Northwoods Madison Barlow

Derrick and GEC have teamed up to produce some stunning Northwoods knives. This latest batch of Madison Barlows may be their best yet.

This came in the mail yesterday.
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I got my elephant ivory Friday. What a knife,just beautiful.I cant lay it down.My wife really liked it.
 
jc1146 said:
I got my elephant ivory Friday. What a knife,just beautiful.I cant lay it down.My wife really liked it.
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Welcome to BladeForums! We love to see pictures... lay it down just long enough to take some shots and post them here :)
 
Try flushing out the joints and lubricating. If that doesn't work, let me know and we'll see what can be done.
 
My camel bone (the non-clip point model) also snaps shut like a bear trap. My first, albeit extremely amateur, attempt at flushing out the joints, helped a bit. After I get some more compressed air, I'll give it another shot.

I got two clip points, one for myself and one for a friend. One feels about perfect on the spring, the second is super soft. Haven't had a chance to give them a cleaning yet. Regardless, even before doing any of that, they are absolutely gorgeous knives.
 
Agent_Ohm said:
how is the spring tension on everyone's knife? mine is super soft, like a case :/
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I picked up 4 - 2 in elephant & 2 in mammoth. 1 of each has a firm but not difficult spring, just perfect walk & talk in my book. The other mammoth is a little soft like you describe. The 1 elephant, however, won't even keep itself closed. You can lift the tip about 3/8'' out of the handle and it just stays there (even after a thorough cleaning with remoil & compressed air).I wouldn't think anything can be done about it without ruining the covers though; correct me if I'm wrong? I'm torn because the ivory is just absolutely perfect, but the rest is a little disappointing.
 
These all look great. If I had cash, it would be a tough choice between the ebony and ivory, and mammoth.


One thing I can't abide, is a soft/weak pull. If I am being honest, I like a pull that borders on too hard. They always loosen up and become perfect with a lot of use.

I have a Queen/Pardue canoe that has a nice strong pull on the little coping blade, medium pull on the middle spear (softer than I like, but still doable,) and a super soft almost no snap open spear. I still carry it, but I should have just sent it back.
 
The pull on my ivory clip was weak, so I took it over to the sink and washed it with liquid soap and hot warer. After I cleaned it real well and dried it off, I oiled it, and just left it for an hour or so.

Now it snaps like a gator. Just had some gunk and shavings in her from the factory. I learned long ago that you've got to clean these GEC knives.
 
Relee1 said:
The pull on my ivory clip was weak, so I took it over to the sink and washed it with liquid soap and hot warer. After I cleaned it real well and dried it off, I oiled it, and just left it for an hour or so.

Now it snaps like a gator. Just had some gunk and shavings in her from the factory. I learned long ago that you've got to clean these GEC knives.
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I will have to try this, thank you
 
The pull on my ivory is pretty strong,but not a nail braker.As others have said it snaps like a trap.This is the most I ever spent on a knife.I thought about it a while before I ordered.After getting it man I sure am glad I did.Fast service,great knife.I wish I could take pictures to share with everyone ,but I have no way to do it.
 
Almost 200 knives sold in ivory and mammoth and hardly any pics?! Lurkers I'm calling you out! Post up!
 
A <3 inch blade would make it legal carry over here.I did think of modding one , but con&#8217;t have the nerve.
 
Agent_Ohm said:
how is the spring tension on everyone's knife? mine is super soft, like a case :/
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Spring tension is stronger than a White Owl. About the same as a #15/TC Barlow, maybe a little stronger. Smooth open/close action and very good snap.... AFTER cleaning.

As others have noted, it helps a lot. The first thing I do when I get a GEC is flush out the pivots. First, I use soap and hot water (lukewarm for a knife with ivory handles, just in case), then blow it out with compressed air, then rinse and blow it out again. Then I use WD-40 with the red straw thingamajig and flush again, followed by more compressed air. It can get messy so I do it over a stainless steel sink. WD-40 has solvents that quickly evaporate leaving behind mineral oil. However, because of the solvents, I'm careful when flushing a knife with ivory handles. This method has worked well for me.
 
By popular demand, some quickies from my desk on top of a green folder :) These pictures don't do this knife justice though, I can tell you that much.














It's riding in a DM Bullard Forward Slant Trapper Left Side Sheath, crappy picture below. And no, the BRKT City Knife doesn't normally poke out of my right back pocket like that, only when I'm doing my amateur contortionist moves to take sheath-on-belt pictures :)
 
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