eisman
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It seems to me that whenever I get the chance to go looking for knives the ones I find tend to run in batches. While there are patterns that I prefer, I rarely set out to just look for those. And a good thing too; as I dont find just the thing Im looking for often.
A month ago it seemed like the only thing I could find was Stockman patterns. They were all over the place. This week it was Barlows.
My first real knife was a Barlow. My Grandfather gave it to me when I was 7-8 yrs old. I remember it as new although it may not have been (Grandpa had stuff stashed all over and could be counted on to find the darnedest things). But back then it was too bulky and I quickly found I preferred a medium Stockman (preferably an Old Timer due to the warrantee and the propensity of young boys to lose things.)
The weekend jaunt started out well when I found this pearl Barlow. I like the Fightn Rooster knives and the price was right, so why not get a Barlow? Danged if it didnt set the pace for the whole afternoon though.
I hit half a dozen places, and found a fair number of knives. One place had a really nice layout including axes and woodworking tools, but no real bargains. A couple more just had junk. But at the end of the day I had eight knives bagged up and six were Barlow patterns.
I got a couple with the Delrin/nylon saw-cut scales in nice shape. Need a little cleaning and an edge put on, but other than that theyre good. But along the way something happened that was unusual, the pattern remained the same, but the secondary blades changed.
I ended up with three Barlow patterns with an electricians secondary blade; locking ones.
These are not your normal Electricians pattern. For one thing theyre all smaller than the standard T-29 by ½. And theyre shaped more like the Barlow; with the long bolsters. I may have seen these before, but certainly I havent seen three in one afternoon. So here they are, a Camillus, a Ric-Nor, and a Cutco.
It made for a pretty good day, just looking at a lot of knives; and learning a thing or two along the way.
A month ago it seemed like the only thing I could find was Stockman patterns. They were all over the place. This week it was Barlows.
My first real knife was a Barlow. My Grandfather gave it to me when I was 7-8 yrs old. I remember it as new although it may not have been (Grandpa had stuff stashed all over and could be counted on to find the darnedest things). But back then it was too bulky and I quickly found I preferred a medium Stockman (preferably an Old Timer due to the warrantee and the propensity of young boys to lose things.)
The weekend jaunt started out well when I found this pearl Barlow. I like the Fightn Rooster knives and the price was right, so why not get a Barlow? Danged if it didnt set the pace for the whole afternoon though.
I hit half a dozen places, and found a fair number of knives. One place had a really nice layout including axes and woodworking tools, but no real bargains. A couple more just had junk. But at the end of the day I had eight knives bagged up and six were Barlow patterns.
I got a couple with the Delrin/nylon saw-cut scales in nice shape. Need a little cleaning and an edge put on, but other than that theyre good. But along the way something happened that was unusual, the pattern remained the same, but the secondary blades changed.
I ended up with three Barlow patterns with an electricians secondary blade; locking ones.
These are not your normal Electricians pattern. For one thing theyre all smaller than the standard T-29 by ½. And theyre shaped more like the Barlow; with the long bolsters. I may have seen these before, but certainly I havent seen three in one afternoon. So here they are, a Camillus, a Ric-Nor, and a Cutco.
It made for a pretty good day, just looking at a lot of knives; and learning a thing or two along the way.
