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Permalink Reply by Thorvan Patten JR. on February 8, 2015 at 6:47

   Do we know anything about these?

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Leopold Lacrimosa on February 8, 2015 at 8:26

Nice looking set Thorvan. What year was it produced?

Permalink Reply by Thorvan Patten JR. on February 8, 2015 at 9:31

  Don't know that's what I want to find out. Bought these at a pawn shop in Idaho.

Permalink Reply by Gary Munford on February 8, 2015 at 9:50

Do you have by chance a less grainy photo o the blade etchings, tang stamps, and the card in the box?

Permalink Reply by Gary Munford on February 8, 2015 at 11:50

From a friend on another knife site:

"My guess off the bat would be a bicentennial set from 1976. The tang stamp for that year was a Q76 on the tang."

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on February 8, 2015 at 14:16

I read 1992 somewhere yesterday when I was looking for info on this one.  I was hoping to find it in the Historical Documents that Queen is putting on thier site but neither 1992 nor 1976 are there yet.  They are doing a great job of finding all the info for us though

http://www.queencutlery.com/Advertisment_Material.html

Permalink Reply by Frederick Fisher on February 8, 2015 at 16:55

Jan, thanks for your request on this.  Try  as I may and I have an enormous collection of Queen literature and I can find nothing on these knives and I can only go on memory.  

I remember when they came out and saw several sets mostly in the Pigeon Forge area.  Seems like all questions I get I cannot give a positive answer on because they are contract knives made for a customer and I think these were made to order and these sets were assembled or boxed by this customer.  I'm reluctant to mention names but I think one of the large retailers of knives had this done.  The tang stamp should tell the year of manufacture.  Wish I could be more help.  Fred

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on February 8, 2015 at 18:11

Thanks Fred, I appreciate the input!!

Thorvan, can we get a shot of the tang stamp?  I think I know who to ask next

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on February 8, 2015 at 19:15

OK, so we have seen the tangs http://iknifecollector.com/photo/queen-colors-of-freedom-001-2

Let me contact a couple of the folks that may have contracted it and see what we find out!

Permalink Reply by Dan Lago on February 13, 2015 at 10:46

I've seen them individually on sales, but not a nice boxed set like this.   The 1976 bicentennial knife was a large barlow with a flag shield sealed on a wooden plaque  - you see them all the time on Ebay - about 15,000 produced. 

I am pretty confident these were not a catalog set from 1980 on, so I support Fred Fisher's view - SFO,  Big coke bottles were hot,  cooled off about mid-90s,  Please keep us posted if you learn more about them.

Thanks

Dan

Permalink Reply by Rome D. Rushing on February 13, 2015 at 15:42

I bought a set like this from Smokey Mountain Knife Works in 92 or 93 for a

Christmas present to myself.  I do not remember what I paid for them but I

do remember where they came from.

Sorry the old mind does not remember much more, but I think i have a copy of

the advertisement somewhere and if i can find it I will post it.

 

Rome

Permalink Reply by Dan Lago on February 13, 2015 at 16:03

Rome,

Thank you very much!  Seeing that tang stamp photo and your purchase date all makes good sense. I'd very much like to see the ad if you can find it - that documentation will get saved and one more little mystery solved -- though Queen provides us all with uncounted opportunities to track down knives they have made.

Thanks,

Dan

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