Traditional of the Month: Barlow

I've been carrying one of these three. The BF needs more work on the edges. That D2 is hard to work on sometimes.
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Now finally can play too. Got my Boker Bonsai Barlow just in. First impression: F&F is almost perfect, there are no gaps, the only flaw is on the shield side where the bone meets the bolsters. W&T is alright, but definately needs a cleaning. Came working sharp. I like it so far.

I got another China Barlow on the way, and I will compare more in depth once it gets here.

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So far this month I've been showing my Bower Solingen Barlow a little love. The pull on the main has let up some, but is still so hard that I worry about folding a nail if I don't angle the thumb just right. Then yesterday these two little fella's showed up on my doorstep:D One with a Cami tang etch, and one without etch...non etched Cami right front pocket :) I love Barlows :):):)


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sitflyer said:
So far this month I've been showing my Bower Solingen Barlow a little love.
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I was going to call, "typo," until I saw the bolster etching. "Bower" it is! I hadn't heard of that one before.

The pull on the main has let up some, but is still so hard that I worry about folding a nail if I don't angle the thumb just right.
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Oof, not a feeling I enjoy.

Those Camilluses (Camilli?) are nice!

dannyp said:
Congrats on the new knife. I agree about the tree logo. Did yours come with the paperwork that tells about the origin of the logo? If not, it can also be found on Boker's website along with the history of the company.
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Thanks, Danny. I hadn't gotten to the box papers yet. There's a brief synopsis included, but nothing nearly as thorough as the information in your link. I enjoyed (re)reading it.

Soon after I become re-interested in pocket knives, a friend showed me her father's knife and asked what I could find out about it. Thus commenced my education regarding Boker its tree logo/heritage. We eventually dated her knife as between the Wars (meaning, it was almost certainly her grandfather's knife before it was her father's, unless he bought it used along the way). Smitten by The Tree, I soon added a small Boker Congress to my nascent selection of knives. I bought it "new" (first owner, etc.), but it had been in the store I bought it from for at least 20 years, and its tang stamp dates it (or at least its main blade, pre-assembly) at 1974 at the oldest.

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But wait, this is a barlow thread!

I love how this newer Boker displays the old tree logo on each side of the bolsters, while sporting the newer, age-appropriate tree logo on its tang stamp:

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~ P.
 
Did not see one of these through the thread thought I would share a 1979 Ka Bar Lo
Nice knives everyone
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Seeing all the different examples in the thread leads me to ask this question - what's your preference for blade setup on a barlow? I strongly prefer having the pen blade in front of the main blade.
 
I generally prefer both on the same side. There are a few exceptions, though. One that comes to mind is the '09 Forum Knife.

I've gotten off to a bit of a late start, but now the Boker is in my pocket.
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For me, the coolest thing about Barlows are the stamped bolsters. They look kinda plain without it. At the same time I really don't like shields on this pattern because it goes too far in the opposite direction.
 
pertinux said:
I was going to call, "typo," until I saw the bolster etching. "Bower" it is! I hadn't heard of that one before.



Oof, not a feeling I enjoy.

Those Camilluses (Camilli?) are nice!






I love how this newer Boker displays the old tree logo on each side of the bolsters, while sporting the newer, age-appropriate tree logo on its tang stamp:

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~ P.
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Thanx Pertinux, Bower was an import/Dist company, and I have no proof but going by the construction of that knife it wouldn't surprise me if in fact Boker made it, but I digress...
The Cami's are nice, but I think they may have been built from leftover parts from the liquidation of assets sale...they were sort of finished...but something wasn't quite right...the spines were never finish sanded, but the top of the wells were...when sharpening the user up...the bolsters spread, the pin was receded into the bolster, and the blade was all floppy:(
All fixed now :D so I guess they found their way to the right home...

That's a really nice Boker ya' gots there BTW :thumbup:
 
jujigatame said:
Seeing all the different examples in the thread leads me to ask this question - what's your preference for blade setup on a barlow? I strongly prefer having the pen blade in front of the main blade.
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+1 on that...as long as the blades are set to proper height...if they are set too low it can be a pain to get at the nick with short fingernails...
 
Barlows are greatly growing on me, here is my sweetheart of a knife-words cannot say how much I love this fantastic knife... 60's Case Red Bone...
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Picked one up a couple of months ago
A simple typical barlow
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Indeed it is, was my first American traditional knife, and even in no Barlow month it is hardly found out of my pocket.
I have another one with stamped bolsters and 493 as tang stamp with sawcut Delrin scales but the pull is too stiff for my likes.
 
My new to me Queen. Got it on Ebay. Only been in my pocket a couple days b I'm loving it so far. Just have to figure out how to fix a little looseness in one of the scales...

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