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I have see some new Queen knives with DFC on the tang. Are they any better ?

Daniels Family Cutlery. Don't know if they're any better.

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Mike

They may not be worse but I doubt they're any better. Queen quality was excellent in the old days. Just my opinion. I'm not much into newer knives so can't speak to present day quality.

Ken

I own more than a few of both and the quality differences is about the same as new and old (pre mid 70’s) Case knives
Older Queen knives are much better quality

Generally speaking, I agree with gino; however, I have acquired quite a few "modern" Queen-made Schatt & Morgan knives recently and I find them to be perfectly satisfactory and well-made knives. Maybe not quite as good as the older models by comparison, but still noticeably better than similar patterns currently being made exclusively in China such as Rough Rider, IMO.

BTW--how old does it have to be in order to be considered "old"? I have a Series 1 S&M Mini Trapper from 1991 and another one from 2002 currently "in the mail" that I'm eager to compare to my more modern Queen-made knives which are mostly all DFC-stamped (not sure what year the Daniels family took over and began using that tang stamp designation.)

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QTCut5 wrote:Generally speaking, I agree with gino; however, I have acquired quite a few "modern" Queen-made Schatt & Morgan knives recently and I find them to be perfectly satisfactory and well-made knives. Maybe not quite as good as the older models by comparison, but still noticeably better than similar patterns currently being made exclusively in China such as Rough Rider, IMO.

BTW--how old does it have to be in order to be considered "old"? I have a Series 1 S&M Mini Trapper from 1991 and another one from 2002 currently "in the mail" that I'm eager to compare to my more modern Queen-made knives which are mostly all DFC-stamped (not sure what year the Daniels family took over and began using that tang stamp designation.)

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~Q~, Please share your thoughts when those knives arrive if you don't mind. I'm very interested in your observations.

I've got a few Queens from the mid 2000's and a few with the DFC stamp. The earlier ones are a little better in my opinion but some do have blade play and other minor issues. I think all of my earlier models have polished blades. Seems that most Daniels family Queens have satin blades. Not good or bad. Just an observation.

I think it was 2012 that the Daniels family took over but I'm not sure when they started using the DFC tang stamp.

For my opinion I would say older knives mean pre mid 70’s