JosephC Posted August 22, 2019 Share #1 Posted August 22, 2019 were Queen City fighting knives private purchase? did one service favor these over another service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
268th C.A. Posted August 22, 2019 Share #2 Posted August 22, 2019 Pvt purchase and they were carried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Posted August 22, 2019 Share #3 Posted August 22, 2019 plus you don't see these around much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted August 22, 2019 Share #4 Posted August 22, 2019 There are reports that Queen City sold some knives to the Army early in the war: here's a bunch of threads about Queen City knives site:usmilitariaforum.com "queen city" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedon Posted August 23, 2019 Share #5 Posted August 23, 2019 One I got back in 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Trzaska Posted August 24, 2019 Share #6 Posted August 24, 2019 Queen City had a large contract (when I say large it is meant as over $50k) with the Navy for fixed blade knives in 1944. Considering these knives were probably under a buck a piece that is a large amount they supplied for a small company. They also had two large contracts for folding knives with the Army in 1944 and 1945. So yes they did supply knives on contract to the military during WW II. All the best Frank Trzaska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactroop Posted August 24, 2019 Share #7 Posted August 24, 2019 This is from a post that dustin made about four years back. The date on the request is after the USS Ross, (DD563) was commissioned and before it had completed shake down trials, (hope I'm using the correct term here for the Navy). The Destroyer would head out for Pearl Harbor and then continue on to join the fleet for the invasion of Saipan. The story of issued vs. private purchase is at least a bit more complicated than we like to deal with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustin Posted August 24, 2019 Share #8 Posted August 24, 2019 Oh good, Sactroop, you dug that up. I tried a short search for that letter but gave up. Dealing in the realm of knives is a lot like untangling a ball of fishing line. The date of this letter was during a time of transition to larger hunting knives were the 6-inch bladed types were the preferred in the US Navy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted August 25, 2019 Share #9 Posted August 25, 2019 I've never seen one but I hope to run into one at some point. That sample shown by mikedon is a beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactroop Posted August 25, 2019 Share #10 Posted August 25, 2019 I got to confess dustin, I hang on to a lot of the stuff you post. Just in case something goes majorly wrong some day and it's the only copies I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
268th C.A. Posted September 13, 2019 Share #11 Posted September 13, 2019 I learned something! Thanks for the information! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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