Date on this queen stamp?

[muskrat man]

I picked up this queen electricians knife today, but cannot find the stamping anywhere, I've edited a pic of a queen tang stamp to show exactly what the tang stamp on this electricians knife looks like. It has black delrin scales with a bail, spear and wire stripper/screwdriver blades, linerlock, and long pulls (however in the position of regular pulls). I haven't got my camera software installed on this computer yet, I'll post pics when I do.

[jonet143]

hey kaleb, don't know for sure but they started using that style in the early seventies. in 1976 they dated the stamp with a year.

[gmusic]

Kaleb,

I have checked several references and none have USA next to the crowned Q. Still looking………………………….

[rigwelder]

my book shows a variation of the spiked Q starting in 1973 to 76, but the USA beside it just doesnt show up? but like john said, prob. mid seventy's

[muskrat man]

thanks for the help guys, I figured mid to early 70's here is a pic or two of the knife

[gmusic]

Hey Kaleb,

I found the tang stamp with the USA, looks like it ran from 77-83. All of the pictures I found have the year (two digits) above the tail over USA.

[muskrat man]

thanks Gary