What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

[scruffuk]

^^ Post 2k?!

The Douk Douk must be the number one culprit for this!

 

[Jack Black]

^^ Post 2k?!

The Douk Douk must be the number one culprit for this!

The crafty (currently) Barlowless Yorkshireman inadvertently snatches the 2K post!

 

[pmew]

You don't see too many old bailed knives without dings in the blade where the blade has been snapped down on the bail.

Very true, I have only two knives with bails and have done it with both. I should have bought a Tidioute white owl instead of the Northfield's, ce la vie.

 

[Omega Leather Works]

Funny it's only "40" pages on my app.
2k posts is crazy though! Congrats fer that.

With that being said, I've gotta get my post count up in this thread so that I can participate in the future "300 Page wharncliffe barlow giveaway!"

 

[Jack Black]

Very true, I have only two knives with bails and have done it with both. I should have bought a Tidioute white owl instead of the Northfield's, ce la vie.

Yes, it's obviously more common with knives with loose bails. I have a Squirrel (given to me by ScruffUK) and a TL-29 (given to me by Stich2442), both of which I happen to have to hand, and which have nice stiff bails. My other bailed knives vary, but a lot of the older Army clasp knives I buy have dinged blades from the bail. You don't often see Barlows with bails, but there's the odd one. Generally I like bails and lanyard holes on my knives, but with some petterns they just don't work, and I'm not sure about the Barlow, useful, but it kind of spoils the lines. Be interested to hear what others think about that.

 

[Ryan Sumner]

Oh man!
I know I am going to get told off here for doing this, but I am going to 'fes up, I broke a golden rule today, and now I am paying the price..
I was installing a machine today with my work-mate, I was carrying my red Bone Clip - Point Charlow...I gotta admit, I grew to really love this knife very quick...anyway...
He was struggling to get some wire ties off, and he asked for my knife - yep I can hear you now ( no you didn't!! ) he knew how much I love this knife! -anyway he used it - we were real busy, and I closed it when he finished with it and placed it in my pocket...got home and opened my knife...... I just cant explain the horror -
maybe it was because I sharpened the edge too thin - I don't know but the blade has three nicks in the belly - 3!!!!! he must have cut the ties against the edge of the railing instead of the flat of the railing!
I don't think he even knows,
Todays lesson was a damned hard one! I haven't felt this infuriated for many years - man I had that thing sharp - but that too possibly was a benefactor?

I have to take some blade off carefully eliminating them

I could go on and on, but I do that too much.

I very rarely lend my knifes to anyone, but one of the few times I have done was when I was out fishing. My Father asked to borrow a knife after he pulled a fish up to the side of the boat, so I pulled out my Leatherman, (I don't think he has any idea how to use a slipjoint) and he preceded to lean out of the boat and wack the fish with the BACK of the blade! The lock failed, and was very close to cutting his hand up badly.... After I got over worrying (and telling him) that he might have cut himself, I let him know that besides cutting himself he could have dropped it in the water, which he has a tendency of doing when we're fishing. He then scolded me on it being a bad knife, that shouldn't have closed. :grumpy:

From now on I will ask EXACTLY what they want the knife for. I have been doing this since my Dad asked for my torch and it came back with a big dint on it... how does that even happen?

I don't think I'll ever let him near my barlow after hearing your story...

 

[Jack Black]

I very rarely lend my knifes to anyone, but one of the few times I have done was when I was out fishing. My Father asked to borrow a knife after he pulled a fish up to the side of the boat, so I pulled out my Leatherman, (I don't think he has any idea how to use a slipjoint) and he preceded to lean out of the boat and wack the fish with the BACK of the blade! The lock failed, and was very close to cutting his hand up badly.... After I got over worrying (and telling him) that he might have cut himself, I let him know that besides cutting himself he could have dropped it in the water, which he has a tendency of doing when we're fishing. He then scolded me on it being a bad knife, that shouldn't have closed. :grumpy:

Sounds exactly like fishing trips with MY dad, back when I was a kid! I used to have to go and buy all the bait and tackle, tie his hooks and tackle-up for him, deal with any fish he miraculously caught, and then I'd end up sat on the floor as he'd pinched my fishing basket! He managed to break a beautiful old split-cane rod my grandfather gave me, because he didn't know how to cast, and after my grandfather replaced the top section, my father managed to then break the mid-section, which made it irreperable. Happy days!

