Help ID Barlow from my grandfather

paracordist

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Help ID Barlow from my grandfather

I was given this knife in by my father in 1980 when I was 8 (it's in this old post http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...Knives-from-our-fathers?p=9327540#post9327540). It was from his father. My grandfather was a Sailor during WWII so it is not likely older than that time frame. I've been cleaning it up and see no identifying marks. I'd love to know of anyone could identify it. The scales are wood. There is a brass (color anyway) liner lock for the small blade only. The small blade is a full convex edge with no secondary bevel. Here are some photos.
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After some cleanup
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It looks like an electricians (TL-29) type knife with the screw driver blade ground down. Very nice knife.
 
Interesting knife! It is not, however, a Barlow!
It is a Jack knife.
A Barlow has a distinctive long bolster, usually nearly 1/3 of the length of the knife.

Here's a Jack knife:
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Here's a Barlow:
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I think that is a modified electricians knife. It looks just looks an old camco knife I have. The full convex on the small blade would make since to me. The original blade would have been fairly thick. And that brass liner lock is another giveaway to me. Cool knife :)
 
Bighaze51 said:
I think that is a modified electricians knife. It looks just looks an old camco knife I have. The full convex on the small blade would make since to me. The original blade would have been fairly thick. And that brass liner lock is another giveaway to me. Cool knife :)
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Thanks I'll google for pictures!
 
Here you go. This is mine that I cleaned up a while back. It looks just like yours with just the screw driver blade ground down.
 
paracordist said:
Looks right but mine has no trace of camco or any other blade stamp (?)
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I believe alot of manufacturers made TL-29s (electricians Knives) Camco was Camillus Cutlery More budget Conscious House Brand, so theres no remnant of a mark anywhere on it? Could have worn off/ground off Hmmm ?
Decent pattern i like yours as it has the screwdriver ground down to a more useful blade
Gene
 
From all the pitting it looks like it got very rusty at some point and was then sanded down somehow. That would explain why the blade stamp is almost completely gone. I agree that it looks like a modified TL-29 pattern knife.

Thanks for sharing it with us! :thumbup:
 
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