Help me find a good Barlow

SteveC · Nov 17, 2020

Hjalmar69 said:
Found a Imperial that looks great. Can it be a good buy even if it has the cheaper construction?

Sure but I would hold out for a solid handled Barlow.

JohnDF · Nov 17, 2020

Hjalmar69 said:
Found a Imperial that looks great. Can it be a good buy even if it has the cheaper construction?

If you like it, then it's a GREAT buy.

I carry my Imperial Barlow at least as much as I carry my Case Barlow.
I often wonder how many of those old Imperial Barlows were a Kids' first pocket knife?

Hjalmar69 · Nov 17, 2020

JohnDF said:
If you like it, then it's a GREAT buy.
I carry my Imperial Barlow at least as much as I carry my Case Barlow.
I often wonder how many of those old Imperial Barlows were a Kids' first pocket knife?

Well I don't know if I like it since I only seen it in pictures. Might be forced to buy a few like I have with the Stockman pattern...

cudgee · Nov 17, 2020

JohnDF said:
If you like it, then it's a GREAT buy.

. That is a simple logic that i am now going to stick too. It's simple and i like it, and who gives a rats what anyone else thinks.

JohnDF · Nov 17, 2020

cudgee said:
who gives a rats what anyone else thinks.

Right? You're the one that has to carry it and use it.

Misplaced Hillbilly · Nov 17, 2020

cudgee said:
. That is a simple logic that i am now going to stick too. It's simple and i like it, and who gives a rats what anyone else thinks.

JohnDF said:
Right? You're the one that has to carry it and use it.

Once while out and about with my Dad, who has rode motorcycles since before I was born btw, when I seen the ugliest chopper at a gas station. I mean ugly color combinations, ugly fenders,weird shaped gas tank,I mean this thing almost made those OCC guys look tame. So I told my Dad "That has got to be the ugliest bike I've ever seen,aint nothing on it looks right" to which my Dad replies " By God he dont ride it for YOU does he?" I learned two valuable lessons, 1: never devalue anything someone else puts value on
2:It doesn't matter what others think as long as the things you have bring you enjoyment.

cudgee · Nov 17, 2020

Misplaced Hillbilly said:
my Dad replies " By God he dont ride it for YOU does he?" I learned two valuable lessons, 1: never devalue anything someone else puts value on
2:It doesn't matter what others think as long as long as the things you have bring you enjoyment.

Right on.

JohnDF · Nov 17, 2020

I just prepped dinner with my Imperial Barlow, it slices like the dickens.

Hjalmar69 · Nov 18, 2020

Misplaced Hillbilly said:
Once while out and about with my Dad, who has rode motorcycles since before I was born btw, when I seen the ugliest chopper at a gas station. I mean ugly color combinations, ugly fenders,weird shaped gas tank,I mean this thing almost made those OCC guys look tame. So I told my Dad "That has got to be the ugliest bike I've ever seen,aint nothing on it looks right" to which my Dad replies " By God he dont ride it for YOU does he?" I learned two valuable lessons, 1: never devalue anything someone else puts value on
2:It doesn't matter what others think as long as the things you have bring you enjoyment.

Lovely story indeed.
And I do agree.

Regards
Erik

Hjalmar69 · Dec 30, 2020

Now I got myself a Imperial Barlow. It has the cheapest feeling of all my slipjoints but I really like it. It is sort of a good working, well made kind of vintage feel to it. A no frills kind of knife. I really wonder when it was made, it says Providence RI on the blade.

Regards Erik

screened porch · Dec 30, 2020

Imperials were always inexpensive, but I don't think I've ever seen a broken one.

Hjalmar69 · Dec 30, 2020

But it has a feeling of inexpensive good quality to it. Like a really good knife