Queen hawkbill with linerlock and unusual number?

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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Keystone
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Queen hawkbill with linerlock and unusual number?

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This a nice hawkbill pruner with a linerlock. I am not an expert, but I think most did NOT have locks. There is no tang stamp (generally 1960s?)but a very good blade etch. The model # is not the "1L" I was expecting. The number is FSN 5110-250-8053.This knife has a very large and strong spring and has walnut or rosewood scales. The blade, bolster and linerlock are highly polished and the knife looks newer than the 1960s. I don't think really ever used at all.

Seeking information and guesses. I was thinking maybe it is somesort of governmentcontract knife, like some of the earlier conversatin about U.S. govt electricians knives.

Any ideas appreciated.
Thanks,
Dan
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Re: Queen hawkbill with linerlock and unusual number?

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My Queen catalogs from 1963 and 1970 show the #1 hawkbill but without the liner lock....then the later catalog mid 70's shows both the 1 and the 1L with liner lock. I have no idea what the long number etched on the blade means. Looks like a government number but no idea.
Steve Pfeiffer, author of Collecting Case Knives: Identification and Price Guide published by Krause Publications.
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