What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

[paulhilborn]

What a beauty Old Hunter!!!

Paul

 

[pertinux]

My new Sheepfoot Barlow came in yesterday's mail - I couldn't be more pleased!

I'm so glad! That white bone's a looker for sure. :thumbup:

~ P.

 

[avoidspam]

Agreed, tasty bone that!

 

[pertinux]

Meanwhile, in the land of WLSTs®...

... it just got better. I had no idea this was possible.

(More delectable bone from 2008.)

~ P.

 

[SHEBOP]

Nice WLST ~P

 

[puukkoman]

That is a nice-lookin' Weird Little Stubby Thing. I like its Winterbottom-esque bone jigging quite a lot. I wonder if they produced that type of bone in any other patterns, especially in other colors... Anybody know?

 

[meako]

Winterbottom -esque ? great word.Great looking WLST(Reg TM)Pertinux.
is that blue ? I like blue.

 

[pertinux]

Winterbottom -esque ? great word.Great looking WLST(Reg TM)Pertinux.
is that blue ? I like blue.

I only recently learned that "Winterbottom" was someone's actual name, after whom the bone was named. I shall add it to my list of potential last names with which I tease my daughters.

Yes, it's blue. Here's a close up near the bolster, in bright sunlight:

The blue has a bit o' green to it under most regular lighting conditions, but within acceptable ranges.

The depth of the jigging, plus the 'feathering' in the channels, is truly impressive.

~ P.

 

[black mamba]

Sarah, that last pic is positively OCEANIC! I expect to see a dolphin plunge up out of those waves of blue.

 

[JSCHENK]

I finally figured out how to post my pics. These are some of my favorite knives. Thanks Charlie

 

[waynorth]

Nice harvest JSCHENK !!

Spectacular WLST, Sarah! That texture is indeed off the Planet!!

 

[Jack Black]

Fantastic photos and a really beautiful knife P :thumbup:

 

[Campbellclanman]

Yeah - I agree Jack, I like the "almost peach-seed" inlay work within the grooves there Sarah -very

 

[pertinux]

Thanks, guys. Looking again at (poor) Charlie's thread title, this little barlow hain't a traditional color, but it sure is gooooooood.

I thought I'd sneak it in here before the first trickle of sheepsfoot beauties turns into a flood.

~ P.

 

[gunstockjack]

I picked up some old brochures that my wife's grandfather had stashed away. Some are pretty cool!












Oh yeah, got a soupie or two today! Thanks Charlie! :thumbup::thumbup:

 

[Hammer67]

Wow - those are great illustrations!

And those soupies ain't bad either...

 

[waynorth]

The Soup Bones have a totally different character from the last batch!
Darker, interesting . .thanks for the pictures, Barry. Nice brochure cuts!!

You shoulda been a photographer - heck, you ARE a photographer!

 

[silenthunterstudios]

Charlie, got the sheepsfoot. Really like this one, going to see if I ahem, need, ahem, a two blade soup bone ... The walnut looks great by the way.

Thank you sir.

What are your thoughts on a wharncliff blade on a barlow? Were any produced over the years? If they were, I'm sure that pics were in this thread and I just missed them .

 

[pertinux]

What are your thoughts on a wharncliff blade on a barlow? Were any produced over the years? If they were, I'm sure that pics were in this thread and I just missed them .

I believe it was Railsplitter who first showed me how to make good use of the Search Thread option (vs. the more global site Search, further atop every page, which often leads to non-helpful/overwhelming results).

Here you go.

Within those results, from the man himself:

I've never seen a drop-point nor a Wharncliffe blade in an antique Barlow, just in modern renditions. I will leave those choices to others, to design/commission/build.

~ P.

 

[puukkoman]

I think I may have posted these before, but just had a chance to take some clearer photos last night.

First is a well-loved Case XX barlow, with ridiculous red-orange smooth bone covers. These blades are almost worn completely away, and the springs are BLACK. The covers are just such a cool color that I hang onto this one, and even carry it sometimes. It's difficult to properly capture the depth and richness of the bone, but here's a try.

Next is a George Wostenholm barlow from Sheffield. This one is all steel, so it's heavy. The smooth bone covers are a deep root beer color, again kinda difficult to catch with a camera. The blade is nearly full, I'd say 85%, and it gets carried & used a fair bit.

Here it is with a Charlow, for comparison.

And here are the three together. Another glimpse of how true-to-form Charlie's project turned out to be.

Sorry to be so pic-heavy... at least I'm not taking up BFC server space.

Later, folks.