queen steel

[bluecow]

someone tell me about " queen steel" stainless steel not D2 any info would be appreciated.

[bdev]

I found this on the net. Taken from an article by David Krauss, on iknifecollector.
Read the whole article here.... http://iknifecollector.com/group/queen- ... y-the-chat

In the 1940s, the company decided to buck the popular
industry trend and make the majority of their knife blades of 440C stainless steel.
The earliest of these knives were stamped Stainless on the tang, buy Queen
soon discovered that consumers would not buy them because they considered
stainless steel an inferior product for pocketknife blades. Consequently, the
company-discontinued use of the stainless stamping about 1950 and adopted
Queen Steel instead, the steel did not change.

[bluecow]

thanks thats what i was looking for 440c