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Queens of the past

One of the things that I notice missing is photos and discussions on the older Queens.

I thought maybe I could start a discussion on them and show a few pictures of some of

the Queens that I have collected over the years.

But First I will explain why I decided to collect Queen.

My parents were brought up in the Tylertown, Mississippi area and moved to Vicksburg in the

mid 50's. Because family and friends still resided in Tylertown we would occasionally go for a short

visit.

One day before we left Tylertown to head home my father said he had to stop at the hardware

store for something. When re returned to the car my mother asked him what he had gotten and he

pulled out a brand new Queen Steel #9A stockman. When I saw that knife I thought that the

yellow/amber handles were the prettiest thing I had ever seen. I asked to look at it and was rewared

by them letting me hold the closed knife in my hands for just a minute with the cautionary warning "be

careful".

After that time I was a Queen fan, even though I wasn't but about 5 years old it didn't matter, I was

hooked for life. Over the years when my father stopped for his knife they didn't always have the #9A

in stock and he would have to settle for just the standard #9 with the fake winterbottom bone

handles, but he always bought Queen. The reason he had to wait and buy one in Tylertown was that

Vicksburghad no Queen dealer, in later years this changed.

So for the first of the Queens of the Past is a #9a

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Permalink Reply by Rome D. Rushing on February 27, 2014 at 9:36

While I am here I will leave pictures of a couple more.

These 2 are #70's, small Sod Busters.

and these 2 are a set of 2 about Kentucky.

Permalink Reply by Howard P Reynolds on February 27, 2014 at 10:22

Great seeing these nice old Queens.

Permalink Reply by Brad T. on February 27, 2014 at 11:07

I've a few Queens as it was the 2nd traditional knife I decided to collect. Below are 3, i have pictures of.

Permalink Reply by Ken Spielvogel on February 27, 2014 at 11:15

Brad, great Queens

Permalink Reply by Brad T. on February 27, 2014 at 13:17

Thanks Ken.

I found pics of the other Queens I own.

E-Z Open Slimline

Small Congress

Queen 25 Razor

#26 Abalone

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Robert Burris on February 27, 2014 at 13:28

Thanks, it's always good to learn things about our hobby. That's some really fine old Queens ya'll have been posting, thanks I enjoy looking at fine knives.

Rome D. Rushing said:

Queen listed the handle color on a #9A as Amber so that is where the A comes from. The only difference is in the handle colors.

B is black, R is red and the standard #9 was either real or fake Winterbottom Bone or Winterbottom bone with orange/red highlights. This pattern was the standard 4 inch stockman and can be compared to the Case 347 pattern (6347,5347,3347, etc.)

Hope this helps.

Rome

Robert Burris said:

Those are nice Queen knives. What is the difference between a #9, a #9a, #9b and a #9r ?

Permalink Reply by Carl Bradshaw on February 27, 2014 at 14:07

Cool knife pictures, I'm happy to get to view them. I've never owned a congress or 1/2 congress pattern before, I think it may be time to start looking for one.

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on February 27, 2014 at 14:54

Among the tangs and shields produced in that factory at one time was Robeson. Digging through the safe today I found this one to share. Goodness knows how long it has been since it made its way out to sunlight