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euroken said:
My recent add...Saber grind barlow...

Not sure where the blade stamps come from but an interesting add

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I snagged one of those recently myself. I really like the hammer forged throwback look.
 
I knew it was too good to be true... a Colonial Scrimshaw Barlow. But I tossed out an offer and got it. It's not a bad knife. For that matter, it is a well built knife, particularly for a Colonial. Fit & finish is fair, and both blades look to have a factory grind. No half stops, but both blades walk & talk like they should, and it has solid bolsters and handle scales. What looked like scrimshaw in the listing photos turned out to be some sort of ink printed image that tends to wear off if you look at it too long. Oh well, I didn't spend a lot, and I like it, now that I got the rust spots cleaned off the blades.

Before cleanup.
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"And the Wild is calling, calling... let us go" Robert Service - The Call Of The Wild - 1903
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Rust
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I'll stop here, those pits aren't going anywhere.
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I rode my (pedal-powered) mountain bike down to the river and back yesterday. It was only a bit less than 15-1/2 miles, round trip, yet it felt like more. It's bad enough with the elevation difference between my home and the riverbank, but it's all of the ups and downs in between that get my attention.

Edited to include: Photos taken at Lock & Dam 21

Do you reckon Mark Twain (note the Mark Twain Barlow in the photo) ever envisioned anything like this when he wrote about the Mississippi River adventures of Tom & Huck?
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Don't mind me. I'm just re-living my 12th birthday, when I lived right across the river in this spot. There, I attended Willow Bend School - the one-room schoolhouse, for sixth grade and dreamt about rafting this big ol' river. Gigging jumping frogs was on my to-do list back then, but I seem to have never gotten around to that. The schoolhouse was washed away in the flood of '93, but my memories still stir now and then.

Long live The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.
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The flood last month left some momentos of its own. The skies were clear upon my arrival on this morning, but soon the wildfire smoke settled in.
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So, that's my tribute to Mark Twain for this week. Be safe & enjoy your day.
 
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A couple of Electric Mates and one Handy Man
Ric-Nor Electrician's Barlows, plus a No-stamp that I'm sure was manufactured by Providence Cutlery Company as well.

Now I'm curious as to just how many variations of this Barlow were made.20230801_084400-E14-V-DDS.jpg
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DirtDawg said:
A couple of Electric Mates and one Handy Man
Ric-Nor Electrician's Barlows, plus a No-stamp that I'm sure was manufactured by Providence Cutlery Company as well.

Now I'm curious as to just how many variations of this Barlow were made.View attachment 2271794
Also posted in: Your newest addition:traditionals of course!
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Interesting! I have a couple of Electric Mates, but I did not know about Handy Man.
 
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