Ungentlemanlike - Traditional Bad Boy Knives

[Hashishiin]

https://imgur.com/alaAqcr

I hear tell of folsk fighting with Barlow knives back in the day, the technique was to try to slap the other guy's spine and close the blade on him.

 

[CHNeal]

Sorry everyone but I just cant help myself. Im posting pics of the thing everywhere I can, Ive never owned a knife that made me giggle like an idiot every time I saw / picked up it before!!!
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[Jack Black]

Old School bad boy!

 

[Arathol]

Earl was definitely a bad boy!

LOL......
That reminded me of this.....Speaking of bad boys....Goodbye Earl.....

The cops came by to bring Earl in
They searched the house high and low
Then they tipped their hats
and said "Thank You, ladies, if you hear from him let us know"
Well, the weeks went by and spring turned to summer
And summer faded into fall
And it turns out he was a missing person
who nobody missed at all

 

[Jack Black]

LOL......
That reminded me of this.....Speaking of bad boys....Goodbye Earl.....

The cops came by to bring Earl in
They searched the house high and low
Then they tipped their hats
and said "Thank You, ladies, if you hear from him let us know"
Well, the weeks went by and spring turned to summer
And summer faded into fall
And it turns out he was a missing person
who nobody missed at all

LOL!

Earl Barlow disappeared too, though I'm sure there's a lot of folks here still miss him

Here he is in disguise

 

[Jolipapa]

Cracra. The thieves, thugs and burglar's knife. Also used in the trenches at the beginning of WWI
Honoré-Chazeau, handle 16cm. Overall 28cm.



(pictures©Bernard Arthaud)

Rare among the rarest, the ring is replaced by a lock-back.

 

[Jack Black]

Seaxy Beast

 

[Jolipapa]

Again from our friend Bernard's collection, sailor knives, made in Thiers (Besset, Dumas) and sold un Spain.

(picture©Bernard Arthaud)

These also were made by the same. For awhile fabrication of knives was forbidden in Spain, Thiers cutlers did not let the opportunity go.

(picture©Bernard Arthaud)

 

[Just Tom.]

I just realized my latest acquisition probably fits the category:

Sold as a “coltello Zuavo” - definitely nothing gentlemanly about this dude:

 

[Jack Black]

I just realized my latest acquisition probably fits the category:

Sold as a “coltello Zuavo” - definitely nothing gentlemanly about this dude:

Nice Tom I used to have one by Maserin, but I put it into a giveaway some years back, and it now resides in Texas

 

[Jolipapa]

I just realized my latest acquisition probably fits the category:

Sold as a “coltello Zuavo” - definitely nothing gentlemanly about this dude:

The most famous Zouave, now standing at the Alma bridge in Paris and giving the measure of the Seine's high water.
Today if someone asks you to stop doing the zouave, don't think he is flattering you !

 

[Just Tom.]

Today if someone asks you to stop doing the zouave, don't think he is flattering you !

Haha -
I had to look that one up. Too bad I don’t have any opportunities to speak French anymore - I could definitely put THAT expression to use…

Of course, I just ordered the larger 21cm version of that same knife - if I opened it with a flourish in public to cut my doughnut in half or something, someone might say the same to me.

 

[dsutton24]

https://imgur.com/0lttYmY

 

[CoryMc]

 

[Prester John]

By José Antonio Herreros Gómez de Albacete, España.

 

[Jack Black]

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By José Antonio Herreros Gómez de Albacete, España.

Nice to see that one again Vince

 

[Drop bear]

To be honest, I’m not exactly sure what a hipster is. Maybe we don’t have them around here.

A hipster is someone who spends $200 on a mora because they don't do brand name knives

 

[PocketKnifeJimmy]

Unless one' name is Rambo, pulling this knife out of a sheath would likely be considered quite ungentlemanly

And to think that the Buckmaster 184 was actually designed for military use



But, big and over the top hollow handled survival knives were a thing for a short stint. Now it's mostly just a piece of American history
Tradition evolves.

The Rambo movies had more to do with these types of knives than anything else.

 

[Prester John]

Unless one' name is Rambo, pulling this knife out of a sheath would likely be considered quite ungentlemanly

And to think that the Buckmaster 184 was actually designed for military use

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But, big and over the top hollow handled survival knives were a thing for a short stint. Now it's mostly just a piece of American history
Tradition evolves.

The Rambo movies had more to do with these types of knives than anything else.

Yeah, I bought one in the early 1980's. Think I gave it away.

 

[PocketKnifeJimmy]

Yeah, I bought one in the early 1980's. Think I gave it away.

I never got one back then, my only recently picking up the mint shape specimen I shared in the photo above. It's just a collectable to me, but, by gosh, they sure command a pretty penny in such condition
I never had any real interest in them, but today I see them as a piece of Americana