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!

Nice one, Jan!

Think I’ve finally sorted out the Special Run Queen Woodsman Lockback release.  First, as previously stated the blades are 1095, NOT D2.  There are also a few Tortoise Shell Acrylics thrown in with the Cracked Ice.  And, the Worm Groove Bone has a thumb stud.  Sorry for the confusion, but I just posted the info that was originally passed onto me.

That being said, the Woodsman Lockback is a really nice pattern.  Visibly, it’s very similar in appearance to the GEC 73 Linerlock.

couple of sweet queens jan!  thanks for sharing.

Reed Cutlery exclusive

*QUEEN 1978 WINTER BOTTOM BONE FOLDING HUNTER KNIFE USA, tang stamped "Q 78", 2-bld 5-1/4" closed, nickel silver bolsters/brass liners/pins, w/lanyard hole.

Nice pics... Looking forward to more!

Queen #46 fish knife.  One of 70 made for Chattahoochee Cutlery Club in 2005.

From David Clark, Queen historian:
The handles are bone - Winterbottom bone from the Winterbottom Bone factory of Egg Harbor, NJ. The bone was from c1958 and had been in storage but was found and used on several pattern in the 2005 time frame.

So, I wasn't able to make it to Blade 2015 but I have some friends there doing some shopping for me. I asked them to check on some Queen knives and my buddy Pete said Queen wasn't even there this year. Are they in some sort of trouble? (some vendors had some Queen knives, but not what I was looking for).

That's surprising they weren't at the Blade show.  But I know the Queen show coming up this August is all scheduled and ready to go.  I haven't heard of anything to say Queen isn't doing well.

Excited!!! Have a bid on a Queen Cutlery Knife.... Hopefully It'll be mine by the end of the week!

Queen was definitely at Blade! Check out our website and there are some pictures and special Ruple pictures there too!

LOL Gary, they were there!  I hung out at the booth a lot.  They were even giving away free bags, I am sorry they didn't get by there for you

A friend did a bit of a review I thought you might enjoy

Work Horse Barlow, Fallkniven U2 & Weekly Review 6.12.15

WINTERBOTTOM BONE Knife Handles

NEW~ Historical Documents Article ~NEW

Very interesting article to me because I have a Queen fish knife with genuine Winterbottom bone from the Egg Harbor factory.

http://iknifecollector.com/photo/queen-cutlery-company-fish-knife-1

Good Article, thanks Jan for posting it.  And thanks Dave for writing it.

Jan - Great article on the history of Winterbottom Bone handles (still my favorite bone jigging pattern). Thanks very much for the interesting info.

BG-42 is a former super steel manufactured by Latrobe, originally designed as a Ball Bearing steel using VIM/VAR technology. What made BG-42 unique to 154CM was the addition of Vanadium, increasing the wear resistance and edge retention

WONDER WHY I AM IMPARTING THAT LITTLE BIT OF STEEL INFO???

BG-42. A stainless steel with 1.15% Carbon, .50 Magnesium, .30 Silicon, 14.5 Chromium, 4.0 Molydium, and 1.5 Vanadium. It is considered a a forerunner to S30V. It is considered hard to work with but has excellent edge retention however it is somewhat brittle.. HRC 61-63. It is better than 440C but not as good as S30V

Tobias I actually like it more than S30V.  The ones I have with it are far from brittle, it seems easier to sharpen to me and needs touch up less often

A question for Rick Hooper please: I have never heard this baseball story before. Do you know of its origin? I am attaching a picture of the S&M baseball team that played against local townships and villages but non of these players were among the five that started Queen City Cutlery.

It was a story I had read many years ago. I checked Jim Sargent's and Bruce Voyles guides , but it may have been a Levine story in an old knife world article. I remember , it was the five to nine employees justification , for leaving S&M , while moonlighting the production of Queen City blades on S&M machinery. Some articles say the men were fired and some say they left voluntarily, because of the lunch time ballgame incident. They has planned to go on their own anyway! Is their anyone else , who read this story? 

Also , the baseball incident was in the 1918 or the early 1920"s, so probably had new players by then!

David, I checked on the baseball incident. Turns out,  it was 14 employees of the New York Knife company, who left after lunch time, baseball games, due to pressure from the NYK Company management. These employees went on to form the Walden Knife Co-operative Company. I stand corrected.

Rick still very cool information!

That bone handled one looks really nice !

Wow, those cotton samples are awesome, the cattle horn is A1!  Jan, I read that info in the 1980-90's,and sometime between now and then, "someone" moved the Walden Knife Co-operative file over to Schatt and Morgan file. LOL, old age strikes again!

http://www.queencutlery.com/

So how many folks here will be going to the Queen show in 1 month?  I'll be there!

Oh how I wish I was!

I dearly wish I could go too!

Picked up this carving knife recently (I smoke a pipe and sometimes try to carve one... maybe this will help! ;-) ).

By the tang stamp, it's fairly recent but I'm not sure how to date the newer stamps.

-ds

woohooo!  I get a little shakey everytime I think about it.  This is my favorite knife show of the year!

Dave,

Those carvers, if memory serves me right, are only made for one company.  I am not sure that they have ever had a different tang than that but we will see if we can get Queen to take a look at it for us