Is it Time for a Reissue of a traditional 3.5'' Curved Barlow?

JoKr

JoKr

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i am a big fan of traditional 'CURVED' Barlows.
over years i've collected these older vintage curved 3.5'' Bulldog Brand Barlows made by a german cutlery named Olbertz in THE german knife city Solingen in the 1980s.

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some days ago, after googling for old knife catalogs i found this page of a Belknap catalog with John Primble Curved Barlow Knives from 1930:

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after a deeper research i found an Interview with waynorth waynorth Charlie Campagna and Rob Bixby (The ApostelP)

look what Charlie showed in minute 13:00

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VERY nice assembly.... the stag barlow with the clip main is just "it".... to be hones, I've never seen a curved barlow. I think I prefer the "sowbelly" curve over the "swayback" curve on these knives.. somehow it looks more correct...
 
I’ve been saying this for years! 😁

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hornetguy said:
VERY nice assembly.... the stag barlow with the clip main is just "it".... to be hones, I've never seen a curved barlow. I think I prefer the "sowbelly" curve over the "swayback" curve on these knives.. somehow it looks more correct...
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for me it depends on the blade shape.
i realy like the Spear and Sheepsfoot Blade Version on a Swayback,
and i prefer the Clip Point Version on a Sowbelly Handle Version.
 
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