Spring into Spring with a "Barlow a Day for Thirty Days"

Invoice said:
Day 8
Not a good day. I wanted to carry another one of my DB Barlows.
But...
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So instead a nice Case
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Regret that , call it a real tragedy but perhaps a craftsman here can replace the spring? Makes me really nervous to open some of my prized Queen knives as they seem paricularly prone to it.

Two other really fine beauties there, especially that Jack knife- quality bone on it.

In commiseration, Will
 
David, I think that is the longest long pull when taken as a percentage of the blade's length that I've ever seen. :eek:

And Neal, my sympathy to you, sir. That is too nice a knife to have that happen. 😩
 
Day 11

Keeping it simple today with a Boker Barlow SFO with copper bolsters and burlap micarta. I like this one more than I thought I would.

I bought it on sale, and didn't read the specs, so I was kinda expecting a larger knife. After I got over the initial surprise, I found it's probably one of my most fidget-friendly barlows.

An easy pull and a snappy action make it fun to manipulate. If GEC snappiness is a 5, and Case a 3 -- this one's a 7 or 8.

It's handy for small-knife situations, but not for quiet-knife situations. She clacks at each position, except closed, which is more of a "whack." Clack! Clack! Clack! WHACK! She's a talker, that's for sure! Maybe she identifies as an STG-44... 🤔 Clack! Whack!

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The Barlow project enters potentially stormy waters today off the coast of Controversy...It's an old pattern; has its provenance in England, became popular in America (and other former colonies ;) ) got literary credibility, was originally a cheap, durable proletarian knife, many sizes and scales, some Custom makers made them, then GEC and Mr Campagna injected new life & enthusiasm into the pattern with the TC series and others ; then came Moditional ..... It's divisive rather like a particular food, not surprising as it's based on taste, aesthetics and received notions of 'tradition' Quite rightly, most judge it on the aesthetic - it's polarising, you either like it or loathe it and for me both positions are OK. After all, there are plenty of Traditional patterns I don't care for nor use but they're fine knives with interesting history.

I'm an unabashed fan :D The Lionsteel and Viper Moditionals I have are much prized and used. The Italians have employed modern technology, excellent materials such as Titanium and M390 and designed in fresh aspects such as tubular backspring and liners, then opted for natural scale materials Woods, Stag, Mufflon (Ram's Horn) to great effect. The knives weigh less than their more conventional comrades but finish & construction are superb. It was a great pity that knifeswapper knifeswapper Mike was unable to get the Lamb Foot project off the ground with Viper as this might have been a superb innovation, perhaps it will be re-visited?

DAY XII
Note, both sides have a nail nick, great for Lefties, irrelevant for the Ambidextrous like me :)

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