All About Pocket Knives

bighomer wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 4:32 pm

TPK wrote: ↑Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:41 am

bighomer wrote: ↑Sat Jun 19, 2021 1:18 am 20210618_190119.jpg

Nice score Joe! And the Barlow on the page before is also a real winner! Congrats on the nice finds my friend!

If I ever win the lottery I'm coming to visit you. We'll drive the Traktor, drink some cold Ice Tea on the porch, check out them beautiful Turkeys and I might even go to church with ya.

Don't worry though, my chances of winning the lottery here are 1 to 40,000,000. So your probably pretty safe.

Unless you would like for me to go to church with ya. Then you can pray for me to win the lottery soon.

Well if I win I'll send you a ticket all expenses paid, but don't hold your breath cause I ain't bought a ticket in quite some time.

Good deal Buddy!

This is one of those patterns that never really called out to me; but, when I saw the stag handle on this 1981 NKCA equal end cigar (I don't know the pattern number) I had to have it. At 4¼" closed it's bigger than I normally prefer, but the bigger size does allow for more stag surface area. As big as it is, at least it only has a single spring instead of two, which would have made it too thick and heavy.

Right after I bought this knife I started seeing a lot of the same model popping up for sale on eBay (although none of the others I've seen have gnarly stag like this one). Shouldn't be too surprising, though, since apparently they made 12,000 of this model...mine is number 02465.

Amazing score QT!

bighomer wrote: ↑Sat Aug 21, 2021 12:17 am 20210820_115231.jpg20210820_115114.jpg

Oooo ya Biggy! Now that's what I'm talkin' about.

bighomer wrote: ↑Sat Aug 21, 2021 12:17 am 20210820_115231.jpg20210820_115114.jpg

Congratulations bighomer, a beautiful pair of Queens!
I reckon those two will never see the inside of your jean pocket. Real safe queens for sure.
Treefarmer

Farmer I don't know about that, but I've become kind of a ole stick in the mud about my knife tote'n.
Got about ten on my dresser in a little metal box and any more I just grab a couple and go.

Snagged another NKCA Equal End Cigar with stag handle. A lot of these are showing up for sale recently with a great variety of stag...some going for close to or over $100. I paid $48 for this one and I think it has some of the nicer stag handles. The NKCA shield has been replaced with a reverse cameo shield that appears to be some kind of synthetic/plastic material. I bought this knife because of the stag, but even though the unusual shield may be why it sold for so low compared to all the others, it only makes it more unique IMO.

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 6:15 pm Snagged another NKCA Equal End Cigar with stag handle. A lot of these are showing up for sale recently with a great variety of stag...some going for close to or over $100. I paid $48 for this one and I think it has some of the nicer stag handles. The NKCA shield has been replaced with a reverse cameo shield that appears to be some kind of synthetic/plastic material. I bought this knife because of the stag, but even though the unusual shield may be why it sold for so low compared to all the others, it only makes it more unique IMO.


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Wow! Great knife and a great deal! Very nice stag

Dose this count as a Queen? It was made in the same factory in Titusville.. Maybe by the same workers that later made Queen knives... Like my Mother's relatives... She was born and raised in Titusville.

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 11:23 pm Dose this count as a Queen? It was made in the same factory in Titusville.. Maybe by the same workers that later made Queen knives... Like my Mother's relatives... She was born and raised in Titusville.

Yup, it sure does!


Sweet find mate, you know how hard it tis to find an original S&M, in any sort of thing you call condition... Good job!

looks really good

WillyCamaro wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:55 pm

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 11:23 pm Dose this count as a Queen? It was made in the same factory in Titusville.. Maybe by the same workers that later made Queen knives... Like my Mother's relatives... She was born and raised in Titusville.

Yup, it sure does!


Sweet find mate, you know how hard it tis to find an original S&M, in any sort of thing you call condition... Good job!

Thanks! I never see them down where I live, until now... the 1st one I found in my county...

butter wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:59 pm looks really good

Thanks!

1979 Queen Stag Canoe club knife.

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 12:33 am 1979 Queen Stag Canoe club knife.

I love everything about it... but I really love the stag!!

I just got this 9 1/2 inch #95 Queen Made In USA knife. Is this real winter bottom bone?

Very nice example Jack!

Looking at him from here, I'd say it's the delerin winterbottom; that coloring that matches the ones i've handled. Genuine winterbottom has more carmel shades to it, and the blacking/groving is different.
It doesn't take anything away from Him; I love both the real and fake winterbottom.

Jacknifeben, I'll say amen to Willy's appraisal. Your knife handle is imitation Winterbottom made of Delrin. The imitation Winterbottom is a lot tougher than the real Winterbottom bone. Would be a great user or a safe queen.
That's a fine knife!
Treefarmer

Thanks guys, nice knife but not one I collect.

Do you hunt mate? Perfect knife for skinning, the steel is surpurb!

A pair of Queen Wharncliffe Jacks

STAG
ACSB

A very handsome pair Q

Agreed, Garry! A very handsome pair.
Treefarmer

Just picked up a Queen City 85th anniversary Barlow from 2007. It's got a fun little peep viewer in the end. I was hoping it would be a picture from a French postcard, but it was a picture of a bunch of knife makers instead.