Queen James Harrod 1774-1974 commemorative

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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Edgewise
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Queen James Harrod 1774-1974 commemorative

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What do you know of these knives? Steel, number produced, quality?
Are such commemorative knives intended for normal use like the standard production knives or are they intended simply for collecting or for display or show with inferior steel?
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Re: Queen James Harrod 1774-1974 commemorative

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Those knives should be a prize for Kentucky folks that are into history or some one who collects commemorative knives. The red handles would make a good EDC, easy to spot if you're working and drop it. :)
The ones I saw on the internet were made by Queen, so they ought to be a decent knife.
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Re: Queen James Harrod 1774-1974 commemorative

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Harrod was certainly a man deserving of a commemorative knife, thanks to Queen for fulfilling that service.
I still wonder if the knives are worthy of the man and what knives he carried himself.
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Of him it had been said that he "served his country faithfully and it has neglected his memory", and "recorded history has not yet done justice to Harrod". https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/p/a/Car ... -0622.html
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