Hi all!
I have 2 Queen Cutlery knives. Both are straight blade hunting knives.
One, with the original sheath, was a gift from my father to my grandfather back in the late 1950's. I inherited it from there. From my father's limited recollection of when he bought it, confirmed by the tang stamp, this #75 knife was made between 1957 and 1960. It has some green staining on the handle, which I think is synthetic.
The other, without sheath, is a #77, which I found under a house that had been abandoned for over 25 years. It has no tang stamp, and so it must be from between 1960 and 1972. I scrubbed it up a little. The blade still has a good edge and is in good condition. The handle is synthetic, as many of the handles were at the time. Parts of the handle need more work. I am also going to make a new sheath for it.
If anyone has more precise dates on the #75 and #77, or advice on how to tend the handles, or any other comments, please chime in!
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The family connection sure makes it special.
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Can't help you any further with narrowing down the date of your #77 but I pulled the pic below from the QueenCutleryHistory.com.
It might help you when making that sheath.
It might help you when making that sheath.
Queen City. My favorite! Bruno.
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Hi Steelie, Randy here. your knife with the tang stamp I believe the handle is not synthetic but bone. It is called winterbottom bone. Queen used a ton of winterbottom on their early fixed blades as well as folding pocket knives also. Best regards, Randy
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I agree with clockman. Bone handles on the #75.
Queen City. My favorite! Bruno.
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That's great! I had read that around this time Queen started using synthetic handles. It would be pretty neat if it was real bone!