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Could someone please educate me on this knife? Year of manufacture and maybe the model of this knife? It appears to be brand new never used or carried.


Thank you for any information.

MS bow hunter,
What is the closed length of this knife? I love the old Queens and can identify a few by just looking but the closed length would help narrow it down.
Treefarmer

Yes sir. Maybe this will help. Thank you sir!

The best I can tell from the pictures, your knife's closed length is 4 1/8", it has one blade, a clip and the handles are imitation Winterbottom bone.
There are 3 single blade knives that fall under the name of "Utility", pattern #'s 11, 12, 13, they are all 4 1/8". I don't know which is which but am fairly certain the only difference in those numbered knives is the style of the blade. Yours is a clip, the other two will probably be a spear and maybe a sheep foot. (there is another "Utility" 4 1/8" single blade, #41, supposed to have red handles)
There are members here on the forum who could and will set us straight. One is "bdev", he isn't as active as he was but he has been a big help to me and others concerning pattern numbers that are not identified.
As for the tang stamp, I believe it is a maybe an older stamp that was resurrected in the later years.
This may be a bit cloudy but it should clear up when we get a description of #11, 12 and 13.
Treefarmer

Treefarmer, thank you. My wife actually bought the knife for me. She and her family went to Mountain View Arkansas and there is a small knife shop on the square. I had to work and couldn’t get off.

This is my second queen, and I don’t know much about them. Actually here in Mississippi, I don’t guess I can remember seeing any Queen knives in any stores around.

Thanks for your help, I was just wondering how old it was?

I'm not a Queen expert, but that doesn't look like a #11. The #11 has a slightly swelled and canted handle end, but your knife looks to be more equal from top to bottom. Here is a #11 (not my knife):

https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/ca ... 1738_1.jpg

I don't know about the #12 & #13. I'm also not familiar with that Queen tang stamp. Are their any marks on the back of the tang? The tang stamp charts I have stop around 2008, so I'm thinking yours is after that.

TFL, somewhere in the past the Queen trappers were changed to Pattern #19. Waiting to hear from Bruno or any one else that is knowledgeable concerning the Queen pocket knives.
Treefarmer

I'm far from an expert on Queen knives, but I don't recognize that stamp either. I looked at the ones listed in the tang stamps thread viewtopic.php?f=4&t=39799&p=754416&hilit=Queen#p754416 but don't see it there.

Can you tell whether the handles are bone, or Delrin (imitation bone)?

Ken

There are no other markings on it. Both ends of the knife are the same, unlike a trapper that has a larger end on the handle.

It seems to be of fairly good quality, the blade steel is very hard and the handle material is plastic, not real bone.

I did manage to get it sharp using a diamond stone, I plan on carrying it and using it.

Can anyone tell me if this could be a Queen knife? I don't see any markings anywhere on the knife nor sheath. It looks like it wants to be a Queen, I just don't see any markings. Has anyone seen this before and could tell what I have here? Thanks!

That winterbottom handle is pretty clearly Queen. Queen knives from 1961-1971 did not have a tang stamp, they used etching on the face of the blade. It is not uncommon for that etching to be worn off. That might not be the original sheath.

That looks like it could be a #98 Skinning Knife. Check out page 11 in this 1965 catalog:
https://bob1.zaksoffice.com/wp-content/ ... 6-1965.pdf

MS bow hunter wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 3:10 am Could someone please educate me on this knife? Year of manufacture and maybe the model of this knife? It appears to be brand new never used or carried.


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It looks to be about 4 1/2". If it is, it's a #37 stockman pattern with one blade (original 37's had 3 blades and one was a punch) , Delrin handles, probably made in the 1990's. The stockman is a serpentine pattern. It could have been a special run 'cause I've never seen a single blade stockman pattern. Queen might have had excess 37 frames and decided to put out a simple pattern.

Bruno, thank you for adding your expertise! I'm trying to learn about these old Queens and apparently I was way off base. I hope this helps MS bow hunter with his fine knife!
Treefarmer

Is this the same tang stamp as the OP? I think it might be.
https://epragueknives.com/1998-queen-96 ... nife-case/

If it is, the knife at that link is 1998, so somewhere in the 1990s/early 2000s is sounding very plausible. That makes sense, because we know the knives after 2012 are stamped with a "DFC".

Oh! About 3/4 of the way down this page, there are two pics of the same tang stamp.
https://iknifecollector.com/m/group?id= ... %3A19.233Z

One of those posts says the pic of of a knife from 2005. I'm ready to call this stamp some period between 1996 (the last stamp on the Queen tang stamp chart we all typically use) & 2012 (DFC).

Now, exactly what pattern that knife is? No clue - it's certainly not in the catalogs that I can find online...

OK, last post (I promise): Is this the same knife?

http://www.icollectknives.com/726388_it ... 372&page=2

TFL, without accurate measurements of both knives I wouldn't venture a positive answer. Looks just like the one MS bow hunter posted.
I thought at first the OP knife didn't have a serpentine shaped frame but apparently it is, as is the one you posted.
I respect bdev's opinions way beyond my limited knowledge.
Treefarmer

Yes sir! That’s it.

Thank Y’all so much for all the cool information. I been carrying everyday since I got it. I like the one blade, it is thin and has a nice feel.

It is a little hard to sharpen, I am thinking it’s D2 steel.