Hello! I don't have a lot of experience with Queen knives, but I am planning to re-handle this one. My question has to do with its age. From the tang stamp chart I have, I see that this stamp was used approximately between 1922-1933, but then was used again much later, "Often accompanied with a pile side stamp to help distinguish from older knives".
As you can see from the photos, the knife is in pretty decent shape (aside from having no bone on the pile side). There is no pile side stamp, and no stamp at all on the secondary. Is there any way to determine whether this is from the 90-100 year old category, or a newer one?
Question on age
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Re: Question on age
beresman, I believe that's an HOK. Being the stamp matches the chart and given the condition of the metal, it's in that 1922-'23 era.
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