Attention Q and A re: the BF Spring Street Barlow!! Read carefully!

[Busto]

I have.. uh... a lot more hair. And only one or two of them are white!

You're Lucky....I have a lot of Hair and look like "Doc Brown" from back to the Future

 

[Sharp_Canadian]

 

[Quiet]

im talking just a “blade” delete. Nothing too modified. At the most maybe a swap from maybe a saw to a blade from a classic. If we are doing say, 300 units, and the mod costs $50 buck a piece for time and parts, thats a nice hunk of cash. If we wanted 10 units, sure it would be harder for someone to agree to $50 per

I understand what you're saying, I'm just saying that every modder I've seen is going to charge significantly more. Especially if there's the possibility that additional parts would have to be sourced. If we agree on, let's say, a Cadet, and then people start asking for tools to be swapped out, that means the spare parts have to tracked down, the knife has to be disassembled, parts have to be fitted, the knife has to go back together correctly, and so on. My point is that it would be a $150-200+ knife when all was said and done. Not to mention, no SAK modder is going to want to sign up for 300+ orders, it would take them forever to get them all done.

Source: I follow several SAK modification folks, and have seen more than my share of $36 SAKs turned into a $250 knife. Not to mention, nearly all of them post up sales for a single knife weeks apart. Virtually every SAK modder I follow on IG for example basically always has their books listed as permanently closed. So, I'm not sure we'd even have knives in hand within a 12 month timeframe if someone DID roll up their sleeves and take on the project.

Listen, I LOVE the idea. I just do not think it's feasible. It would actually be a lot more feasible to have a small wood burner stamp created, and simply stamp a bunch of SAKs with wood covers (of which there are many models). Nice and easy, and someone could probably stamp an order of 300-400 in a few days. Any further tool swaps would be something arranged on a case by case basis with a modder of your choice at an additional cost to you. We have a few right here on BF who do tremendous work, incidentally!

 

[waynorth]

Q. What's Sawcut Hemlock look like???

A.
It's a lighter sawcut, but that lets the color through!! I like it!!

 

[Nature Boy]

Perfect

 

[Elgatodeacero]

I will always believe the pro-red faction suckered the green faction into believing hemlock was a shade of green.

The greens will exact revenge somewhere down the road.

Oh perfidious Albion.

 

[JohnDF]

Looks really good... that should make the red voters happy.

 

[Nature Boy]

It’s the browns who were “duped…”
Kidding! Kidding!

The best color won!

It’s just as I pictured it, and the light sawcut is going to break in great!

 

[traumkommode]

Q. What's Sawcut Hemlock look like???

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It's a lighter sawcut, but that lets the color through!! I like it!!

Big-time ooh-la-la, that turned out terrific.

 

[tejasandre]

Q. What's Sawcut Hemlock look like???

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It's a lighter sawcut, but that lets the color through!! I like it!!

Love it!

 

[Viper84]

Q. What's Sawcut Hemlock look like???

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It's a lighter sawcut, but that lets the color through!! I like it!!

Looks great! I'm curious to see how much variation there will be. Could we see some that have more of a brown shade?

 

[Snoopy1]

That looks awesome Charlie! Thank You Sir!

 

[joeradza]

Ooh-la-la!

 

[Pàdruig]

Q. What's Sawcut Hemlock look like???

A.View attachment 1646723View attachment 1646724View attachment 1646725View attachment 1646726View attachment 1646727View attachment 1646728
It's a lighter sawcut, but that lets the color through!! I like it!!

Wow! That turned out just like I hoped it would, despite being a lighter sawcut.

 

[gunstockjack]

Beautiful. A sure classic.

 

[Ramrodmb]

If it had to be Red, that's a pretty nice Red!

 

[Hyesouljah]

Let's get back on topic here. What type of tasks (if you decide to use this knife) will it be carried for?

How will you patina it, Forced or earned?

Since I have more than enough users now, I’ll start off by carrying mine in a slip for some time and taking nice photos of it for the porch and my Instagram page haha.

It’ll probably remain pristine for a long while but it’s more than likely going to end up being used, I think users look even nicer than brand new knives. But all will be revealed when I get it in hand.

Of course any patina will be earned. Haven’t forced one yet.

 

[JoeGoblyn]

Not gonna lie. I’m pretty bummed I seem to have missed the payment window. Keeping my fingers crossed I can figure a way to get a knife this year.

Joe

 

[Hyesouljah]

Q. What's Sawcut Hemlock look like???

A.View attachment 1646723View attachment 1646724View attachment 1646725View attachment 1646726View attachment 1646727View attachment 1646728
It's a lighter sawcut, but that lets the color through!! I like it!!

Woww. Came out much nicer than I thought it’s going to! Super excited now

 

[Alpha556]

Wow... looks amazing