What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

[Augie]

That's a WharnFoot!!

(A blade by any other name!)

Good one Charlie, love the name.

 

[Primble]

A couple of traditional Barlows that are good for me:
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[pmek5]

A couple of traditional Barlows that are good for me:
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Two very nice Barlows for sure. Your pictures are always a delight to look at. Always nicely done.

 

[bubafett317]

A couple of traditional Barlows that are good for me:
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Those 2 are absolutely gorgeous!!!

 

[Primble]

That old Keen Kutter still has a lot of snap left in it.

 

[Augie]

A couple of traditional Barlows that are good for me:
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That KeenKutter is special Rob.

 

[waynorth]

Thanks to you Charlie, half of those knives were gifts from you

They couldn't be in better hands, and in the Birthplace of the Barlow!!

 

[waynorth]

A couple of traditional Barlows that are good for me:
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Nice step-Bolster KeenKutter!! And that TC looks like the first run!!! PPP?

 

[mortonm]

A couple of traditional Barlows that are good for me:
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That Keen Kutter is amazing. Do you have a date for it ?

 

[Primble]

Nice step-Bolster KeenKutter!! And that TC looks like the first run!!! PPP?

PPP indeed !!! I obtained it some years ago from a nice man that uses the handle waynorth. Many thanks waynorth !
( I have frequently wondered what the meaning of waynorth might be, way north of where ? ) way north of Primble, that's a fact !

Mortonm - I don't have a date for it, however it does have all hammered pins, which suggests to me that it is likely pre-WWII.

 

[mortonm]

Awesome. That's really cool. A real beauty

 

[Primble]

Another TC that I am quite fond of:
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[waynorth]

( I have frequently wondered what the meaning of waynorth might be, way north of where ?

North of the USA - some think it's way north!!

 

[Primble]

Ha - for once my conclusion was right !

Here is one more of my old Barlows that I like a lot:
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[cigarrodog]

 

[Augie]

PPP indeed !!! I obtained it some years ago from a nice man that uses the handle waynorth. Many thanks waynorth !
( I have frequently wondered what the meaning of waynorth might be, way north of where ? ) way north of Primble, that's a fact !

Mortonm - I don't have a date for it, however it does have all hammered pins, which suggests to me that it is likely pre-WWII.

Rob, pretty sure the KeenKutter is pre WW1, do you have a shot of the tang stamp? Dan would know for sure as he is the KK expert.

 

[Augie]

Ha - for once my conclusion was right !

Here is one more of my old Barlows that I like a lot:
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Ulster bone handle script bolster barlows are hard to find in good condition, that one looks very nice.

Picture of mine and I can never resist showing a set of Ulster salesman sample barlows that I obtained from Charlie, they are earlier than the script bolster knives.

 

[Markeologist]

Posted elsewhere during discussion of obscured long pulls…what makes a good Barlow, choice of secondary in front of, or behind, main!

 

[Primble]

Rob, pretty sure the KeenKutter is pre WW1, do you have a shot of the tang stamp? Dan would know for sure as he is the KK expert.

I was answering by memory Augie and sometimes that isn't as good as it used to be. I think it is at least pre 1940 after looking further. If we can pin it down, I will put it in my knife records. I looked and did not have a year range for it in that space. Both blades marked the same:
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1899 catalog shows a similar model on the bottom

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[Primble]

Some of my old Barlows in a group shot ( I later gifted the Southington to waynorth to add to his better collection ):
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