Kerry Hampton Knives

Never like barlows until now. That's one good looking knife! Sorry can'nt make Blades this year, you all have fun.
 
Thanks, everyone, for all the looks and positive comments....much appreciated.

funny story about this knife....my dad is 82 and I show him my knives when I finish them. The second he pulled this knife out of the pouch he said, "That's a Barlow...is it a copy or an original?" He didn't say much else about it except that it was sharp ;)

He's not a knife nut like us but even HE knows what a Barlow is. :D
 
Kerry,

That one is a beauty!
I'm thinking it's one a skeletal radiologist should have, with the nice bone and all. :)
Unless you want to try a doctor's knife. . .:D

Bill
 
Kerry, your Barlow looks really nice, now where or the other Blade Show knives? Larry
 
Nice traditional knife there Mr KHead! Lookin' forward to many more!
 
I'm generally not much of a fan of Barlows, but the blade, bone and everything looks fabulous on this one:thumbup::thumbup:
 
That is one great lookng knife Kerry. I have a question on construciton of this knife. The transition of bolsters to scale is kind of odd . Normally there is a smooth transition....but in this one and many others I have seen there are numerous ways to make the transition. Smooth, slight cant or bevel to thicker scale, and actual bump or step to scale. Are all of these acceptable or are they done differently so that you so not loose finish on scale? Thanks and, once again, great looking Barlow.
 
John L said:
That is one great lookng knife Kerry. I have a question on construciton of this knife. The transition of bolsters to scale is kind of odd . ....
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That's a pretty traditional way in Barlows to transition from a rounded bolster to the traditional "sawn" rectangular or trapezoidal scale. Occasionally in old barlows you'll also see a longer taper from the scale to the bolster -- usually in the larger daddy/grandaddy barlows (I think this was a typical Case construction - even for standard barlows) -- or you'll see the flat surface of the scale and center of the bolster roughly matched in height, with the corners of the scale (basically rectangular) at the bolster rounded off a bit (I have an old Winchester single blade barlow that is done this way -- works very nicely; I think Russell and Remington barlows were also all done this way).

In actual fact, the *original* barlows didn't really do any messing about to match the transition of bolster to scale -- in fact there was often a little space at the transition point (the bolsters were also rather thinner than what we've come to expect, since the iron bolsters and liners were forged out in one piece).

-- Dwight
 
Kerry, you just keep knocking them outta the park. They are getting better and better. Wish I was going to Blade, would love to CE & CF all the ones you are bringing. Thanks for sharing, Jim

Use that sucker Chuck.
Jim
 
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