Ron;

Yes, either that or "Damn Fine Cutlery".

BINGO!

I believe we have a winner on aisle 5!

I was mulling over a few other three word phrases for that DFC acronym myself. Most of which would not be appropriate for a family forum and definitely not pertinent to Queen Cutlery. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go scrub my mind with hot soapy water. Cheers!

Oh! I like "Damn Fine Cutlery!" I think you might be on to something with that one!

Steve,

I think officially you had it right at Daniels Family Cutlery.  I am however inclined to think Damn Fine Cutlery fits just as well and I LIKE IT!! 

Picked up this Titusville Cutlery Co. knife.

Haven't found much information on these knives other than they are made by Queen.  S&M is their high end knives.. how does Titusville compare?

-ds

Dave,

I did not realize they were made through Queen!

The picture isn't great (from the ebay auction) but you can see part of the Queen stamp on the back of the tang:

Hopefully I'm correct in assuming that means they were made by Queen.  But I'm definitely a beginner at this so....

-ds

Did some more searching and while they are made by Queen, it's not a Queen knife:

"Titusville Cutlery:  Family trademark owned by the family of Tony Watkins of SMKW. The knives are USA made by Queen."

From Tobias' site.

-ds

Yep, unless things have changed in the last few years (always a possibility) Tony Watkins mentioned on episode of Knives Live that the Titusville Cutlery was his family's TM.  I think he mentioned his grandfather established the TM.

have a handful of very nice looking vitage queens. great quality.

an '83 queen gunstock and wolverine cutlery club knife I wanted to share!

Nice lookin' knife, Tim! I really like the jigging on that bone! Good looking etch on that blade, too!

thank you much ron.  one of my favs!

Was looking for information on the reuse of "Queen City" tang stamps to verify a knife was not newer than expected and found this kickstarter link:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/201329893/queen-city-knives

I would assume Queen has that name trademarked and might want to know that someone else is using that name?

Dave,

Thank you, I made sure this got tstraight to the folks that should know about it

On the bright side, the folks doing this probably were not purposely being nefarious.  Clarksville, TN, like Titusville is also nick-named Queen City.  That said - TMs need to be protected!

Tobias,

You are correct.  I spoke with the very nice gentleman and he was not aware the name was TM'd.  He is working through the process of a name change.  I am looking forward to hearing what the new name will be and seeing his new products

Hard to believe trademark infringement is accidental in modern business.  If indeed so, does not suggest a bright future for illegally labeled knives - fraud in my eyes.  Pull those blades off market.

hey jared, welcome aboard.  I like your boothill blades name.

BOOTHILL BLADES!!!

Jared I really like that!  I am looking forward to seeing a few at the hammer in also!  Thank you so much for letting us know the new name

Here's wishing you much success under the new name, Boothill Blades! 

You sound like a class act Jared. I spent a considerable amount of time in Clarksville 50 years ago when I was stationed just up the road a piece at Ft. Campbell. I used to whet my whistle in some of the local watering holes. I'll never forget, there was a diner that had a sign in the window that said, "No dogs or G.I.s allowed." I seriously doubt that they could have a sign like that today.

Anyhoo. Good luck, my friend! And thanks for providing the stimulus that took me down memory lane on this fine Sunday afternoon.

Cheers!

Hi Jared, from what I understand and the good folks at Queen cultery can help me out but defore the Daniel's family took over the Queen was owned for some time by Ontario Knives. 

At some point in time, Ontario either:

a) let the TM lapse and Kevin Pipe of SMKW claimed it.

or

b) Ontario sold it to Kevin Pipes of Smoky Mountain Knife Works.

or

c) Queen granted exclusive rights of the Queen City tang to SMKW

Whatever the case, for a time SMKW  used the Queen City tang on Special Factory Orders  sold thru  their TV show, KnivesLive TV and also in their store in Tennessee.   These knives were still made by Queen, they were just exclusive to SMKW  I don't know if  SMKW or Ontario let the TM lapse before the sell to the Daniels Family but this may be what led to the SNAFU.

Best of luck to Boothill Blades!  I was looking over your page when the the snafu first hit, Jared.  It looks like you have a fine line of cutlery!

I'm glad the Queen City issue worked itself out.  I need to check out those Boothill Blades!

Queen Cutlery Company’s “sandblasted” Blade Markings

who would have thought it?  Sandblasted blade etches!!!!

cool stuff jan

Interesting Queen City ad knife I picked up on ebay (hasn't arrived yet):

-ds

grrreat vintage addition dave.  I like that.

I've gotten my second Queen #54 pearl stockman.  The first one has the Q76 tang stamp

But the second one has

Queen Cut Co

TItusville, PA

which I can't find anywhere

It also doesn't seem to be the same quality of the first one.  Any idea of the dates for this tang stamp?

-ds

The Q76 is 1976 only I believe

Queen Cut Co was 1932-1942.  To be sure though go here Queen Tang stamps

DAVE!!

That is one cool commemorative Queen knife

I've looked at the tang stamps but don't see this one anywhere... sorry for the out of focus photo:

-ds

I have a Queen 2005 coke bottle knife that has that exact same tang stamp.

I just got these two beauties

And this one

I think the Queen tang stamp fold-out is under revision.  I am quite certain there have been more stamp variations than shown since the 1991-1996 version. Carl's looks just like, but "Titusville" is larger.  And it is clear that not every knife shows the year of production after 1990. (While many do) - There are a bunch of ambiguities about modern Queen knives, especially during the later Servotronics era, IMO.  I think a lot of them relate to the economics and sponsor decisions of various SFO knives and limited runs - such as you might get in nice pearl handled ones. Leaving off the year saves a bit of money in new stamps and set-up, and leaves a little more flexibility in marketing and selling. 

Moving forward, more special editions announced through the Internet provides more chances a given knife can be located in history.  I hope Queen's current emphasis on documentation continues, but SFOs will often remain a mystery.  I am OK with this state of affairs, since it adds a bit more interest to the search - the catalogs will never be enough.    

Production on the next Queen Classic Knife has just started...BG-42 steel!!  Stag, Buffalo and Mahogany...WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS??????????

Another Cotton Sampler. Since the blade design is like the other Queen/Perdue issue I assume ??  the blade stamp will be the same. ??? on Stag since the previous one was stag. If they do it in Mahogany it would be virtually identical to the W. R. Case issue around 1900/1915 era.

This Queen Classic is being done by Franks Classics.  I hope it has his old man shield!  Interesting thought on the Blade stamp, dont even know if there will be one

Jim, I am a cotton sampler fan so I am looking forward to seeing this one.  I know the Mahogany will be jigged.  It will be interesting to see if I need that one too LOL

Jan the answer is yes you will need that one too.

LOL, I think you may be right Stanley LOL

D2, AMERICAN ELK AND 3.34...THATS A WINNER FOR ME

For me too! What a beauty!