Upgraded carry - Queen CSB #26

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I finally upgraded my Buck 303 to this, a Queen #26 CSB small stockman. My granddad had a small Queen that he would carry on Sundays that I would consider a “baby” stockman with winterbotton derlin. I don’t recall the # but I can check it if anybody is interested, it is a bit smaller than this. I wanted to get something nicer for a traditional carry, and this has some meaning behind it, so this is it.

I had looked at this for a while, and I imagine TLC has seen it also.;) The edges are nice and sharp with only the smallest burr that knocked off easily, they are not too thick to warrant reprofiling immediately, but it will probably happen eventually :D. The fit and finish is real nice and is obviously a step above the Buck 303 and Case knives I’ve got. The bone is also a bit more “translucent” that many I’ve seen and it has already replaced the 303 for carry. I’ll try to get some better pics when I can.



 
Got one of those with coco scales. Great little knife, but it is loosey goosey now. Yours is however gorgeous!
 
I just recently got the same knife myself. I love the way it looks, I'm glad I went with bone scales. Mine came sharp but with very obtuse edges, doesn't really work well for whittling with the odd angle you have to hold your arm at so I'll have to reprofile more before I do much of that with it. I really like this knife, but it does have a few inconsistencies. When I went to reprofile the wharncliffe blade, the middle of the blade wasn't getting touched at all and the tip was getting ground down very quickly; looked at the blade and it's a little crooked. It's difficult to reprofile it without removing so much tip that the blade is no longer straight. Also, the wharncliffe and clip blade each had minor side to side play, though the spey was perfect in this regard. Also had a small crack in one of the scales. On the tip of the spey blade theres a bit where someone messed up with a grinder, like the entire edge was put on the blade then the tip accidently got a little chunk of steel removed. It's usuable, but an easily noticable flaw.

All and all I'm very happy with the knife, I just wonder why a 50$ US made knife has all these irregularities when my 18$ Buck Chinese made stockman was flawless except for a minute gap in the backsprings.
 
The only thing I can with this one is the the nail nick on the Sheepsfoot seems like it is a bit shallow. The edges will probably be off center if I ever reprofile it, but I haven't had many productions that weren't. I use my SS Endura for hard use anyway, it may just stay as it is and get freehand sharpened as needed. This will be more for when a smaller blade is better and for fiddling with in meetings and such.;)

I do have one question though, what is the rhyme and reason for the "TOOL STEEL" marking below the marking on the main blade? I know this one is D2 as it has the "TITUSVILLE P.A./PH-D2" tang stamp but there is no "TOOL STEEL" marking as I have seen on others under the "Queen Cutlery Co #26" on the main blade. I like it though, I say less is better.

 
I have the new amber CSB #26 as an EDC and I really like it.

The D2 knives that Queen made the first year or so of production (2002) did not have the "Tool Steel" as part of the blade etch. It was added fro all knives made 2003 and later.
 
My Queen Teardrop liner lock in Amber Bone is getting quite a lot of rust spots on it in 3 months very light use:eek:

Is this to be expected?

The RAT3 I have in D2 shows no such spotting and has been used outdoor a fair bit. I begin to wonder about Queen's D2 maybe it's A2 Tool Steel:D
 
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