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Does the Queen Mountain Man pattern have a standard name?

Hello, all!

In my years of collecting, I've started a few subcollections that I tend to revisit & add to from time to time. I'm not a big collector of traditional patterns, but I have found myself liking canoe-pattern folders & have a few, mainly Buck canoes.

However, there's one pattern I also collect & just really, really like. It's the single clip blade lockback pattern, overall length in the vicinity of 4 5/8", blade approximately 3 1/2", that several makers have (no doubt some of them sharing the same manufacturer).

That pattern is the one that Queen calls their Mountain Man (as does Schatt & Morgan), though others have different names: Remington calls it their 1306 (I believe) Bullet Knife, Boker Plus calls it the Large Elegance Bubinga Lockback.

The companies making this pattern (or distributing under their own name), that I have found: Queen, Schatt & Morgan, Canal Street Cutlery, Robeson, Colonel Coon, Remington, Boker Plus, Great Eastern Cutlery (Missouri Trader), Kabar (large Dog's Head Coppersmith) -- Opinel's #8 is even a close semblance. And Queen has a "tactical" version with black Micarta scales & a thumb stud.

But unlike a lot of patterns (swayback jack, peanut, congress, stockman, etc.), I can never find a standardized name for this one.

I'm looking for a name in hopes of making online (& eBay) searches more targeted & efficient. Nothing kills the enthusiasm for the hunt like putting "lockback knife" into eBay. Maybe since no one is using a standardized name for this pattern, it wouldn't be helpful anyway, but still, I'm holding out hope.

I'll write to Queen to see if they can offer any guidance, but I'd also love to hear from you. Y'all here have more years' combined knife knowledge than anyone I could speak to at a knife company. And I'm in the mood to expand my collection of these Mountain man knives now, so I'm on the hunt. Thanks!

Tags: Man, Mountain, Queen

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Permalink Reply by Derek Wells on June 9, 2016 at 15:59

G'Day Mate,

Like you I am a fan of the Mountain Man It is the Queen "Model #3" or with lock back Model #3L

More info here ... http://www.queencutlery.com/uploads/Model_3__3L___47-2013__7-7-2015...

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FeaturedPermalink Reply by dead_left_knife_guy on June 9, 2016 at 16:08

That's a nice knife, Derek!

Sorry if I was a little unclear -- I was hoping for a standardized model name (like "peanut" or "stockman"), since "single blade lockback" is a bit too vague, while a search for "3 5/8" lockback knife" also scoops up knives with "3" in the title &/or description, & leaves out similar knives that are described as, or actually have, different blade lengths.

But I should have known that Queen would have a collector's project like that -- thanks for steering me in that direction!

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Permalink Reply by Derek Wells on June 9, 2016 at 17:01

Sorry I should have read the post thoroughly . I would call it a "Large Jack Knife" but ask 9 other knife collectors and you'll probably end up with 15 answers. :-) If it had 2 blades opening from the same end one a clip one a spey it could be called a large Trapper.

But here is another PDF that may be helpful

http://assets.newmediaretailer.com/72000/72277/knife_pattern_descri...

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FeaturedPermalink Reply by dead_left_knife_guy on June 9, 2016 at 17:53

Derek, that is a very handy little chart -- thanks for that too!

I'm actually really disappointed that Case doesn't have one of these knives in their line.

And yeah, "large jack knife" is probably about the closest any of those descriptors gets. I've written to Queen's on-staff historian to see what he can tell me. I'll let you know what I hear from him!

Oh, & for some reason that 2nd picture didn't come through on my end the first time I saw your post. So to correct myself, I have to say those are BOTH nice knives!

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Permalink Reply by Frank R on August 27, 2016 at 13:02

I'm unaware of any name for that pattern. If I remember correctly, I seem to remember reading elsewhere that the Mountain Man was developed by Bill Howard of GEC, when he worked at Queen.

That's a nice Camillus-made Remington in that picture. I have both the Queen lockback and Queen slipjoint versions of the Mountain Man. I actually like the design of the Remington better, though the Queens have nicer fit and finish.