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Spring into Spring with a "Barlow a Day for Thirty Days"
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Primble
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I'm with you mate !
Was thinking this is borderline.....but did anybody set in stone that Barlows must have one particular type of blade?? Probably they started off with some Quill knife type thing or a Spear. I recall when the fabulous 2009 Forum Knife was unveiled ( I missed out due to Admin incompetence ) some stick in thefogeys threw a Bitterness Party about "It's not Traditional, never been seen before! My grandaddy never saw one, inappropriate zzzzzz" They were unnerved by a Wharncliffe being mated to a Clip on a Barlow
I bet the late Tony Bose had a good laugh when people scoffed at his temerity in putting a Wharncliffe on a Trapper instead of the traditional Spey (much better
knife!)
DAY XIII
English maker Michael May's interpretation using a Barlow frame and Pruner blade. I asked him to make it with stainless bolster rather than the usual brass-I'm not a big fan, scales are Bog-Oak . A well finished working knife that I like, hope it counts!
Extra long bolster ...... bare-head jack ..... equals Barlow in my book. Very handsome and unusual traditional Barlow too !
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Influenced by bandits of my past.
When I first saw this Schrade USA Scrimshaw series Barlow, I immediately was drawn to the artwork on the handle. As a boy, a good friend and I found a dead ( shot ) raccoon on the bank of a farm pond, which we would often frequent to fish for Bluegills. After we fished for a while, we kept hearing a commotion up in a large tree and discovered that there were three raccoon babies up in the tree. Wally, being an avid young tree climber, scurried up the tree and one by one, fetched the three babies out of a hollowed out hole in the tree. He kept one to raise, I kept another, and a friend down the road begged us out of the third one.
I made a pet out of mine and ended up having him for six years. He made a very good pet ...... nearly as tame as a domestic cat. He departed from this world on a very hot summer day, when I was distracted by some teenage girls that had come over to swim in the lake.
Fast forward to 2002 ...... a baby raccoon was discovered in the walls of a company where my sister worked. Her boss was ranting about all the damage that the critter was going to cause and my sister rang me up on the phone, practically begging me to come rescue it, before her boss dispatched it. I reluctantly agreed and toting some very heavy gloves and my barn coat, grabbed it out of a hole in the wall. The fight was on and he got his name immediately. My mother had arrived and after all the commotion, exclaimed " he sure is a ferocious little thing " !
I had no intention of making a pet of "Ferocious" ...... I realized he was too young to release, so I kept him caged and fed for nearly a year. In August of 2003, I decided to release him and placed the cage in my pickup truck and took him to the game club ( which forbids hunting by the way ) and released him near a wooded area with a creek close by. There's a lot more to the story, but, I won't bore you with the details.
I took some pictures of Ferocious ( the bandit ) after I released him. You can see that two of those pictures look very similar to the artwork on the Schrade, which is why I eventually purchased it.
The Schrade Scrimshaw is a very stout and snappy Barlow. I love the quality of the clip blade, as well.
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When I first saw this Schrade USA Scrimshaw series Barlow, I immediately was drawn to the artwork on the handle. As a boy, a good friend and I found a dead ( shot ) raccoon on the bank of a farm pond, which we would often frequent to fish for Bluegills. After we fished for a while, we kept hearing a commotion up in a large tree and discovered that there were three raccoon babies up in the tree. Wally, being an avid young tree climber, scurried up the tree and one by one, fetched the three babies out of a hollowed out hole in the tree. He kept one to raise, I kept another, and a friend down the road begged us out of the third one.
I made a pet out of mine and ended up having him for six years. He made a very good pet ...... nearly as tame as a domestic cat. He departed from this world on a very hot summer day, when I was distracted by some teenage girls that had come over to swim in the lake.
Fast forward to 2002 ...... a baby raccoon was discovered in the walls of a company where my sister worked. Her boss was ranting about all the damage that the critter was going to cause and my sister rang me up on the phone, practically begging me to come rescue it, before her boss dispatched it. I reluctantly agreed and toting some very heavy gloves and my barn coat, grabbed it out of a hole in the wall. The fight was on and he got his name immediately. My mother had arrived and after all the commotion, exclaimed " he sure is a ferocious little thing " !
I had no intention of making a pet of "Ferocious" ...... I realized he was too young to release, so I kept him caged and fed for nearly a year. In August of 2003, I decided to release him and placed the cage in my pickup truck and took him to the game club ( which forbids hunting by the way ) and released him near a wooded area with a creek close by. There's a lot more to the story, but, I won't bore you with the details.
I took some pictures of Ferocious ( the bandit ) after I released him. You can see that two of those pictures look very similar to the artwork on the Schrade, which is why I eventually purchased it.
The Schrade Scrimshaw is a very stout and snappy Barlow. I love the quality of the clip blade, as well.
