Queen #22

[waggo71]

Trying to date this one, at first I thought that was a smudge on the back of the pen blade but now I think it might be a tang stamp, albeit a poorly struck one. Any help here?

[QTCut5]

It's definitely a stamp...I can make out the Q with the crown but not the rest of it. I own several Queen knives that have the same issue...the tang stamp is corroded but nothing else. I had always just assumed it was due to poor post-production polishing that didn't penetrate into the tang stamp, but I really don't know.

Cool looking knife though, despite that one little "smudge."
~Q~

[FRJ]

I think it could be this Queen stamp from Goin's encyclopedia.

[SteelMyHeart85420]

Neither of mine have any marking on the smaller pen blade, main blade on darker brown one is stamped '76, reddish one just has pat. pend #'s, like yours....I always assumed that was the older of the 2, but, IDK....

[nifbuf]

Please see the attached Queen Tang Stamp page and the enlargement. 1973 – 1975 I believe.

[jerryd6818]

David, as long as you're here, let me go off topic for a moment. Do you happen to have a complete chart of the S&M pattern numbers and definitions for all the fields.

Such as 043 176
04 = handle material (bone)
3 = number of blades (3)
1 = main blade profile (clip)
76 = pattern number

For handle materials, I have:
03 Stag
04 Bone
05 White Pearl / Abalone
06 Winterbottom Bone
07
08
09
10
11
12 Wooly Mammoth
13
14 Buffalo Horn
15 Black Lip Pearl

And for main blade profiles, I have:
0 Wharncliffe
1 Clip
2 Spear
3 Razor
4 Sheepfoot
5
6
7
8 Saber Ground Clip

But that's all. Sure would like to have a chart with everything on it.

[nifbuf]

I really can't help with the new S&M numbers. Someone at the factory will have to provide the key. Try Ashley Nottingham - anottingham@queencutlery.com. She may be able to help with a key.

[SteelMyHeart85420]

Absolutely shameless thread hi-jacking...go big or go home! lol

[jerryd6818]

Thanks David. I'll get in touch with her sometime in the near future.


And Steel Heart. You ain't seen nothin' yet.

[Keystone]

The Schatt & Morgan key would be very nice to have. Jerry D keep plugging on that!

Re the 22 barlow, my eyes cannot distinguish the tang stamp well enough to see if it the one David Clark suggested (73-75), or the earlier one that looks very similar from '58-60. I am inclined to agree with David Clark on the70s. since I have seen many from that period with the same kind of "smudge" damage on the tang stamp - more common than not. And knife from the early 60s would most likely look like it had more wear. Ever see sawcut delrin from the 58-60 period? The only 22 I own (1992) has identical darker brown delrin. Early barlows may show patent pending, not the actual patent number.

Fred Fisher has helped me to appreciate these aluminum frame knives - innovative, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, but very durable in hard use situations -like their cousin, the big chief.
dan