What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

[Leslie Tomville]

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I never get tired of these old Case Red Bone Barlows. Each one is slightly different but equally beautiful. Was this your inspiration for the Red Soup Bone Charlie, waynorth ?

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Corto_Malt]

 

[bigfish64]

I think the key to what makes a good traditional Barlow is making sure the covers are made from all natural materials and are tastefully done in subtle Earth tones.

 

[JohnDF]

I think the key to what makes a good traditional Barlow is making sure the covers are made from all natural materials and are tastefully done in subtle Earth tones.View attachment 1643166

Lol... You had me going there...

 

[SteveC]

Camillus #50

 

[CtotheMax]

If a Barlow doesn’t have a stamped bolster it just doesn’t look right too me.

 

[waynorth]

I never get tired of these old Case Red Bone Barlows. Each one is slightly different but equally beautiful. Was this your inspiration for the Red Soup Bone Charlie, waynorth waynorth ?

Absolutely!!!

 

[Texoma]

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[r8shell]

I think the key to what makes a good traditional Barlow is making sure the covers are made from all natural materials and are tastefully done in subtle Earth tones.View attachment 1643166

Lol... You had me going there...

Gold comes out of the earth, doesn't it? So, technically correct.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[mrknife]

i some times regret destroying that beautiful bolster by blade deleting.

 

[coolhand68]

 

[6Strings]

Had this Boker Whiskey cask oak in the pocket today. A great little slicer, it helped repair a couple of audio cables.

 

[Patrick Robbins]

Got this Sabre Japan from the big auction place. No where near GEC made barlows but I like it and consider it traditional: inexpensive and made to be used.

 

[pmek5]

 

[TheChunk91]

Schrade walden 2 3/4” jr barlow, a tough pattern to come by. They came in a few versions. White or black plastic handle, with one or two blades. Pattern 210 for the two blade and 110 for the single blade.

 

[rcs86]

This one has seen some use! But for $15 I feel like I couldn’t say no

 

[Old Engineer]

This one has seen some use! But for $15 I feel like I couldn’t say no

From what I can see , that was a pretty good deal . But we see ONLY HALF of it . Really like Russells and the great history .

Harry