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Ironbut
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We call them trash pandas.Influenced by bandits of my past.
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When I first saw this Schrade USA Scrimshaw series Barlow, I immediately was drawn to the artwork on the handle. As a boy, a good friend and I found a dead ( shot ) raccoon on the bank of a farm pond, which we would often frequent to fish for Bluegills. After we fished for a while, we kept hearing a commotion up in a large tree and discovered that there were three raccoon babies up in the tree. Wally, being an avid young tree climber, scurried up the tree and one by one, fetched the three babies out of a hollowed out hole in the tree. He kept one to raise, I kept another, and a friend down the road begged us out of the third one.
I made a pet out of mine and ended up having him for six years. He made a very good pet ...... nearly as tame as a domestic cat. He departed from this world on a very hot summer day, when I was distracted by some teenage girls that had come over to swim in the lake.
Fast forward to 2002 ...... a baby raccoon was discovered in the walls of a company where my sister worked. Her boss was ranting about all the damage that the critter was going to cause and my sister rang me up on the phone, practically begging me to come rescue it, before her boss dispatched it. I reluctantly agreed and toting some very heavy gloves and my barn coat, grabbed it out of a hole in the wall. The fight was on and he got his name immediately. My mother had arrived and after all the commotion, exclaimed " he sure is a ferocious little thing " !
I had no intention of making a pet of "Ferocious" ...... I realized he was too young to release, so I kept him caged and fed for nearly a year. In August of 2003, I decided to release him and placed the cage in my pickup truck and took him to the game club ( which forbids hunting by the way ) and released him near a wooded area with a creek close by. There's a lot more to the story, but, I won't bore you with the details.
I took some pictures of Ferocious ( the bandit ) after I released him. You can see that two of those pictures look very similar to the artwork on the Schrade, which is why I eventually purchased it.
The Schrade Scrimshaw is a very stout and snappy Barlow. I love the quality of the clip blade, as well.
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They do make clean pets. (so do skunks by the way.) We had a pet raccoon and ("full strength") skunk when I was in Junior High and High School. ('68 to '74)Influenced by bandits of my past.
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When I first saw this Schrade USA Scrimshaw series Barlow, I immediately was drawn to the artwork on the handle. As a boy, a good friend and I found a dead ( shot ) raccoon on the bank of a farm pond, which we would often frequent to fish for Bluegills. After we fished for a while, we kept hearing a commotion up in a large tree and discovered that there were three raccoon babies up in the tree. Wally, being an avid young tree climber, scurried up the tree and one by one, fetched the three babies out of a hollowed out hole in the tree. He kept one to raise, I kept another, and a friend down the road begged us out of the third one.
I made a pet out of mine and ended up having him for six years. He made a very good pet ...... nearly as tame as a domestic cat. He departed from this world on a very hot summer day, when I was distracted by some teenage girls that had come over to swim in the lake.
Fast forward to 2002 ...... a baby raccoon was discovered in the walls of a company where my sister worked. Her boss was ranting about all the damage that the critter was going to cause and my sister rang me up on the phone, practically begging me to come rescue it, before her boss dispatched it. I reluctantly agreed and toting some very heavy gloves and my barn coat, grabbed it out of a hole in the wall. The fight was on and he got his name immediately. My mother had arrived and after all the commotion, exclaimed " he sure is a ferocious little thing " !
I had no intention of making a pet of "Ferocious" ...... I realized he was too young to release, so I kept him caged and fed for nearly a year. In August of 2003, I decided to release him and placed the cage in my pickup truck and took him to the game club ( which forbids hunting by the way ) and released him near a wooded area with a creek close by. There's a lot more to the story, but, I won't bore you with the details.
I took some pictures of Ferocious ( the bandit ) after I released him. You can see that two of those pictures look very similar to the artwork on the Schrade, which is why I eventually purchased it.
The Schrade Scrimshaw is a very stout and snappy Barlow. I love the quality of the clip blade, as well.
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They got along with the (6 toes & claws each foot in front) Calico cat, Golden Lab, Irish Springer Spanial, and mix of who knew what dog/hound/mutt we had then.
(if anyone did know what its mix was, they don't no (and probably don't care) know more, since they went to their next life 20 to 55 years ago.)
Skunk never made anyone or anything stink that I know of. She could have, since she was "full strength".
No idea what happened to her. She went out to do her duty one morning and never came home.
Least thats what we was told. 
a lie? "mmmm ... could be ..." as Bugs Bunny said.Mum lived in the boonies, so "squished by a car/van/truck/motorcycle" is unlikely.
Might have been grabbed by a hawk or owl? She found a hubby? I dunno.
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Very cool slip to match that awesome knife!
Cool!! I used to skateboard, but never got very good at tricks. I moved on to snowboarding and still do it to this day! Granted, my age is starting to catch up with meDay 12, Boker barlow. It cleared up enough between storms to get in a little skating.
