Anybody seen one of these before?

[Mumbleypeg]

Picked this up recently - first counter hone by Queen Cutlery that I've ever seen.

Ken

[FRJ]

I've never seen one. Nice collectors item.

[roofsc]

saw one in an old mom and pop hardware store in the low country near Georgetown, s.c. abut 20-years ago. i put my son on the counter with a bottle of coke and he watch me sharpen my carry knife and my truck knife

thanks for the memory

[Mumbleypeg]

Thanks Joe, I thought so too. I've seen a few counter hones in hardware stores thirty or more years ago, and have been able to acquire a couple of Case counter hones and a generic one. Saw a Remington counter hone for sale on eBay a few weeks back. But never seen a Queen counter hone anywhere. Roofsc, do you recall whether the one you used was a Queen, or some other brand?

Ken

[justold52]

A first for me .

Ken

[Keystone]

You see them occasionally on Ebay, though hardly ever with the blue sticker. Some I have seen show the dishing and gritty look that comes from use, but this one seems quite nice.
Dan

[nifbuf]

Check page 49 in this 1960 Queen catalog: http://www.queencutlery.com/Historical_Catalogs.html