What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

[paulhilborn]

What makes a good traditional barlow? A GG TC with a $5 1836 gold coin.
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Noice knife but love the Liberty piece

 

[Terdl76]

https://i.imgur.com/z0oeSVH.mp4

 

[JTB_5]

https://i.imgur.com/z0oeSVH.mp4

Wow, that is reddish orange more than rose. Cool!

 

[Nature Boy]

Thanks for showing! Dig it!

 

[traumkommode]

Yeah I really like that. It's different enough from the glitter gold, more than I expected it would be

 

[t.willy]

This guy showed up today. Thank you Charlie it's a fine addition to your TC Barlow Stable.

 

[Jake Dudley]

IMG_E0854 by jacob dudley, on Flickr

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

Thanks! I used the Case as a reference.
IMG_E0851 by jacob dudley, on Flickr

That looks great I have a white smooth bone Rough Rider daddy Barlow and some brown rit dye, methinks a new project is afoot

 

[cudgee]

IMG_E0854 by jacob dudley, on Flickr

Nice collection..

 

[cudgee]

Thanks! I used the Case as a reference.
IMG_E0851 by jacob dudley, on Flickr

Mate, you may have a new career path..

 

[Just Tom.]

Excuse me if this has already been addressed here, but I noticed in this picture Will Power posted in the “shields” thread that the 3 Barlows (middle bottom, middle right, middle top) all appear to have squared-off tips. At first I thought the one on the bottom was snapped off, but when you look at the identical one closed (middle right), it does not appear to be the case. If this was a design feature, it would be cool to see it revived - or maybe they are just broken.

 

[Jake Dudley]

That looks great I have a white smooth bone Rough Rider daddy Barlow and some brown rit dye, methinks a new project is afoot

Mate, you may have a new career path..

Thanks guys!

 

[sf fanatic]

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Mmm... looks like you’re missing one.

 

[Jake Dudley]

Indeed. I think something new and shiny would fit in nicely! sf fanatic

 

[GE Jr]

Excuse me if this has already been addressed here, but I noticed in this picture Will Power posted in the “shields” thread that the 3 Barlows (middle bottom, middle right, middle top) all appear to have squared-off tips. At first I thought the one on the bottom was snapped off, but when you look at the identical one closed (middle right), it does not appear to be the case. If this was a design feature, it would be cool to see it revived - or maybe they are just broken.

Navy/rope knives?

 

[Just Tom.]

Navy/rope knives?

In a higher resolution image they appear to be coping blades, similar to this but with a sharp angle at the spine instead of rounded (sorry for the lousy picture)

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

Excuse me if this has already been addressed here, but I noticed in this picture Will Power posted in the “shields” thread that the 3 Barlows (middle bottom, middle right, middle top) all appear to have squared-off tips. At first I thought the one on the bottom was snapped off, but when you look at the identical one closed (middle right), it does not appear to be the case. If this was a design feature, it would be cool to see it revived - or maybe they are just broken.

I think someone already did (not my knife or pic,snagged from the interwebs)

I think Charlie waynorth could give the story of the inspiration for these and the original purpose of the blade shape.

 

[Just Tom.]

I think someone already did (not my knife or pic,snagged from the interwebs)
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I think Charlie waynorth could give the story of the inspiration for these and the original purpose of the blade shape.

Aha! Thanks!
That does seem like a reasonably faithful, if somewhat gentrified reproduction. I don’t have the money or patience to chase after GEC’s, otherwise I might have seen that already...

 

[Rusty1]

I think someone already did (not my knife or pic,snagged from the interwebs)
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I think Charlie waynorth could give the story of the inspiration for these and the original purpose of the blade shape.

I’m sure Charlie can elaborate further. Here for anyone’s walk back in time is the start of the Ancient run story.

Russell

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/what-makes-a-good-traditional-barlow.1009441/page-42

 

[Will Power]

J Just Tom. I was just pondering that too The handles certainly look scratted and the blade is extremely long re the frame, it looks like a Rope type or a Sheepfoot variant that would be easy to open. Given these are mid c19th knives (some Whoppers there too if you compare them to the c.3.5" Barlow ) that type of blade may have had an agricultural connexion like the Cotton Sampler or to cut plug tobacco as seen on Congress knives. What's astounding is how well these knives remained preserved in the mud&silt.

Anybody living near this museum should visit it, lot of interesting artefacts apparently, boots, tableware even firearms.