Case Red Bone Barlow Good as New or A Red Bone by any other Name...

[waynorth]

Thanks Charlie. Means a lot coming from you. So how'd you get the red soup so red? or do I not want to know? LOL

Was actually a tiny bit worried someone might be upset about the "heresy" of putting "new" blades with a different configuration on such a classic, but considering how far gone the original blades were...

The dying is GEC's secret process. They work hard developing how they do things, and I cannot blame them for not sharing their methods with the competition.

I see nothing wrong with reblading a nice Redbone. Many repair people mark the inside of the knife, to prevent abuse by a future seller. But that is on knives costing many hundreds. You have made a good useful Barlow, that is a pleasure to have in your pocket. Nothing wrong at all, IMO. Certainly no heresy!!

 

[Lemmy Caution]

The dying is GEC's secret process. They work hard developing how they do things, and I cannot blame them for not sharing their methods with the competition.

I see nothing wrong with reblading a nice Redbone. Many repair people mark the inside of the knife, to prevent abuse by a future seller. But that is on knives costing many hundreds. You have made a good useful Barlow, that is a pleasure to have in your pocket. Nothing wrong at all, IMO. Certainly no heresy!!

Well GEC is doing a really dynamite job with their dyeing and I'd guard that secret as well. I was joking because if hear that case could no longer use their red dye due to its toxicity and I was wondering if GEC might have gotten their hands on an old pot and secretly put it to use.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Hey Lemme
Good job there my friend. So you should be pleased with the outcome- I personally would be extremely proud of myself to have been able to do that job as fine as you have. Congratulations on breathing several new lifetimes into that stunning knife.

 

[Primble]

Lemmy - Great job on the red bone Case Barlow. Quite impressive progress you have made on the knife mods. :thumbup:

 

[Mort Canard]

That's just eye popping Lemmy! Great job on the blade transplant! :thumbup:

 

[Dr. Scott]

I want to add my applause and also say, Congratulations! A job very well done!

Thank you for the thread and letting us come along for the ride!

 

[dave308ek]

It is very hard to keep up with the interesting knives, great craftsmanship, and generosity of those sharing them, great job Lemmy.

 

[Lemmy Caution]

Hey Lemme
Good job there my friend. So you should be pleased with the outcome- I personally would be extremely proud of myself to have been able to do that job as fine as you have. Congratulations on breathing several new lifetimes into that stunning knife.

Lemmy - Great job on the red bone Case Barlow. Quite impressive progress you have made on the knife mods. :thumbup:

That's just eye popping Lemmy! Great job on the blade transplant! :thumbup:

I want to add my applause and also say, Congratulations! A job very well done!

Thank you for the thread and letting us come along for the ride!

It is very hard to keep up with the interesting knives, great craftsmanship, and generosity of those sharing them, great job Lemmy.

Thank you all for the very kind words.

 

[Markesharp]

Great job Lemmy! That old red bone looks great. :thumbup:

 

[Lemmy Caution]

Great job Lemmy! That old red bone looks great. :thumbup:

Thanks Mark! its in my pocket today