New additions! TC barlow and bone boker barlow

Bladenoobie1

Bladenoobie1

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Of recent I managed to snag these 2 gorgeous barlow. Boker switched to delrin on their bokers in the 60s dating my barlow to be at the least, 44+ years. Blades are full size and still had a messily sharpened original bevel. Cleaned it up and it can whittle hair with ease. The scales are gorgeous and the overall condition is really good given how old it is. My only gripe are the bear trap springs. My index finger nail was torn a bit :mad:

The TC barlow is my first of its kind and has really nice walk and talk, clean blades, and gorgeous bolsters. I cleaned up the spring/liners a bit to make them more "seamless" but there is a hair line gap between one of the liners so nothing much I can do there. I left the bolsters alone and the blade still has the factory edge. It's thin, but as dull as a butter knife. I just don't want to sharpen it in fear of scratching that really nice satin blade. That aside I'm really liking the knife and its growing on me. Anyhow enough talking. Time for pictures! (the coin from the Byzantine empire dated around 527-565 AD)
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- Julian
 
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you know, both the knives are gorgeous
but i think i am more interested in the coin! Byzantine empire is an area of interest for me (history major) so thats just cool as all get out for me :D
 
The coin isn't too special. You can probably find em on ebay or online for around $20-30. Nonetheless its my oldest coin in my collection and it's authentic from what I know and can tell.

Sorry for the shoddy pics guys. Not much light out right now so I had to make do with the low light setting.
 
jrtodd46 said:
Wow seems like it would have been special. Never would have thought that.
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It was purchased from a store awhile ago. It is a interesting piece anyhow. More expensive variants tend to be in a lot better condition or in low circulation volume. Gold and silver coins from those time tend to be of course a bit more pricey. Really though the cost is irrelevant. My father purchased it for me as a birthday gift when I was maybe 10 or 11. As you can imagine I was very estatic to receive a coin much different from the rest of my collection and it remains one of my more special and interesting pieces. A lot of time has surpassed since then but every few years or so, I remember that I have it and take it out to look at it.

I gotta ask you guys. The boker isn't and extremely valuable knife nor very collectable so what would your opinion be if I refinished the bolsters and put on a nice satin brushed finish. I'll probably take it a bit to the polished side, but maintain that clean brushed look. (of course I won't sand away the markings) Would doing that make some of you guys cringe? Should I leave it as is?
 
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not to go too off track here
but one has to wonder what the ancients made their coins out of?

it had a representative value (usually the weight of material it was made of) which was why a gold coin was more valuable than a copper. But even if that thing is made of copper or tin, it probably has a value based on that alone...

not the mention the value of its age and probably historic value. I'd be surprised if it wasnt worth more than you think (although i am hardly an expert on currency ancient or current) just a few thoughts...

oh and to keep it knife related
BARLOW! BARLOW!
 
The coin is made out of bronze. Now enough about the coin and more about the knives! As it stands I have 4 barlows already! 2 boker barlows, 1 ray smith coffin barlow, and this TC barlows. All in the span of a few months. I just can't seem to get enough.
 
Cleaning up the bolsters on that Boker wouldn't bother me. Most importantly it is your knife, use it as you will. If doing that makes you happy go for it. That just translates into more pocket time for it which is what a knife is meant to be - used.
 
Both beauties -I especially like those walnut "scovers" or are they "scoles"?:p
 
Well I chose to give my boker brushed bolsters since they were messily scratched up anyways. I also refinished the spring/liners of the charlow but left the bolsters alone. Couldn't get it perfectly seamless though as there are preexisting hairline gaps that I can't do anything about. I haven't sharpened the charlow yet as I fear scratching up that nice satin blade. I put a hair whittling edge on the boker, but left the small pen blade with the factory edge. Given that its so hard to pull out the small pen blade I don't imagine myself using it haha. Least till I can successfully lower the spring tension.
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So what do you guys think? Yay or nay?
 
I've recently gotten interested in Barlows again, It was my Dad's favorite pattern, so l hada bunch of them as a boy, and now, as an old coot have re discovered why my dad liked them so much.
At my age, l don't collect for collector's sake, but We all my knives. Barlows are legal every where. They're so darned cute.
 
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