All About Pocket Knives

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

Ken

I've never seen one. Nice collectors item.

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

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

A first for me .

Ken

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

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