What is your favorite slab for a barlow?

[Cassander]

GEC's copperhead or antique yellow sawcut. Would love to see copperhead in the new sawcut striation pattern.


I missed out on sawcut last time, though I've grown very close to my A. blackwood marlow, so I gotta say I really like what this thread portends.

 

[Pokerface]

Blood Red Peachseed Bone that was used on the GEC #66 Campagna SFO's a few years back.

 

[arizonaranchman]

A jet-black African Blackwood please :thumbup:

 

[bdev]

For me it would have to be saw cut bone dyed to a medium brown, no shield.

 

[Ryan Sumner]

These 2 are supposed to be the same 'antique amber' sawcut bone, though obviously they are quite different. The 2-blade is the knife that I lost outside at work for a couple of days,and it has lost a little bit of it's original colour. It has a fair bit of wear already, and is definitely my favourite knife.

 

[Bonobo]

I think some sort of blue died bone.

 

[5K Qs]

I'm also in the sawcut lightish brown bone camp for barlow handles. Ryan Sumner's TC barlows above, Old Hunter's and Primble's below all approach my idea of a quintessential barlow. (I recently saw a photo of pertinux's collection, and she has one very similar to Primble's that just knocked my socks off!)

From Old Hunter:

- GT

 

[sitflyer]

Micarta, blue jean, coral red, canvas, or ivory.

 

[Leadchop54]

Antique amber saw cut is my favorite!!

 

[arizonaranchman]

I do also like that antique amber sawcut bone. And in 2-blade a pen-behind would be fantastic!

 

[tstaut]

Can't beat old case sawcut red bone for me.

 

[bonky]

Blackwood / Gabon ebony

 

[MrBitters]

Smooth bone; red or yellow - doesn't matter. However, I want the dye job motley and nuanced.

 

[USACelt]

Micarta, blue jean, coral red, canvas, or ivory.

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I like every handle I've seen on Barlows, but being a work knife, I don't remember seeing any micarta. I might add a Kelly green in the selection, make a great St. patty's Day knife.

 

[pmew]

I simply love green bone, be it jigged or smooth, Barlow or otherwise...



Paul

 

[Alnamvet68]

 

[Tenacious D]

I'd have to agree on the sawcut, but would also love to see a stabilized burl. Make it happen Mike!!

 

[payton206]

Another vote for ivory. But micarta could be interesting. I think ebony/blackwood though is probably hard to beat.

 

[Modoc ED]

Sawcut bone. NO pre-orders.

 

[leghog]

Delrin or plastic. Seriously. I'm truly of the belief a Barlow should be an inexpensive everyman's knife of good steel and little fanfare.