G'day All,
Just picked up this S&M (File and Wire) #3L in antique bone with a couple of features I've not seen before.
The Jimping on top of the blade and extensive engraving on the inside of the brass liners.
If anyone can throw any additional information at me such as a rough year it was made, why the internal engraving etc, I would greatly appreciate it.
Edit, I checked in with the original owner who tells me it was bought new from TSA in 2013.
It could have sat on a shelf at Queen or TSA for years of course but it's an indication at least.
Thanks Derek
#3L in Antique Bone - any insight ?
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Re: #3L in Antique Bone - any insight ?
G’day, Derek.
This is only a guess, but I wonder if your S&M #3L’s liners were made from leftover patterned (stamped) brass handle material from Queen’s ‘Executive Series’ of penknives that were made for a relatively short period in the late 1990s. If that be the case, my best guess is that your knife was either made during the last year or two before Queen’s permanent closure, or that it was assembled after the factory closed with parts purchased from the factory bankruptcy liquidation auction.
I’ve included an image from the 1998 Queen Cutlery catalogue, courtesy of the ‘Queen Cutlery History’ website, of a page depicting the ‘Executive Series’ of penknives. I’ve also included a link to said webpage.
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Link: https://queencutleryhistory.com/wp-cont ... g-1998.pdf
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This is only a guess, but I wonder if your S&M #3L’s liners were made from leftover patterned (stamped) brass handle material from Queen’s ‘Executive Series’ of penknives that were made for a relatively short period in the late 1990s. If that be the case, my best guess is that your knife was either made during the last year or two before Queen’s permanent closure, or that it was assembled after the factory closed with parts purchased from the factory bankruptcy liquidation auction.
I’ve included an image from the 1998 Queen Cutlery catalogue, courtesy of the ‘Queen Cutlery History’ website, of a page depicting the ‘Executive Series’ of penknives. I’ve also included a link to said webpage.
.
Link: https://queencutleryhistory.com/wp-cont ... g-1998.pdf
.
Josh
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Re: #3L in Antique Bone - any insight ?
Thanks Very Much Josh - great info
Edit, I checked in with the original owner who tells me it was bought new from TSA in 2013.
It could have sat on a shelf at Queen or TSA for years of course but it's an indication at least.
Derek
Edit, I checked in with the original owner who tells me it was bought new from TSA in 2013.
It could have sat on a shelf at Queen or TSA for years of course but it's an indication at least.
Derek
"Belong Where The Moment Finds You"