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

for 24 to 30 inclusive: Putting the post 1988 Imperial (Ierelad) Jackmaster hollow bolster Barlow away in favor of the 1956 to 1988 Imperial (Prov. R.I.) hollow bolster Jackmaster Barlow.
Paring it with the hollow bolster Imperial (Prov. R.I.) Bicentenial stockman.

(The Daddy barlow modional is still part of carry.)
 
Day 24
Sepia sawcut GEC 15 with all steel construction.

Great idea for allowing people to catch up Mr. P. I might just carry a couple barlows a day at the end to get all of mine in! 😁

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Day 22: Happy Thursday!

Well, it’ll be happy once I find some real food. This tuna snack isn’t going to get me very far down the road. I’ve been starving since the time change, which doesn’t make sense since this was Spring Forward, so I shouldn’t feel hungry earlier. Weird. The only thing left in the office that I haven’t eaten yet is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich - and it’s only 1038. I need to find something substantial to sink my Barlow, and my teeth, into.
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Primble said:
I think Covid will be remembered, in part to, when the world went mad, with way too many people jacking up prices to stay ahead of the inflation curve. 🤬
Don't they know that the merry-go-round just keeps on turning when they do that ? 🤔🤔🤬
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I feel you. I haven't been to the shooting range since just before COVID. The prices for ammunition are insane and I simply won't pay them. Just like with overpriced knives, if the seller thinks they're that valuable, they can keep them! I'm interested to know how they taste when the food runs out! 🤔

Even for reloaders, such as myself, the cost of cartridge components is just ridiculous. There's no other word for it. I flat refuse to pay what they're asking nowadays for primers and powder. Fortunately, I'd started squirelling away primers, powder, and .22lr in 2013, after the madness following the unpleasantness in Sandy Hook died down. I don't know how regular folks manage the cost, or how the shooting ranges plan to stay open with what I imagine are significantly reduced numbers of clientele. Maybe that's the plan? 🤔

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Day 24

I woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. The time change still has me screwed up. I'm grumpy, cranky, and don't know if I'm coming or going half the time. And, I feel kinda crappy. Maybe I'm fighting something, or maybe I just went to bed, and got up, way too late. Who knows? I have been sneezing quite a bit. Alas.

I suppose it's... checks notes... thrifty Thursday. I guess this is one of the thriftiest Barlows I've got, the (Barely Bellied) Beaver Creek Barlow by Rosecraft Blades.

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Today's photo, well, it's uninspired at best. Plexiglas and popcorn? The heck was I thinking? Well, as I pointed out, I'm moving slower than usual today and just don't have it in me to compose another shot.

Not shown, I've also got the Remington Granddaddy Barlow in my pocket. For me, it's the pocket knife equivalent of comfort food, and today, it's role may very well be structural - without it, I might just decide to go back to bed. I might anyway. 🤷
 
Primble said:
Yesterday was a sort of a sad day for me, as I found a nice day to go out to the Marina and bring my fishing boat home. :(
Due to the constant price increases for dock fees, increasing three hundred dollars since the start of Covid, I said, enough is enough and gave up my slip and locker. 🤬:(
I think Covid will be remembered, in part to, when the world went mad, with way too many people jacking up prices to stay ahead of the inflation curve. 🤬
Don't they know that the merry-go-round just keeps on turning when they do that ? 🤔🤔🤬

I used my Robeson Barlow to cut the artificial baits from about ten fishing rod and reels, cut some rope with it, and also cut up some cardboard with it. It had no trouble getting the job done. :thumbsup:😊
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I'm very sorry to hear this. That is a travesty. The lake we have just down the road is too small for a marina. So, I just car top my canoe when I want to head out. But, if they ever stopped access to that lake I would be devastated. My dad has a sailboat in a slip at a marina and I imagine he would be just as sad as you if he had to "bring it home".

I hope that even if you had to retire your slip, you're still able to get out from time to time. I feel like I was raised on the water. And even though our local lake is nothing like back home, getting out on on the water always raises my spirits. Best of wishes to you Primble Primble and I hope the rest of your day gets better.
 
birdsbeaks said:
I feel you. I haven't been to the shooting range since just before COVID. The prices for ammunition are insane and I simply won't pay them. Just like with overpriced knives, if the seller thinks they're that valuable, they can keep them! I'm interested to know how they taste when the food runs out! 🤔

Even for reloaders, such as myself, the cost of cartridge components is just ridiculous. There's no other word for it. I flat refuse to pay what they're asking nowadays for primers and powder. Fortunately, I'd started squirelling away primers, powder, and .22lr in 2013, after the madness following the unpleasantness in Sandy Hook died down. I don't know how regular folks manage the cost, or how the shooting ranges plan to stay open with what I imagine are significantly reduced numbers of clientele. Maybe that's the plan? 🤔

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Day 24

I woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. The time change still has me screwed up. I'm grumpy, cranky, and don't know if I'm coming or going half the time. And, I feel kinda crappy. Maybe I'm fighting something, or maybe I just went to bed, and got up, way too late. Who knows? I have been sneezing quite a bit. Alas.

I suppose it's... checks notes... thrifty Thursday. I guess this is one of the thriftiest Barlows I've got, the (Barely Bellied) Beaver Creek Barlow by Rosecraft Blades.

8KfmZSI.jpeg


Today's photo, well, it's uninspired at best. Plexiglas and popcorn? The heck was I thinking? Well, as I pointed out, I'm moving slower than usual today and just don't have it in me to compose another shot.

Not shown, I've also got the Remington Granddaddy Barlow in my pocket. For me, it's the pocket knife equivalent of comfort food, and today, it's role may very well be structural - without it, I might just decide to go back to bed. I might anyway. 🤷
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I think you've put forth a lot of effort and I for one appreciate it, as well as get a good laugh everyday form your posts. Thanks buddy!

Stop being crabby! 🤣🤣
 
redsparrow said:
Day 16

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I meant to comment on this one. Nice to see steel pennies? with your steel HSB barlow! 👍👍👍Both 1943?


Primble said:
I had one of those and gifted it to Mark, if I recall correctly. I still remember it as one of the finest "lookers" of my Charlow herd. Beautiful ! :thumbsup: 😍 😍 😍
You might win a prize for that one ... if my prizes were going to be handed out for most handsome Barlow ....... but ..... that won't be the way. ;)🤣
Starting today, I will make an announcement that you can carry and post two Barlows for the remaining days ...... to catch up with the rest of us. I'll detail that later.
Some or all of the prizes may be revealed today or tomorrow, so stay tuned and keep them Barlows coming ...... if any of you are interested in accumulating more knives.



Fate .... that's a complicated thing. So you're throwing out carrots to get your orange "Tested Sharp" :rolleyes:🤣🤣:p pre-qualified. You know that you can carry some of your better Barlows more than once ...... right?!!!! 🤔:rolleyes:🤣🤣 I reckon I will count it though ...... but ..... you have better options ! Always Ready ! :rolleyes:🤣🤣🥕🥕🥕
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Thanks Rob! You are too kind,,,,,,,,,,,, and generous! Did you gift it to Mark of Marksharp Barlow fame? I feel bad dropping off the map back in those days but had to take care of sick parents, working crazy long hours, etc.
Catching up on this thread by carrying 2 barlows would be great. :D:D:D
 
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