Bar Shields are Simply Beautiful

Robuck and S-K...the judges will accept those oddball entries :D
 
Ok, staying on task this time, just the bar facts here:

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ok Mike, that is definitely a bar shield but whut's up with the inverted nipple pins :eek:
 
Great thread and some super knives. Hadn't really thought about it, but bar shields do seem to show up fairly often in the oldies drawer:
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Oops, here's another one:
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ms3902 said:
That is a beautiful knife. I don't know that I have ever seen one of those before. Not something you see very often.:thumbup:
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Thanks, it's very well made, probably one of the nicest production slipjoints I own ... my wife bought it for me as a birthday present last year. I'm pretty sure AG Russell still has them.
 
Here's a pic of my Ohtas. As was mentioned already he seems to use bar shields exclusively:

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Nice knives posted and I think the bar shields do suit them rather well.

Although, as a relative newcomer to these traditional knives I have to confess that upon seeing a knife the last thing I'll notice and examine is the shield. Maybe I'm more used to the European patterns that rarely have them?

But not denying that a shield can look good on a knife! I just usually think, well, in the direction of "ah so this is where you put the initials then eh?" :D
 
Don't get me wrong, I'd take a few of the ones posted, but when I think of a Bar Shield, I think of something a lot louder than a knife snapping;) Never been a big fan of it the bar shield on knives, however.

Seriously, though, I think the Federal shield is my favorite of all.
 
Frankki said:
I just usually think, well, in the direction of "ah so this is where you put the initials then eh?" :D
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Surprisingly, very few of the older knives seem to have engraving on the shields. This one is actually an exception, bearing the name of the owner: A. Lincoln.
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(Needless to say, it isn't from my collection).
 
Interesting. I always thought that Lincoln's congress had ivory handles.

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Bar? Where? I'll buy the first round. (At my age you guys are in for a bargain since I seldom have more than one. :D).

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Top to bottom, left to right.

An old Cat from at least the turn of the century.

Robeson

Remington

Richard Rogers

Right side:

Richard Rogers

Matsuski Takeshi

Richard Rogers

Richard Rogers
 
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