All About Pocket Knives

Phil, quite often I carry an old #49, it's a tough old knife. I've got several #49's laid back as well as #52's, just don't have the nerve to break out a new one until this old one wears out or is lost. The two in my avatar are '58-'60 stamps, the EDC is the one on the bottom. Great user knives in my book!
Treefarmer

Phil0175, Your photos are clear and well lit. Better than mine and more than acceptable.

treefarmer wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:42 am Phil, quite often I carry an old #49, it's a tough old knife. I've got several #49's laid back as well as #52's, just don't have the nerve to break out a new one until this old one wears out or is lost. The two in my avatar are '58-'60 stamps, the EDC is the one on the bottom. Great user knives in my book!
Treefarmer

I agree. From what I can tell, the first time Queen listed the #49 was 1954. Of course, I could be wrong. The two knives in your avatar are awesome! Hope everyone is having a good start of the week!
Phil

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 6:40 am Phil0175, Your photos are clear and well lit. Better than mine and more than acceptable.

Thank you!
Phil

Well was wrong, have a couple of S&M /Queens left that had forgotten about and a Bear. But reason for this next set of pics is a question for you all here? This single blade swing guard was also a club knife back when was active with Badger knife club here in Wi. The ? Is the blade etch / logo. At the time was great, now wish it wasn’t there. Does this make it less or more anything to a person not in the club.Been thinking about posting them for sale with The Badger group, but ! It seems that as I am focusing more on Collecting, rather than accumulating, these club knifes,NKCA,BKC ,Etc,etc,just don’t appeal to me. Thanks folks, be safe.

Paid a premium for it but you just don't see gnarly stag like this too much anymore so I couldn't let it get away. No regrets here!

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:36 pm Paid a premium for it but you just don't see gnarly stag like this too much anymore so I couldn't let it get away. No regrets here!
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Q, beautifully gnarly,,just an awesome piece of cutlery.

Beautiful. How I miss S&M.

Thanks JP.

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:52 pm Beautiful. How I miss S&M.

Garry...I hear ya. And it truly pains me to think of all the S&Ms I've owned and sold over the years. Wish I had hung onto them now. Oh well, at least I'll always have the photos.

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:52 pm Beautiful. How I miss S&M.

2001 Green Spalted Maple 052 151 Dogleg Jack/Mini Trapper

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:36 pm Paid a premium for it but you just don't see gnarly stag like this too much anymore so I couldn't let it get away. No regrets here!
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I would not have let that one get away either. Looking at purchasing my first. S&M, if i saw that one would have pulled the trigger straight away.

cudgee wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 4:33 am if i saw that one would have pulled the trigger straight away.

I actually had to "pull the trigger" multiple times to win that gnarly Barlow because there was a lot of competition for it on the eBay auction. To be honest, had it been offered "Buy It Now" for the same price I ended up paying for it, I don't know if I would have bought it. That's the thing about auctions, once you get hooked into bidding on a knife you really want, it's tough to stop.

cudgee wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 4:33 am Looking at purchasing my first. S&M

Do you have a particular pattern in mind, or just any S&M that tickles your fancy?

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 7:05 am

cudgee wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 4:33 am if i saw that one would have pulled the trigger straight away.

I actually had to "pull the trigger" multiple times to win that gnarly Barlow because there was a lot of competition for it on the eBay auction. To be honest, had it been offered "Buy It Now" for the same price I ended up paying for it, I don't know if I would have bought it. That's the thing about auctions, once you get hooked into bidding on a knife you really want, it's tough to stop.

cudgee wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 4:33 am Looking at purchasing my first. S&M

Do you have a particular pattern in mind, or just any S&M that tickles your fancy?

Anything that i like, but i am looking at 3 from a 2006, 2008 and 2009 series. But nothing as good as yours.

FWIW: I'm particularly partial to the Keystone Series I (1991). All the Keystone Series are top quality knives, but I think S&M really hit a grand slam home run that year...especially with the 042 151 Mini Trapper (which is probably my number one favorite Mini-T of all time!)

I think most S&M collectors would agree that the Daniels Family Cutlery (DFC) era S&Ms are not as well made IMHO...or, perhaps it would be more accurate to say they're not as consistently well made...as the S&M knives from earlier years.

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 7:47 am FWIW: I'm particularly partial to the Keystone Series I (1991). All the Keystone Series are top quality knives, but I think S&M really hit a grand slam home run that year...especially with the 042 151 Mini Trapper (which is probably my number one favorite Mini-T of all time!)

Thank you for that, i will keep an eye out for any of them. You have a good weekend.

Loving your knife Q, I agree, quality got inconsistent but when S&M were good they were very, very good even towards the end.

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:51 am Loving your knife Q, I agree, quality got inconsistent but when S&M were good they were very, very good even towards the end.

That is the huge downside of buying online, you cannot get to see and feel what you are purchasing. I saw a S&M online the other day, when you had a really close look you could see some gaps, and you do not know if that is the one you are getting, or if that is one they pulled out for a photo shoot.

I read some where that the later S&M knives that come in a white box are no where near as good as the knives that come in a brown box. Any one out there experienced in this Brand have a view on this ?

Picked up a Series III Scout recently. My first Queen since the 80's.

Fat City, your scout is looking very good to me. Lots of appeal.

cudgee wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 3:07 am I read some where that the later S&M knives that come in a white box are no where near as good as the knives that come in a brown box. Any one out there experienced in this Brand have a view on this ?

As a general rule, that is very often true; however, that doesn't necessarily mean the later year (white box) S&Ms are junk...the quality just seems to be inconsistent so it's hit and miss. I have some DFC era knives that are every bit as nice as the pre-DFC era S&Ms, but I am less inclined to buy a S&M when I see "DFC" on the tang stamp.

BTW--Daniels Family Cutlery is the maker of Tuna Valley and Excelsior knives, both of which are super high quality production knife brands that make limited runs. You can check them out here;

https://danielsfamilyknifebrands.com/tuna-valley/


Here's my latest S&M pick up: 3½" Dogleg Jack/Mini Trapper "Dollar Knife Co." (it came in a brown box!)

Q, loving the color, probably inordinately because of my Irish heritage.

Just saw on Facebook a new ad for Schatt & Morgan Coming 2021 Cooper Cutlery Winchester Ohio Phone 937-695-0910
Anyone got a heads up on this .

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:47 pm Fat City, your scout is looking very good to me. Lots of appeal.

Thanks Quick Steel. Introduced her to the motley Schrade crew and she still got her highly polished nose in the air