Premier Series

The Queen Cutlery Company manufactured knives in Titusville Pennsylvania for 96 years. The company opened its only factory there in 1919 and commenced to make some of the best US crafted cutlery you will find. Unfortunately, the Titusville manufacturing plant closed down in 2018.
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BuckeyeSchatt wrote:Here's the long awaited Premier # 10 Lockback Humpback Whittler. I love it! Thanks Clarence.
well, i'll be danged.
i emailed clarence about that very knife only a week or two ago, and it hadn't come in!
thanks for the heads-up and the photos!
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well congrats buckeye ::tu:: ...looks real nice... ::tu::
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I guess I'm not thrilled by this one. I see gaps between the liner and springs in the first picture and a spring thats not flush when the blades open in the fourth. I've managed to collect the whole series and all of those exhibit the workmanship we've come to expect from Queen in the Schatt and Morgan line. I also think the lock looks ungainly. Made me chuckle seeing the 2008 date on the blade.

On a positive note, the bone and bolsters are very nice. I'll buy this one to keep the collection complete but I don't think its destined to be one of my favorites.
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bill2000 wrote:I guess I'm not thrilled by this one. I see gaps between the liner and springs in the first picture and a spring thats not flush when the blades open in the fourth. I've managed to collect the whole series and all of those exhibit the workmanship we've come to expect from Queen in the Schatt and Morgan line. I also think the lock looks ungainly. Made me chuckle seeing the 2008 date on the blade.

On a positive note, the bone and bolsters are very nice. I'll buy this one to keep the collection complete but I don't think its destined to be one of my favorites.
bill2000 take another look at picture IV the backspring sould be in that position because the coping blade is not in the full open state. As for the ungainly lock that's the way the original knife that this reproduction is based on was built in 1917? I think you are being a little hard on this nice little knife? ::shrug:: Take a look at the picture of the Remington that this piece was based on. http://knifeforums.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/877527/
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Very nice! ::tu::

For sure, it's not a perfect lock or a state of the art lock anno 2010, but it's never meant to be either, as this is a reproduction of a design close to 100 years old.
Great looking jigged bone and nice bolsters!
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bill2000 take another look at picture IV the backspring sould be in that position because the coping blade is not in the full open state. As for the ungainly lock that's the way the original knife that this reproduction is based on was built in 1917? I think you are being a little hard on this nice little knife? ::shrug:: Take a look at the picture of the Remington that this piece was based on. http://knifeforums.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/877527/
I stand corrected on the spring BuckeyeSchatt, hadn't noticed the position of the coping blade. Looked at the picture in my pre-second cup of coffee state early this morning! Thanks for the link. I didn't realize Queen was making a reproduction here. Still not a fan of that lock but now I understand where they were going with it. Are the gaps there or is it just the photo?

Like I said, the bone and bolsters are beautiful. I'll be buying it and I'm sure I'll come to love it like a mom loves an ugly baby!
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bill2000 the gaps are there but I think once you get to know this ugly little baby you'll fall in love with it. :D
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I'm sure you're right. Some you like right away, others grow on you. I'm anxious to get it in hand. Sure was a long wait for this one.
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Has anybody else seen the new Premier? I'd love to hear your impressions.
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