Dave Thinkstoomuch
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This knife crosses another "must-have" off of my Schrade collecting list. This is the first "Daddy" barlow I have acquired and these are really big "pocket-knives"! At 5" closed it dwarfs a "regular" 3 1/2" closed barlow. Until I held this knife I really didn't get how large it is. The blade has a very long cutting edge.
My example is number 268 out of 300 of these "B"-suffixed, serialized knives made to commemorate Schrade's 80th Anniversary in 1984. They sport jigged bone handles, a very well-fitted propeller-type shield, filework on mirror-polished blade, and jimped liners and springs to finish it off. This is a really nice piece of work from the back-in-the-day team of Schrade cutlers. Mine came in it's wooden display box with Velour (Remember those shirts? I know you do lol) storage pouch and paperwork but no outer cardboard box or sleeve. (I suspect these originally came in some type of cardboard box?)
The paperwork has an interesting write-up about Schrade history and the Daddy Barlow pattern so I include it in full. Reflections caught the bone handles in some strange ways, making them appear blue in spots but this is just an illusion. The handles are a deep, rich, highly polished brown colour with no blue.
I also included some comparison pics showing "Big Daddy" with a "regular" barlow, a couple more familiar 5" lockbacks and a shiny new Canadian "Brock" Quarter. This blade is longer than an LB7
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For those who care to recall the brilliant Sir Isaac Brock laid siege to Detroit after the USA had the nerve to try and invade (Upper) Canada at Windsor during The War of 1812. Brock drove the invading heathens back to their fort and after a short siege General William Hull surrendered Detroit to Brock rather than face (imagined) yet unimaginable tortures at the hands of Tecumseh's feared Shawnee warriors. We kicked a$$ and took names lol These days, well, things are a bit different and the US military has grown a tad more powerful than it was. My Canadian pride compels me to tease a little about this but please don't invade again! My canoe needs new canvas to be war-ready.
My example is number 268 out of 300 of these "B"-suffixed, serialized knives made to commemorate Schrade's 80th Anniversary in 1984. They sport jigged bone handles, a very well-fitted propeller-type shield, filework on mirror-polished blade, and jimped liners and springs to finish it off. This is a really nice piece of work from the back-in-the-day team of Schrade cutlers. Mine came in it's wooden display box with Velour (Remember those shirts? I know you do lol) storage pouch and paperwork but no outer cardboard box or sleeve. (I suspect these originally came in some type of cardboard box?)
The paperwork has an interesting write-up about Schrade history and the Daddy Barlow pattern so I include it in full. Reflections caught the bone handles in some strange ways, making them appear blue in spots but this is just an illusion. The handles are a deep, rich, highly polished brown colour with no blue.
I also included some comparison pics showing "Big Daddy" with a "regular" barlow, a couple more familiar 5" lockbacks and a shiny new Canadian "Brock" Quarter. This blade is longer than an LB7
:thumbup:For those who care to recall the brilliant Sir Isaac Brock laid siege to Detroit after the USA had the nerve to try and invade (Upper) Canada at Windsor during The War of 1812. Brock drove the invading heathens back to their fort and after a short siege General William Hull surrendered Detroit to Brock rather than face (imagined) yet unimaginable tortures at the hands of Tecumseh's feared Shawnee warriors. We kicked a$$ and took names lol These days, well, things are a bit different and the US military has grown a tad more powerful than it was. My Canadian pride compels me to tease a little about this but please don't invade again! My canoe needs new canvas to be war-ready.
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