Two Queen Cigars 4 1/2" Closed White Bone Dates??

The Queen Cutlery Company manufactured knives in Titusville Pennsylvania for 96 years. The company opened its only factory there in 1919 and commenced to make some of the best US crafted cutlery you will find. Unfortunately, the Titusville manufacturing plant closed down in 2018.
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Two Queen Cigars 4 1/2" Closed White Bone Dates??

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I bought two of these at a gun show. Exactly the same but the other (No pic) has no tang stamp but the blade etch, what there is of it reads Queen Steel #29. Perfect condition, otherwise, great snap and tight. My question is when were they made?. The one you see has a weak tang stamp and the word steel is small and off center. Any info will be appreciated.
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Re: Two Queen Cigars 4 1/2" Closed White Bone Dates??

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scagel, the knife in the picture shows a 1958-60 stamp. The knife without any tang stamp dates it 1961-71.
Look on page 7 of the Tang Stamp Charts thread under Knife Related Q&A section, good Queen information there.
That knife has some beautiful Winterbottom handles! ::tu::
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Edit: your knife is listed as an English Jack, it is a pattern #28 since it has a clip main. A #29 has a spear point for the main blade, a #29, also an English Jack.

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Farmer is dead on with the dates and blades numbers but Queen called them large farmers knives that led to them being called farmer jacks by some and now days they are called English jacks, knife names have a life of their own. If you want you can google queen catalogs and you can download every one of them ever produce but that doesn't they have every picture of the knives in them that they made, just most of them. That's a fine knife you have. ::handshake::
PS if you go to" my newest queen" heading on this page you can see one I picked up a couple of weeks ago that in my eye has the factory edge, wouldn't cut hot butter.
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