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Knives have been made at the factory of Queen Cutlery Company of Titusville Pennsylvania for over 100 years. It is arguably the oldest and last American Cutlery that truly continues to produce knives in the same way as they were produced there when the factory opened in 1902. The factory’s first tenant was the Schatt & Morgan Cutlery Company: Queen Cutlery Company displaced Schatt & Morgan there in 1933. Queen City Cutlery Company first began to produce knives in 1918 around the end of the First World War, incorporated in 1922, and shortened their name to “Queen Cutlery Company” in January of 1946. Purchased by Daniels Family Cutlery Corporation on September 18, 2012

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Queen Cutlery Guide website goes public

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SMKW is offering a Queen BLACK COMPOSITE MINI TRAPPER PILOT TEST RUN

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Dave Shirley Northwoods knives made by Queen

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EVIL-BAY S&M TEARDROP CARBON SPEAR BLADE LINER LOCK KNIFE

Started by Kenneth W. Hill. Last reply by Jan Carter Oct 3, 2019. 1 Reply 3 Likes

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Comment by Duke Biscotti on December 31, 2014 at 4:19: this is the material i am talking about. it looks like smooth bone to me. i have 3 or four of these from 1988 and they look like brand new. any thoughts?

Duke Biscotti

Comment by Jean-François on December 31, 2014 at 1:56: David,

it's difficult to judge after the pics, but I'm pretty sure it's NOT waterfall, not celluloid, but bakelite - a very stable stuff indeed.

Comment by Ron Cooper on December 30, 2014 at 20:52: Holy cow! Who's that stud in the Stetson?

Comment by Dan Lago on December 30, 2014 at 19:41: I don't know if older celluloid is more stable. David Clark's dollar knives suggest not all old ones destroy themselves. I had an German eye amber celluloid, mid 1980s. In less than a year it completely ruined itself and badly tarnished 4 other knife blades. So I generally stay way. Four years a I got two Queen Classic swing guards with celluloid handles (a blue and a brown pearl). They were too nice to resist, but I sealed them on clear plexiglass inside a heavy duty food saver bag. So far so good.

I have also been told that higher temperatures and sun exposure can start the outgassing. SO my stuff stays cool and out of the light...

Comment by Jan Carter on December 30, 2014 at 19:18: Those are nice David! funny the 1920 celluloid stayed so well and the 1980 version was not as stable

Comment by David Clark on December 30, 2014 at 19:11: A few more pictures.

Comment by David Clark on December 30, 2014 at 19:08: Red%20Shield%20Waterfall%20%20S%26M_001%20-%20Copy.jpg Red%20Shield%20Waterfall%20S%26M_003%20-%20Copy.jpg

I have a small collection of old Schatt & Morgan Waterfall handled Dollar knives from the 1920s and I have found this old stuff to very stable. It is the newer celluloid that has really gone bad. I also have other old celluloid handled Schatts that have no problems.

Comment by Jean-François on December 30, 2014 at 17:15: This one is a "Winchester Case Classics" via Blue Grass Cutlery Corp.,© 1989 Case- a James F. Parker Company.

I've got the same pattern, MINT - sort of a miracle, I guess... (of course, I take care of it).

Comment by Jan Carter on December 30, 2014 at 16:49: I dont think I had any queens that were celluloid though, all were Case Classics

Comment by Jan Carter on December 30, 2014 at 16:46: Waterfall is a beautiful celluloid but it is also know as one of the worst for gassing off. They were the first of the celluloids I sold off actually. I made sure the buyer knew they were fine at that time but they ARE celluloid