Knees aren't what they used to be!What a cool story, amazing pictures, and nice knife to go along with it!!Influenced by bandits of my past.
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When I first saw this Schrade USA Scrimshaw series Barlow, I immediately was drawn to the artwork on the handle. As a boy, a good friend and I found a dead ( shot ) raccoon on the bank of a farm pond, which we would often frequent to fish for Bluegills. After we fished for a while, we kept hearing a commotion up in a large tree and discovered that there were three raccoon babies up in the tree. Wally, being an avid young tree climber, scurried up the tree and one by one, fetched the three babies out of a hollowed out hole in the tree. He kept one to raise, I kept another, and a friend down the road begged us out of the third one.
I made a pet out of mine and ended up having him for six years. He made a very good pet ...... nearly as tame as a domestic cat. He departed from this world on a very hot summer day, when I was distracted by some teenage girls that had come over to swim in the lake.
Fast forward to 2002 ...... a baby raccoon was discovered in the walls of a company where my sister worked. Her boss was ranting about all the damage that the critter was going to cause and my sister rang me up on the phone, practically begging me to come rescue it, before her boss dispatched it. I reluctantly agreed and toting some very heavy gloves and my barn coat, grabbed it out of a hole in the wall. The fight was on and he got his name immediately. My mother had arrived and after all the commotion, exclaimed " he sure is a ferocious little thing " !
I had no intention of making a pet of "Ferocious" ...... I realized he was too young to release, so I kept him caged and fed for nearly a year. In August of 2003, I decided to release him and placed the cage in my pickup truck and took him to the game club ( which forbids hunting by the way ) and released him near a wooded area with a creek close by. There's a lot more to the story, but, I won't bore you with the details.
I took some pictures of Ferocious ( the bandit ) after I released him. You can see that two of those pictures look very similar to the artwork on the Schrade, which is why I eventually purchased it.
The Schrade Scrimshaw is a very stout and snappy Barlow. I love the quality of the clip blade, as well.
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Day 13:
We have these beautiful tall bushes that have bright yellow leaves in the spring before turning green in the summer. I have no idea what they are called. But behind the house, they line the yard and separate it from our woods.
When I bought the house, there was a row of seemingly dead branches stuck in the ground on the side of the property between us and the neighboring property. I almost mowed them over many times, but decided to let them go; see what happens. The original owner later told me that they were those yellow bushes and that you can propagate them by cutting the tips off in the spring when they start to bud. Just stick the cutting in the ground.
Well, 2-3 years later those little sticks I swore were dead came to life! Now, I'm trying to propagate them so the row isn't so spotty as they don't all make it. Used my barlow today to help with that task!!
We have these beautiful tall bushes that have bright yellow leaves in the spring before turning green in the summer. I have no idea what they are called. But behind the house, they line the yard and separate it from our woods.
When I bought the house, there was a row of seemingly dead branches stuck in the ground on the side of the property between us and the neighboring property. I almost mowed them over many times, but decided to let them go; see what happens. The original owner later told me that they were those yellow bushes and that you can propagate them by cutting the tips off in the spring when they start to bud. Just stick the cutting in the ground.
Well, 2-3 years later those little sticks I swore were dead came to life! Now, I'm trying to propagate them so the row isn't so spotty as they don't all make it. Used my barlow today to help with that task!!
Glad you found it!!
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Thanks!Glad you found it!!
I guess technically, since it was in my tool bag, I've had a Barlow on me every day and am currently on day 13!
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We have these beautiful tall bushes that have bright yellow leaves in the spring before turning green in the summer. I have no idea what they are called.
You might be describing a Forsythia bush.
They make beautiful hedge rows.
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Primble
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I have to admit their masks are appropriate !
They, like many wild critters, live a harder and shorter life than we do.
Food to them is serious business.
Nice Duck Scrimshaw Jose !
If my memory serves me correct, you might have a rabbit hunting scene from that same series ...... somebody here does.
They do make clean pets. (so do skunks by the way.) We had a pet raccoon and ("full strength") skunk when I was in Junior High and High School. ('68 to '74)
The got along with the (6 toes & claws in front) Calico cat, Golden Lab, Irish Springer Spanial, and mix of who knew what dog/hound/mutt we had then.
(if anyone did know what its mix was, they don't no (and probably don't care) know more, since they went to their next life 20 to 55 years ago.)
Skunk never made anyone or anything stink that I know of. She could have, since she was "full strength".
No idea what happened to her. She went out to do her duty one morning and never came home.
Mum lived in the boonies, so "squished by a car/van/truck/motorcycle" is unlikely.
Might have been grabbed by a hawk or owl? She found a hubby? I dunno.
The one I raised as a pet was really tame and got along with our dogs, took naps with me (ended up asleep on my back) and walked on a leash.
The kitchen, however, was forbidden territory.
Very much appreciated !