Queen Cutlery History – Articles
Queen Cutlery History is pleased to share numerous articles of interest to knife collectors. Whether you collect cutlery from Queen City, Queen Cutlery, Schatt & Morgan or even knives from any other manufacturer of quality knives, chances are you’ll find a story to enjoy. Written by collectors, for collectors, there is a lot of good information in this section of the website.
Most of these articles look at knives and knife materials from a historical perspective. Expect to find little known facts about such topics as Winterbottom Bone, early cutlery grindstones, Queen’s “forgotten” tang stamp, the Stanhope Lens (a mini-microscope), World War II knives and a wide range of other topics.
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Why Collect Queen?
By long time Queen collector, Bob Welch. Contains insights into the collectibility of Queen knives.
The Winterbottom Bone Factory
By historian David Clark. The story of a major handle supplier to Queen.
Early Cutlery Grindstones
By historian David Clark. Great story about the stones used to grind knife blades.
Queen City in WWII
David Clark wries about Queen City’s contribution to the war effort in World War II.
Sandblasted Blade Markings
By David Clark. Rare Queen knives with sandblasted blade markings.
Shark Attack!
The story of how a Queen #45 Big Chief was used to fight off a shark a life during a shark attack back in 1980.
Queen's Forgotten Tang Stamp
By Bob Welch. For years this rare, very early tang stamp was overlooked.
Queen Rough Black Handles
Fred Fisher and Dan Lago write about the use of Rough Black handles in the late ’40’s & early ’50’s.
Hawk & Rawhide Lockbacks
By Fred Fisher & Dan Lago. Story about Queen’s answer to the Buck 110.
ESEMCO Stainless Steel
By historian David Clark. Article about key fob knives manufactured by Queen.
Simplex Detachable Hinge
By David Clark. A little known fact about an unusual Schatt & Morgan product.
Stanhope Lens
By Fred Fisher & Dan Lago. Article about tiny microscope lenses in Queen Knives.
Queen Pearl Handled Knives
A fine article by Fred Fisher & Dan Lago, on mother of pearl handled Queen knives
Queen's Mountain Man Knives
An article by Fred Fisher and Dan Lago, about the first Mountain Man knives of 1976.
Links: Articles about Queen & S&M Knives
A document with links to Schatt & Morgan and Queen articles on the web.
John Schatt's Patented Piercing Tool
David Clark article about the 1908 S&M patent for a punch blade.
Queen Ghost Army Knife
Interesting story of Queen military knife carried in the Ghost Army during WWII.
The Jess Crouch Knife
David Clark article about the rare S&M Jess Crouch knife of circa 1905-1920.
Queen Pilot Test Run
Bob Welch’s review of SMKW’s first Queen knife, launched early 2020.
Is There A Future for New Queen Knives
Bob Welch’s article written in 2020.
QCC Newsletters 1998-1999
Newsletters of Queen Cutlery Collectors.
QCC Newsletters 2000
Newsletters of Queen Cutlery Collectors.
QCC Newsletters 2001, #1 & 2
Newsletters of Queen Cutlery Collectors.
QCC Newsletters 2001, #3 & 4
Newsletters of Queen Cutlery Collectors.
QCC Newsletters 2002
Newsletters of Queen Cutlery Collectors.
QCC Newsletters 2003
Newsletters of Queen Cutlery Collectors.
QCC Newsletter Winter 2003
Newsletters of Queen Cutlery Collectors.
QCC Newsletter 2004
Final newsletter of Queen Cutlery Collectors.
2020 Knife Spotlight Collection
All the Historical Knife Spotlights published in 2020
Queen Burnt Orange Knives
Story of the origin of burnt orange knife handles.
1968 Queen Price List
Supplement to price list with pearl & smoked pearl info and prices.
H.T. Carter 1925-2021
Tribute to H.T. Carter, WWII Marine veteran, outdoorsman and knife dealer.