Queen Barlow #22

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kodiak

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Hi. I picked up this knife today at a local shop. I picked it up and instantly felt the charicter spill into my hand! I have searched for the Queen tang date chart but cant find it. The springs are hidden! that is so cool. It's very light, it feels almost hollow. I think the blade steel is 440A. 440C would be nice, but the A aint bad. The snap is perfect. I would love to hear opinions on this knife. Does anyone have one. I am curiously drawn to this tool.

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I'm not a huge Barlow fan but I dig the little "dogleg" this one seems to have in it. Unless that's just an effect of the camera?

Nathan
 
I like it. Looks like a solid little worker bee knife. Great find!
Can we see a picture of the blades?
 
Thanks for the info and coments. It does definetly have a dog leg like kink in it. That is what first drew me to it. It hasn't even been used. It had no edge on it at all. I'm fixing that! I'll throw some more pics. Up later

What about the hidden springs? Are all Queen Barrlows like that? I've never seen any thing like it.
 
Queen made Barlows both ways, regular and hidden springs. The "bump" is almost like a "copperhead", its purpose being to provide sunk tangs to protect your pocket.
The aluminum "liner-frame" makes for a very light knife.
I have the same knife with brown bone handles.
 
Thank you for the info waynorth! Do you think my scales are bone? I just love the shape of this knife. It feels real good holding it with the main blade open for a comfortable working grip. The aluminum frame is just so "cool". (for lack of a better word)

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I need to quit just drooling over them and pick up a barlow of my own. Nice example you've got there!
 
Great Looking knife! Congrats on the find.
 
Thanks! I have had less than desirable experiences with Queen knives. I am happily schooled with this knife.
 
Kodiak, from the pictures, the handles look like horn or composite, but they could be deeply dyed bone. Do they have a fibrous makeup, or are they dead glossy?
There are a couple of tests for various materials.
 
O.K, here's the test for plastic that I use.
I get a razor sharp knife, and I lay the knife to be tested on the table, shield or front side up.
I grab/pinch the butt of the test knife between my thumb and forefinger. I rest the sharp knife on the handle material like I am preparing to cut the test knife in half!!:eek:
Don't be scared - you won't hurt anything!!:D
Without pressing down, just using the weight of the sharp knife, holding gently, scrape to the right (toward the bolster) like you are trying to remove a little paint.
If the blade "skates" or slips, it's bone (or antler)!! If it drags or catches, it's plastic. Sometimes the blade will "bite" cow or buffalo horn, depending on density, but magnified, horn looks like compressed hair - fibrous.
Never tried it on tortoise.
 
Wow thats really nice. I'm pretty new to the traditional scene and I have not seen a slipjoint with hidden springs like that, very cool.
 
I highly doubt that Queen would have ever used a steel as soft as 440A. But with that said I am no expert on this so who knows. I do not mean to burst your bubble but 440A is a very low quality steel. Not the worst but certainly way down on the list of quality stainless steels.

With that said, and no offense meant please, I really like the design of that knife. I do not think I have ever seen a knife with the springs hidden like that. That seems to be a very rare find to me. But I am no expert. I will have to go to the chart that someone put a link to up there.

Enjoy you new knife. Looks very cool. My Dad and his father were into barlows. I would like a barlow just to hold and get a warm fuzy feeling ( Grin ),,, I'll buy it from you!!!
 
nativecajun57 said:
I highly doubt that Queen would have ever used a steel as soft as 440A. But with that said I am no expert on this so who knows.
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Actually, I believe (iirc) that (at one time) QueenSteel was in fact 440A. The more knowledgeable will chime in here I'm sure.


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I just read a post by Knifeaholic (Steve Pfeiffer) in which he states that in the 1980's Queen began using 440A as their stainless steel.
 
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nativecajun57 said:
My Dad and his father were into barlows. I would like a barlow just to hold and get a warm fuzy feeling ( Grin ),,, I'll buy it from you!!!
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Folks, please leave all discussion of trades or exchanges to the proper area of these forums. (Even if intended in jest it can send the wrong signal to members who may not know better.) Thanks.
 
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