Shamelessly stealing FB pics

Ken and Bill Ruple chatting it up during the show

Always nice to see everyone and families getting their knife hobby on!

Here are a few I took from the show.

The axes and this picture are some of Fred Fisher's collection display.

I finally got the knife I've been looking for.  Very happy with this one.  I've been attempting to improve my photography skills as well, so this was a trail & error project with lighting and background objects.  I think it turned out pretty good.

Carl, great looking knife and great pic to.

That pictured turned out great, Carl. Great lookin' stag on that beauty, too! A definite winner, fersure!

Carl, thank you some great pics!  And your new knife is awesome!!!

That is one great looking knife.  The pic is fabulous as well.

Thanks guys, I appreciate it.

That's a great picture Carl! 

I thought you guys would like this, This is Brennen Alberth, he is our spokes Kid for the Kiddo Project. He got his first knife in 2013 at the age of one. He came back this year for his second knife brining a dollar so he didn't break the friendship! So excited to see this little boy grow up and complete his Kiddo Knife Collection! 

Awesome.  Other companies should take notice of the caring and generosity displayed by Queen Cutlery.

I agree with both of you.  Thanks for pic and I certainly wish more companies would think about the next generation of collectors.

Thank you Queen Cutlery for building our 2014 knife and giving us the opportunity to make it unique

OK, nobody has checked this out?

The patterns, the info on them.  This is years in the making.  A way to date and know about your Queen knives

and that is just a small part of what Queen has put in thier historical documents

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

I've been looking, very nice.  I wish every knife company would do this for their fans/collectors.  Once again, Queen is leading the way.

We have been looking at the new historical documents info.   It looks like it will answer lots of questions for queen collectors and give some good information comparable to other knife companies.      I have really wanted queen information from 1980 to present and it looks like this will be helpful. 

I have collected a lot of queen #11 knives , vintage to present.   The information shows the birds eye maple #11 has 2 blades.   Is this a typo?   Thanks for all the work that went into this project.  Will look forward to using it more.

Jack,

I am sorry I dont know the answer to that but I did send it to Fred to see if we can get you an answer on it

This is a typo.  All #11s are one blade.  I will get a note to Ryan and Dand to correct the error.  Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Fred

I appreciate the query by Llantz on  the model 11 in Birds eye maple - Fred is right it is a typo. And thankjs to Jan for forwarding it.  Wonderful to get feedback - We will keep weeding out errors as we assemble a "second edition.  This is all volunteer work, and we will collect errors until we have found enough to justify making a complete set of new reports - so you may not see this fixed until closer to Christmas... but we will fix it.

There may be other changes that collectors would like in introductory paragraphs or instructions. As well as finding all the typos. So please keep these comments and questions coming.  It takes a village to do knife history....

Thanks,

Dan

Just nboticed Ron Dumeah's query about handle codes.  Thank you. There is NOT a separate and complete list of handle material codes as of yet.  We will add that to our "refinement list."  

For the present, I would suggest focusing on the series reports for all models produced with a given handle material (say birds eye maple - BEM).  If you search model # reports, you can see how many different handle materials have been used with a knife from 1980 -2013, and in each line you will see the handle material spelled out, so you can get a good sense of the handle codes.

Some long-running series, (like Rawhide) have changes in handles and bolsters that are not really spelled out in the catalog pages, but are very interesting.  You have to dig for those, but if you take the time to go to the catalog page images, you can see the different treatments, but they are not defined in the texts or in our database.

Thanks,

Dan. 

Dan & Fred

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer our questions.  This was such a big undertaking for you all and we sincerely appreciate it

Just notices there is a new barehead beauty!  I could only find a pic at one location so I am posting that pic.  Hope TSA Knives wont be upset LOL

Burnt genuine stag

BG-42 Steel

1 of 100

ALSO A NEW SHORT RUN OF 100 QUEEN CITY COPPERHEAD

 Rosewood handles and 1095 steel

And have you seen the historical ads??

Notice on the Queen Cutlery page

"Please be informed we are discontinuing the Curly Zebra Wood from the line.  A new wood handle will be available soon."

So if you like that Curly Zebra wood start looking now, this means what is out there will see a price increase I am sure

Just a little something to promote Queen knives.

Looking good, Jeremy.

This is a contest that we are doing on our Facebook! Make sure you stop and check it out! 

queen facebook page

Queen Mountain Man 3ACSB Aged Honey Amber Bone: been wanting this knife and got it from Reed Cutlery at Knife Days, Wilmington, Ohio

Lucky you, Ken!

I've been wanting that knife for longer than I can remember!

Enjoy it in good health, my friend.

I did not realize just how much I would like the mountain man until I owned one.  Congrats Ken and thanks for supporting an iKC supporter!

Congrats Ken ! There's a reason that the Mountain Man is by FAR the best selling knife Queen makes. It is one of my absolute favorites in my collection.

I have one too and love it-great knife.

Pretty, small pocket knives are for small jobs. The bigger mountainman with a lock and a large blade and handle is a superb knife if you have real work to do.. 

Since its humble beginning in the mid 1970s, Queen has steadily upgraded and improved this knife.  Once upon a time I heard some complaints of loose lock-up- 13 of the14 models I have were tight, strong, and sharp.. The one that wobbled a bit was fixed great by the factory without any hassle and was back in my hands in less than a month - Queen honors it warranty.

There have been some wonderful special editions - the first Daniels limited run (late '12 to 2013 ,n-400) had some absolutely beautiful stag and bone versions. 

This is truly a big user knife worthy of serious collecting.

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Have a question about a S&M knife I recently bought.  It's a Limited Edition Doctor's knife, no date.  The box states "Mossy Swamp":

I can't find any reference to that handle material.  And does anyone know what the date would be?

thanks,

ds