'21 Forum Knife - Spring Street Barlow

glocktenman · Mar 28, 2026

I recently saw one of these in the knife exchange area. I don't recall seeing them discussed or sold as our forum knife. How did I miss these??? Was I out of the country?? LOL... Super great looking knife. Can someone post some picture of theirs? I'd love to see some more.

screened porch · Mar 28, 2026

This one? Charlie's genius. This beautiful knife came in under $100, on the heels of Mike's covid year saving of the day, which had been $130, as I recall.
Thanks for the reminder. I'm going to carry it today.

Bigburly912 · Mar 28, 2026

glocktenman said:
I recently saw one of these in the knife exchange area. I don't recall seeing them discussed or sold as our forum knife. How did I miss these??? Was I out of the country?? LOL... Super great looking knife. Can someone post some picture of theirs? I'd love to see some more.

Man it’s funny you made this thread. I was literally looking at the same one wondering how i missed it. I didn’t get the bunny knife either and would love to have one.

abcdef · Mar 28, 2026

Bigburly912 said:
Man it’s funny you made this thread. I was literally looking at the same one wondering how i missed it. I didn’t get the bunny knife either and would love to have one.

Hyesouljah · Mar 28, 2026

Thread 'On the Road Again with Merle'

Oct 20, 2021

Well, I didn’t expect to be starting this thread just yet, but the cat’s out of the bag, so here we go.

I’m sure you all remember Earl the Barlow (bit of a scoundrel, running from the fuzz in Yorkshire, joining up with pirates and whatnot) and Pearl (a bit more civilized, though she did enjoy a drink every now and then). Well, there’ll be a new kid on the Porch soon enough, going by the name of Merle, and he’s looking forward to meeting as many of y’all as he can.

Honestly, the Earl and Pearl threads have been some of my favorite on the Porch. It’s the sort of thing...

waynorth · Mar 28, 2026

glocktenman said:
I recently saw one of these in the knife exchange area. I don't recall seeing them discussed or sold as our forum knife. How did I miss these??? Was I out of the country?? LOL... Super great looking knife. Can someone post some picture of theirs? I'd love to see some more.

A few were made with white bone!! (above!)

Below:
I had one rehandled in stag!!!!

Knife is a great Carry!!

Buckeye Sharp · Mar 28, 2026

waynorth said:
Knife is a great Carry!!

I’ll second that, Charlie. Had mine in the pocket the last couple days. Switched out for Stagurday.

sf fanatic · Mar 28, 2026

This was my second Forum knife and as I recall the last one involving “Voting” by Porch folks. Fortunately it turned out to be a beautiful knife after what seemed like a lot of controversy and hard feelings. I’m sure Gunstock Jack who was in charge of distribution could tell some stories not the least of which my PayPal adventure with him in which I ended up getting one from him for $50. I remember, “Trust the process” was mantra which hasn’t been repeated since

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meako · Mar 28, 2026

I like when they are not all exactly the same...

Hyesouljah · Sunday at 8:16 AM

waynorth said:
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A few were made with white bone!! (above!)

Below:
I had one rehandled in stag!!!!View attachment 3145553
Knife is a great Carry!!

Wow. Had not seen that stag rehandle, amazing! This forum knife is a favorite of mine for so many reasons especially my “second” one I got from you, Charlie! I hope I can find someone to move the white bone along to me for safe keeping one day

btb01 · Sunday at 11:07 AM

Hyesouljah said:
Thread 'On the Road Again with Merle'

Oct 20, 2021

Well, I didn’t expect to be starting this thread just yet, but the cat’s out of the bag, so here we go.

I’m sure you all remember Earl the Barlow (bit of a scoundrel, running from the fuzz in Yorkshire, joining up with pirates and whatnot) and Pearl (a bit more civilized, though she did enjoy a drink every now and then). Well, there’ll be a new kid on the Porch soon enough, going by the name of Merle, and he’s looking forward to meeting as many of y’all as he can.

Honestly, the Earl and Pearl threads have been some of my favorite on the Porch. It’s the sort of thing...

btb01

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Forum: Traditional Folders and Fixed Blades

Good times!

waynorth said:
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A few were made with white bone!! (above!)

Below:
I had one rehandled in stag!!!!View attachment 3145553
Knife is a great Carry!!

I also had not seen your stag re-cover, Charlie. Very nice! :thumbsup:

knowtracks · Sunday at 11:09 AM

Been in my pocket ever since it arrived.

Dave

waynorth · Sunday at 12:48 PM

knowtracks said:
Been in my pocket ever since it arrived.
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Dave

Nice to see a knife doing what it was meant to do, Dave!!!

Hyesouljah · Sunday at 1:25 PM

btb01 said:
Good times!

I also had not seen your stag re-cover, Charlie. Very nice!

The best of times!! I really enjoyed those days on the forum!

knowtracks · Sunday at 2:00 PM

MERLE!

Scholefield123 · Sunday at 4:26 PM

Old Engineer · Sunday at 5:05 PM

The Blade Forums Knife

And it was followed by GEC with these

It was a Very Good Year

Harry

Johnnythefox · Sunday at 6:44 PM

Also my first ever forum knife made even more special as it was posted to me by Charlie.

A little known fact about this knife is…

You can never post to many photos of it,it’s the best you can get.

In best secret squirrel fashion I can nether confirm nor deny I took down that tree with this knife.

Scubaroo · Sunday at 9:08 PM

This is easily a one and done knife.
Good grief I need one of these.

waynorth · Sunday at 9:25 PM

I believe this was the first drawing that Sue at GEC sent me for approval!!