Off Topic Chrome plated blade ?

Hickory n steel said:
There's been a misunderstanding.
It's not a Taylor brands Chinese copy, but a no name Chinese copy.

And yes like I said, it's like the corrosion ate through a layer of something. It's not wanting to flake or chip off, and is really hard and resistant to sanding, but I believe it's a layer of plating.
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Please forgive me. I thought you said it was a Imperial.
I'll shut up and go away now.
 
afishhunter said:
Please forgive me. I thought you said it was a Imperial.
I'll shut up and go away now.
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I did say it was an imperial copy, which could be interpreted one of 2 ways.
Either in the book sense as in a copy of a book, or in the sense that this knife is trying to be something it's not.
I consider the Taylor examples copy's because I think they're try to be something their not and have said it a few times before, so you did sort of make a logical mistake.
 
I have one of the Taylor Imperial Barlows like that.
Taylor did not put a name on them. Mine only has "China" on the tang stamp. Same for the Imperial Congress I have, if I remember right. (The Congress is in Florida, I'm in Idaho, so I cannot confirm this.)
On the Taylor Schrade Hammer Brand I have, they did use one of the old Hammer Brand tang stamps, but I do not remember which. I think it was from the 50's, but would not swear to that.
I just looked at my BTI Schrade 95OT Trapper. The main/primary blade has "Schrade" on the mark side tang stamp, the model number on the pile side. The Spey secondary does not have a tang stamp on either side. The blister pack it came in says "Made in China", but "China" is not on the knife itself, nor on the 12OT that came with it.
At any rate, your Barlow is probably an early Taylor Schrade.
(I only came back to this thread because you quoted my earlier post. I'll get lost again. Sorry.)
 
I've seen the Taylor made imperials, and the scales we're the proper maroon type color. This one is literally chocolate brown and I remember seeing this knife in my grandmother's tool box when I was 7 ( that would be 2002 ) so I believe its not a Taylor schrade and probably was made in the 1990's.
 
Weren't some of the Puma fixed blades from the 1960s-'70s chrome plated? They had/have a very high reputation.
 
I have seen quite a few knives with a plating on the blade.
I recently sold a massive Bowie knife that was relatively old but not from the good old days - made in such a way to try and possibly pass it for a Pre Civil or Civil War knife. The Patina was heavy beneath any flake of the plating- suggesting it was a Carbon or a Stainless with a higher. Carbon content Stainless- but I doubt that. ? Im not too sure but I have never seen Stainless rust so heavily and evenly, but Stainless will rust in the right conditions.
That Barlow isn't a Taylor ( Schrade ) Barlow - it's another Chinese version of a Barlow. Taylor's also have no plating on.their Blades.
 
I have one of these too. I bought it or was given it back in the 80's or 90's. It is plated and was what I honestly thought was plastic under the plating. Pot metal at best. The whole thing is lighter than the real Imperial Jackmaster barlow it looks like. The plastic scales are thin and soft as well. It's a true gem! :) I had/have another one with 3 blades Stockman style that isn't Jackmaster inspired. I'm not sure where it is. I might have thrown it away. I have too much junk as it is.

Joe
 
The Mastiff said:
I have one of these too. I bought it or was given it back in the 80's or 90's. It is plated and was what I honestly thought was plastic under the plating. Pot metal at best. The whole thing is lighter than the real Imperial Jackmaster barlow it looks like. The plastic scales are thin and soft as well. It's a true gem! :) I had/have another one with 3 blades Stockman style that isn't Jackmaster inspired. I'm not sure where it is. I might have thrown it away. I have too much junk as it is.

Joe
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Got a picture of your CHINA Barlow ?

you probably got it In the early to mid 90's, because before that cheap knives were mostly from Japan then Taiwan soon before china mostly took charge.

Isn't it interesting that it doesn't seem to be until a bunch of American companies start contracting them to make good knives that those foreign industries who live to make junk start to produce good knives all on their own.
They know how to make good knives but think the dirt cheap flea market crap is what we want, and it isn't until American companies prove otherwise that they start to get their act together.
 
"Got a picture of your CHINA Barlow ?"

No pictures, sorry. It looks just like the OP's knife. I was working gun shows off and on in that decade and might have picked it up there. I don't think I would have bought it so it might have been a free knife like object given me by someone.

And, I still have a bunch of old Japan made knives from the 60's through when we stopped seeing inexpensive Japanese knives in maybe the late 80's? Some were pretty bad but some are fairly decent. The worst of them had steel with pits and inclusions but they seem to be real steel unlike the worst China and worse yet Pakistani made knives. I have encountered more than my share of pot metal blades from Pakistan and to this day would not even consider buying one or even taking a free one.
 
The Mastiff said:
"Got a picture of your CHINA Barlow ?"

No pictures, sorry. It looks just like the OP's knife. I was working gun shows off and on in that decade and might have picked it up there. I don't think I would have bought it so it might have been a free knife like object given me by someone.

And, I still have a bunch of old Japan made knives from the 60's through when we stopped seeing inexpensive Japanese knives in maybe the late 80's? Some were pretty bad but some are fairly decent. The worst of them had steel with pits and inclusions but they seem to be real steel unlike the worst China and worse yet Pakistani made knives. I have encountered more than my share of pot metal blades from Pakistan and to this day would not even consider buying one or even taking a free one.
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If you say it looks just like the one I posted then I'll take your word for it I guess.

My experience with made in Japan knives is bad, but I've heard some old traditionals could be decent sometimes.
 
"If you say it looks just like the one I posted then I'll take your word for it I guess."

What a privilege! Thanks pal. :)

Japan had good knives as well as bad knives but we were mostly importing the inexpensive junk up until the gas crisis brought us Datsuns(Nissans) and Toyotas and Hondas and then Sony and Sansui and Hitachi and .... We then realized Japan meant quality. Companies tend to manufacturer and sell what the market wants. If we ask for junk they will be glad to sell us all we want. China is now in the same position. They are now moving into the higher end of the market butwill still ship us all the flea market stuff we want.

Joe
 
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