Queen city smooth red bone

nmesub

nmesub

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Does anyone have info on this company or specific knife? Queen city qc19rs smooth red bone. Says country of origin USA.
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I Apologize, i wasn't clear in what i was asking. These appear to be new 2020 from a distributor. Since queen is a defunct company, who is making these currently? I know the history of queen. Wondering about current models. I used search function and google and im getting nothing.
 
well, it looks like a bear & son. Bad thing is queen city is coming out of the far east. at least some. Type in queen city at the retailer on the high hill & have a look. You be the judge.
 
nmesub said:
I Apologize, i wasn't clear in what i was asking. These appear to be new 2020 from a distributor. Since queen is a defunct company, who is making these currently? I know the history of queen. Wondering about current models. I used search function and google and im getting nothing.
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The Queen name eventually ended up being bought by Smokey Mountain Knife Works.
I'm pretty sure it's okay to mention a non-supporting dealer when talking about knife history?
They contracted with Bear and Son to make their first Queen run, a Mini Trapper in black synthetic.
It ended up being a decent little knife with the Queen name etched on the tang.
Worth the moderate price tag but not anything to write home about.
So we are speculating that this new one was also produced by Bear and Son...
 
This reply was pretty much bull feathers. Check out post number 14 for a somewhat more lucid answer...
 
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thought the queen name was now owned by a retailer who also owns rough ryder. appears they have at least the queen city name and they are made in the far east. just took a double look. sorry i did
 
JohnDF said:
I believe Bear and Son were contracted to make the First Run, they don't own the name.
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Hang on a minute...

The OPs knife is a QC19RS which is a smooth red bone knife manufactured by Queen before they closed, I've got one that I bought in December 2017, I don't know a manufacture date. The Bear and Sons knife was a QN1 with red smooth composite scales.

I believe SMKW does own the name.

Sorry to add to the confusion. :D
 
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mightyzaa said:
maybe queen will be made by bear and son and queen city over in the far east
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Yeah this looks to be a bear and sons. Wonder if this was assembled in us with far east materials. Oh well thanks. Have a few coming. Guess ill see what the quality is when they arrive. Thanks for tge replies.
 
dsutton24 said:
Hang on a minute...

The OPs knife is a QC19RS which is a smooth red bone knife manufactured by Queen before they closed, I've got one that I bought in December 2017, I don't know a manufacture date. The Bear and Sons knife was a QC1 with red smooth composite scales.

I believe SMKW does own the name.

Sorry to add to the confusion. :D
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Just saw this. The date is helpful if accurate. Possible pre closure queen. Thanks.
 
how is the quality of that QC. never saw it and i liked the real QC's. most if not all had carbon steel blades.
 
nmesub said:
Yeah this looks to be a bear and sons. Wonder if this was assembled in us with far east materials. Oh well thanks. Have a few coming. Guess ill see what the quality is when they arrive. Thanks for tge replies.
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I eventually woke up... I've got one just like yours, provided that it really is red bone. I don't see any of the usual signs that is was made from Chinese parts. Toward the end of their run Queen churned out a lot of unusual knives to use up parts on hand. Most were traditional Queen quality. Some were a little rough. As far as I can tell, though, all of the 'end of days' knives that I've seen were genuine Queen knives.
 
dsutton24 said:
I eventually woke up... I've got one just like yours, provided that it really is red bone. I don't see any of the usual signs that is was made from Chinese parts. Toward the end of their run Queen churned out a lot of unusual knives to use up parts on hand. Most were traditional Queen quality. Some were a little rough. As far as I can tell, though, all of the 'end of days' knives that I've seen were genuine Queen knives.
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I think there is about a 2% chance the OP's never was ever in Titusville.... There was never a Queen made that looked like this under any brand that I am aware.

Queen did make Queen City economy knives; but none of the parts silhouettes match.

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I would be interested in seeing yours that looks just like the OP's but was made before 2019.
 
JohnDF said:
The Queen name eventually ended up being bought by Smokey Mountain Knife Works.
I'm pretty sure it's okay to mention a non-supporting dealer when talking about knife history?
They contracted with Bear and Son to make their first Queen run, a Mini Trapper in black synthetic.
It ended up being a decent little knife with the Queen name etched on the tang.
Worth the moderate price tag but not anything to write home about.
So we are speculating that this new one was also produced by Bear and Son...
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Thanks for that info, I have been wondering where the branding would wind up.
 
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