Bought my first traditional

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vaguy

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.....bought my first traditional today at the Shenandoah Virginia knife show. Picked up a 1970 ten dot Case Barlow.

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Did a light cleaning and oiling and now the knife has a nice walk and talk. The large blade has some side play but not excessive. This will be an everyday use type of knife and I like how it already has a nice patina and is all broken in. I wish I knew who owned it prior to me, I'll pretty much keep it forever now.

I like it, can't wait to see how sharp I can get it!

-vaguy
 
Welcome to the addiction of traditional knives. :)
That looks like a great knife, congrats on such a good find.
 
You have screwed the pooch now. No way back. Check back in a few months and tell us how many traditional knives you have. You have a real nice one there.
 
It should be pretty easy to sharpen up unless the profile is messed up from the previous own. Looks like a great knife and a very good first traditional choice. The Case Barlow was my very first "good" knife when I was a kid and it brings back fond memories.
 
oh, beware Rough Rider, Colt, and new made Marbles knives. They are a fantastic knife available in a wide variety of patterns, excellent fit and finish, good blade steel, take and hold a razors edge (and if mine are any example, come shaving sharp out of the box) the only problem is they are so inexpensive, you'll wind up with a dozen or more before you realize you're trapped in the Traditional knife fold. Not that that is a bad place to be. :)
 
Traditional knives can get under your skin and pretty soon you'll have a bunch of them. Looks like a great start!
 
That is a good looking barlow.
A very good choice for your first trad slip joint.
 
Gotta love the old redbones. My first traditional knife was an extremely worn IXL barlow that I picked up for thoroughly too much moola(didn't know any better).
 
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Just picked up my first slippie in over 20 years, a Camillus #67 stockman. Probably not going to replace my one handers, but a nice complement to them. And damn did it get sharp easy. Cuts like a mother in laws tongue with 5 mins on the stones.
 
Classic knife! The bone looks cool as well. What is meant by 10 dot. I see them on the blade but I have no idea about the meaning. You're off to a very good start w/ trads.
 
Thanks everyone. Both blades sharpened to a razor edge easily as expected. I also gave it a squeeze in a vice padded with leather and was able to remove the blade wobble without affecting the walk and talk. Yep will get another probably brand new traditional before too long.

glocktenman, instead of me trying to explain the dot system, I just decided to copy & paste some text, see below for a better explanation than I can give:

"The stamps used from 1970-1979 are the same as those used between 1965-1969 except that dots were added below the U.S.A. 10 dots were added in 1970, and for every year thereafter, one dot was removed so that each year had a unique stamp. For clarification, note that ten dots appear on 1970 knives, nine dots appear in 1971 knives, eight on 1972 knives, and so on."

( I believe the same was done for model 198x knives but with a different tang stamp.)

And since everyone likes pictures, here is one more.

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-vaguy
 
vaguy said:
Thanks everyone. Both blades sharpened to a razor edge easily as expected. I also gave it a squeeze in a vice padded with leather and was able to remove the blade wobble without affecting the walk and talk. Yep will get another probably brand new traditional before too long.

glocktenman, instead of me trying to explain the dot system, I just decided to copy & paste some text, see below for a better explanation than I can give:

"The stamps used from 1970-1979 are the same as those used between 1965-1969 except that dots were added below the U.S.A. 10 dots were added in 1970, and for every year thereafter, one dot was removed so that each year had a unique stamp. For clarification, note that ten dots appear on 1970 knives, nine dots appear in 1971 knives, eight on 1972 knives, and so on."

( I believe the same was done for model 198x knives but with a different tang stamp.)

And since everyone likes pictures, here is one more.

case3_zpswnaqg9ey.jpg


-vaguy
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Looks very nice; you're going to like that pocket knife.

Ed J
 
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