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[Nature Boy]

Both Lyle and Charlie have had sfos on the 14 pattern. Lyle had the beautiful smooth white bone, 2 blade jack. And Charlie had the spear Barlows, which introduced us to “ragg bone,” and the single clip Barlows in Ebony and ivory bone.

As Lyle mentioned above, the 14 Boys Knife pattern has been dubbed Lick Creek. And each of the original run handle materials came with a different write up by Lyle about his childhood home.

As was the case with the last TC Barlow run, and with the last 77 NF Barlow run, my guess is that GEC will also make some of their own (non-SFO) knives this time around. Who knows, though?

 

[bigfish64]

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Admiring a few of my favorites shield while I wait for the Gator to arrive!

Wow, what a great photo Greg.

 

[JohnDF]

Here you are. The little house at the bottom of the picture is where I was actually born. The house at the top of the depiction is my Papaw Fry's.

Bill Howard was inspired to create a boy's knife and somehow envisioned me as a youth as representative.I guess he liked the stories that I told at the Rendezvous , although my writing skills are not up to Bill's cutlery.

Straight from the horse's mouth...

 

[Rockcutter]

Great story, and like JohnDF said right from the source! I didn't expect that kind of detail that fast, but it's very cool to know the story behind Lick Creek and it fits in nicely with traditional knife life. Thanks Lyle for that background.

 

[OzzPrime]

I'm a fan of the #14s too. If I like a pattern, I've always chosen just one example to buy, never trying to complete a set. Nothing wrong with going for that, I'm just not that kind of a collector (and don't have the resources for it, even if I wanted to).

A #14 two-blader with sheepsfoot would complete a kind of set for me. but I'm not gonna sweat it. I have a vintage Boker USA that fits the bill.

I totally hear that, Rachel! I would need a serious career change to afford all the knives I WANT to have. One representative of each pattern sounds like a very fair plan, if only I had a modicum of self control…

 

[Leslie Tomville]

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I do the same thing as r8shell . I identify the patterns that I like and try to get the best single example that I can. These are my solo 42 & 43 Trappers. Otherwise, things would get horribly out of control! I must admit there are exceptions. Barlows and Crownlifters are always welcome. The more the merrier! But, for the rest, it’s one and done.

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[Will Power]

Greatly Prized

 

[dovidola]

Tuesday's Tidi - Rosewood Scout Trapper - nothing wrong with the (more expensive) Remington, but I do enjoy this one

https://imgur.com/a/9B8CcOc

 

[Magizm7]

 

[Elgatodeacero]

when does the 2022 GEC Remington come out?!

 

[Lander boy Matt]

 

[r8shell]

Greatly Prized

Indeed.

 

[Fodderwing]

 

[bigmac58]

Here you are. The little house at the bottom of the picture is where I was actually born. The house at the top of the depiction is my Papaw Fry's.

Bill Howard was inspired to create a boy's knife and somehow envisioned me as a youth as representative.I guess he liked the stories that I told at the Rendezvous , although my writing skills are not up to Bill's cutlery.

Really neat history on your childhood and the origins of this knife. Stiltner, WV is only a bit more than an couple hours from where I am in Parkersburg. Thank you for sharing. I was really, really hoping to sit this one out because of the beating my wallet has taken from the 88's but I might have to jump into this one, too.

 

[joeradza]

A present for my 75th from one of the finest gentleman I've met in this hobby of ours.

 

[cigarrodog]

Happy Birthday Alan. A beautiful, thoughtful knife.

 

[Markeologist]

As noted by others, TC is for Tidioute Cutlery and it drives me crazy when I see videos or for sale advertisements posting a Tom’s Choice when in fact the poster has a Genuine (spear) or Real (sheepfoot) Barlow…Tom’s choice was a clip after all.

 

[Markeologist]

…sorry, the anniversary model doesn’t read “Tom’s Choice” …. so here is Tom’s choice.

 

[Markeologist]

The "Lick Creek" SFOs are #14s. But historically, most of the TC Barlows have been the #15 pattern.

There are a fair amount of 14 TCs out there, I don’t own one, a bit too small for my taste, so I had to borrow and crop a photo. They are easy to ID as the “C” in in the font used on 14s swells way out in middle unlike what you see on a 15 TC.

 

[Hammer67]

There are a fair amount of 14 TCs out there...

Oh, for sure. I wasn't suggesting that #14 TCs are rare. Just that I believe comparatively, more TCs have been made on #15 frame over time. But I don't have those numbers, and I'd be curious to hear if someone does.