the gun show well over a year ago to have the edge better profiled and a good edge put on it. Figure I can keep it there afterwards. Truth is, I haven't sharpened it beyond a stropping now and then. I don't have diamond bench hones or anything beyond small diamond stuff, primarily Arkansas oil stones, so I may take it along to another show in a few months or so for a touch up. Hey, it's $5 to sharpen a two-bladed knife and the edge has lasted a long time. Cheaper than a good diamond bench set and I need to replace my Arkie fine stone first. Call me folksy, but I like using Arkansas stones for my carbon and stainless blades.
 
Nice looking knives in birdseye maple. I really like that. I really like the looks of those copperheads too. They are small enough to pocket, yet large enough to do tough jobs. The large folding hunters are great, but sadly too large to put in my pocket. I have two of the Case large hunters and never use them, as they need to ride on my belt, which I normally don't wear. When I'm off work, and hunting or fishing, or around the house I wear bib overalls. So, I don't typically have a belt on. What ever knives I carry go in one of my many pockets. I do carry a back pack hunting though, and the larger stuff goes in there. I've been packing that Queen fixed blade and one of my Case large folding hunters, but the Queen gets used almost exclusively now that I've gotten a taste of the D2. I really like how that steel keeps an edge through a skinning job.
 
bucksforus said:
Hi--I think you can look at the big auction site and some brick and mortar stores on here and find a Queen birdseye maple discontuined for approx. 45 to 60 dollars. You might even find a Queen sodbuster for under 35 dollars. Good luck.
Harold
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Yes, that big site is helpful in draining my wallet. That's where both my Queens came from. The fixed blade I stole for 31 dollars, and my canoe for 36. Both decent deals I felt. I got both of them shaving sharp with my Lansky. They both came dull as a butter knife with the factory edge. I'm finding I like the diamond hones that Lansky has, even for the softer, easier to sharpen, steel.
 
A machinist that I know told me that buck used to use D-2 but I am just going on what he told me.
Gene
 
genewiseman said:
A machinist that I know told me that buck used to use D-2 but I am just going on what he told me.
Gene
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That would be interesting. I have never seen a Buck with D2, or heard of one. I wonder if their custom shop do knives in D2.
 
Buck's Custom Shoppe has done some D2 blades (mostly fixed blades; I have a 118 in D2), but they've also done the 110/112 lockback folders in premium steels (BG-42, S30V, 154CM, etc.). I don't recall seeing any of their 'traditional' folders (like the 300 series) done in anything other than their standard 420HC. The older, Camillus-made 300 series knives (made for Buck) were done in 440A, I believe.

But, as recommended, check in with the guys in the Buck forum here. A few of them (at least) will know if any traditional D2 knives have been produced. I'd guess they'd be hard to come by, but might be worth a look.
 
Thanks, Jani. It has really nice bone and I sharpened the blade up nicely but for some reason it gets very little time in the pocket. Must be too gentlemanly a pattern for me or something. :o
 
Yeah, that Rat is one to drool over. Then again several of these are.

MLey1, I know what you mean on the size. I love the folding hunter pattern,in terms of look, feel, and use in hand, but it ain't a real pocketable knife for general carry. You notice mine gets EDC on a duty belt. ;) Maybe the fact that is the same size as a double stacked handgun magazine and weighs a little over half the weight of said magazine filled with 17 9mm (Knife=192.1 grams, fully loaded mag=300.6 grams.) might say something. <G>

That BEM jack was a nice carry, but it came with a dull blade, the liner lock either stuck, or would not fully lock, and the shield fell out the first day. Never would warm up to it though I like the pattern. Nothing like being faced with a dull D2 blade that needs major work when all you have are oil stones. The hunter came decently sharp out of the box, but having it reworked made it scary sharp. In fact just pressing the skinner blade to my arm to to a shaving test after that it made a thin, surface cut that drew blood just by laying against the skin at an angle to start the shave.

I really do need to try on a copperhead though. Been meaning to, but haven't gotten around to it. Like you said, they share a look. I just can't quite get myself to try a mini-hunter. Just seems sort of wrong, like a Miniature Doberman. Then again, I couldn't get my head around a mini-trapper until I ended up with one by mistake. That one quickly became a major favorite of mine.
 
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