Queen Cutlery Copperhead Specs

The Queen Cutlery Copperhead is a vintage-style folding pocket knife produced by the Queen Cutlery Company. Queen Cutlery has been making fine knives since 1922, when five former employees of the Schatt and Morgan Cutlery Company started their own knife-making business. Queen Cutlery pocket knives, such as the Copperhead, are still manufactured in the original Schatt and Morgan factory in Titusville, Pennsylvania, which has been producing knives since 1895.

  1. Queen Cutlery Copperhead Blade

    • The Queen Cutlery Copperhead is a folding pocket knife that comes with a 2.75-inch D2 steel blade with a clip point, which refers to a thinner, flatter blade on the knife with a well-defined point. According to Hunting Blades, clip-point blades are suitable for a wide range of activities, including hunting. D2 steel is a type of steel with a high carbon content used to make spinning tools, punches and shear blades as well a knives because of its strong resistance to wear.

    Amber Stag Bone Handle

    • The Copperhead's handle is made of amber stag bone. According to Culpepper and Co., amber stag refers to any piece of stag bone that has been through Culpepper and Co.'s proprietary coloring treatment. The treatment works best, according to the company's website, on quality pieces of stag bone with a good pattern but which could benefit from some color enhancement. The process leaves the bone with a dark stain that eventually fades to a deep, golden amber.

    Length and Weight

    • For a pocket knife to fit the definition, is has to be easy to carry. The Copperhead meets this criteria. Weighing in at just 2.3 ounces, it is light enough to carry without undue stress. And with a closed length of just 3.75 inches, the Copperhead will fit in the pockets of most pants without crowding out other necessities.

    Locking and Other Specs

    • The Copperhead uses a slip joint-style lock to secure the blade when open. The knife experts at Knives Town describe the slip joint lock as a way of assuring the blade stays in the open position by loading a spring housed in the knife's body. To close the knife, simply exert enough pressure on the blade to overcome the spring's tension and allow the blade to fold back into the body. The Queen Cutlery Copperhead also includes nickel silver bolsters in the knife's body and brass liners.