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Nice lady leg. Small, medium, or large? I understand the heel works better as a bottle opener on the medium and large.
It's a medium. And the crownlifter does its job without issue.
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Nice lady leg. Small, medium, or large? I understand the heel works better as a bottle opener on the medium and large.
The Canoe feels like a genuinely good knife. The bone isn't perfectly matched, and again, the pulls are rather on the weak (but entirely adequate) side. Nice pleasing snap. Both backsprings are flush at closed but recessed a touch when the blades are open. Blades came nice and sharp. I can see myself carrying this, it feels like an honest-to-goodness knife. The aesthetics are nice and the lined bolsters, pulls, and lack of real gaps in the springs and liners are all impressive. No half stops.
Is that true about the Barlow pattern?The RR Barlow is generally very well made by anybody's reckoning, I especially like the sawn brown bone versions, a really different type of scale. Yes the bolster is rather oversized (perhaps they save costs by having the same one for the G.dad Barlow as well??) and three pins would be nicer than 2..but it remains an excellent and very workable knife, with many choices. A Spear version could be welcome. I don't really care for shields on Barlows at all, rather a mess actually, but you can get them without too. The stamped bolster is EXCELLENT though, nice design and a quality nod to Barlow origins, you even get i on the Mini version, which as I've said before, beats any Peanut out there.
Nevertheless, despite some shortcomings (which knife doesn't have them??) it provides a very affordable example of what was once the toughest and most proletarian of knife patterns-the Barlow. It may have some more illustrious or prized rivals for sure, but then, you can find them on the Bay costing up to 250 Dollars, such things are very unlikely to be used as an everyday work-knife. RR can and are but remain a decent item worth getting.
On the Yellow D they offer, yes the colour can be unmatched-although it is often a very nice pale shade - but it has its own drawbacks which are more serious. Many of mine have rapidly developed a centre-pin crack on one side, the material is quite thin but evidently brittle which may explain the prevalence of liner gaps on Old Yellow knives. Pity as it looks good with that shield and the Whittler (got the crack both of them) and the Eureka Stockman (no crack) are very nice patterns to use and carry.
Thanks, Will
Is that true about the Barlow pattern?
That it was meant to be the most proletarian and toughest knife out there! It's interesting to think of it in that way as they are often collected these days.
cchu518 said:That it was meant to be the most proletarian and toughest knife out there! It's interesting to think of it in that way as they are often collected these days.
Yes, I believe that the Barlow was often a cheap, affordable and sturdy pattern for the workers. Its large steel bolster gave extra strength and saved on having to apply costly scales. Most were cheap durable sawn bone, wood or later, delrin clad knives that could withstand dirty work or being dropped.
This may help to an extent.
http://www.alloutdoor.com/2014/01/21/old-school-edc-history-barlow/
Thanks, Will