 

[gunstockjack]

What makes a good traditional Barlow??? Soup Bone and Steel!





...and we'll let Tidi do the heavy liftin'.

 

[pertinux]

Congratulations, Charlie! It's both exciting and rewarding to start again at the beginning of this thread, now understanding exactly what your years of study and enthusiasm, coupled with Bill Howard's own expertise and GEC's production abilities, were leading to-- the #15s, which have so quickly become a standard of excellence in production knives, barlow or otherwise. Well done, indeed.

I'm not sure how I missed Page 100, but having contributed a solid 11 pages' worth of posts to this thread all on my onesies yp to this point (

), well....

Happy Independence Day, featuring WLSTs® (due to a current lack of white or blue #15 barlows, an oversight I'm sure):

Remember when these were the only GEC barlows available?!

~ P.

 

[Hammer67]

Remember when these were the only GEC barlows available?!

~ P.

I do remember, and I'm still kicking myself. But I might be remedying the situation soon with a stag beauty.

That's a sweet trio, ~ P!

 

[waynorth]

Congratulations, Charlie! It's both exciting and rewarding to start again at the beginning of this thread, now understanding exactly what your years of study and enthusiasm, coupled with Bill Howard's own expertise and GEC's production abilities, were leading to-- the #15s, which have so quickly become a standard of excellence in production knives, barlow or otherwise. Well done, indeed.

I'm not sure how I missed Page 100, but having contributed a solid 11 pages' worth of posts to this thread all on my onesies yp to this point (

), well....

Happy Independence Day, featuring WLSTs® (due to a current lack of white or blue #15 barlows, an oversight I'm sure):

Remember when these were the only GEC barlows available?!

~ P.

Great "Perfect Patriotic Pic"! Another triple P, and my new desktop for a while!!
Thanks for all your interesting posts here, Sarah! You are far and away the most frequent contributor!

 

[biglmbass]

I'm liking that blue, P. Would love to see that color, or maybe a bit darker blue on a #15 barlow.

 

[wlfryjr]

I have a couple for the day.God bless you all on this Independence Day.

As I said in the GW thread ,the boxes (cylinders,tubes) reminded myself of a kid .He discards the contents and plays with the box it came in.That thought made me include these coveted containers in my first "real" barlow picture in the thread. As keepsakes they rank above the material that came in them,as they contain more of Charlie than my barlows do.




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For Independence and ~P
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[waynorth]

Thanks for the kind words, Lyle! And a Happy America's Birthday to you and all!

Nice and appropriate #25!!:thumbup:

 

[pertinux]

I'm liking that blue, P. Would love to see that color, or maybe a bit darker blue on a #15 barlow.

Thanks! I'm glad to have a blue #25 at all, but generally prefer more subtle colors. "Darker" would look mighty fine, says I:

~ P.

 

[Mink]

My own little addition of some WLST's to the thread.

 

[gunstockjack]

Wow! Nice Jason.

 

[Jack Black]

Congratulations, Charlie! It's both exciting and rewarding to start again at the beginning of this thread, now understanding exactly what your years of study and enthusiasm, coupled with Bill Howard's own expertise and GEC's production abilities, were leading to-- the #15s, which have so quickly become a standard of excellence in production knives, barlow or otherwise. Well done, indeed.

:thumbup:

I'm not sure how I missed Page 100, but having contributed a solid 11 pages' worth of posts to this thread all on my onesies yp to this point (

), well....

You are definitely the class chatterbox!

Happy Independence Day, featuring WLSTs® (due to a current lack of white or blue #15 barlows, an oversight I'm sure):

Remember when these were the only GEC barlows available?!

~ P.

That blue just keeps on getting bluer! :thumbup:

 

[pertinux]

Patina Progress, real-life style:

~ P.

 

[silenthunterstudios]

Tidioute 15s, Queen Dan Burke barlow, Queen made Robeson barlow, Remington barlow with new covers, Camillus 9. Forgot to include my Queen Dan Burke daddy barlow.

I know that I don't have as many as some, many more than others, these barlows are addictive.