What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

So, is a Barlow defined as a knife with a bare back, and a large bolster? Honest question, and I'm sorry if it's been answered in the previous 1200+ pages...
 
Jack Black said:
...I can only apologise for its brevity in terms of a subject which could very easily fill a book.
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A book, you say? What an excellent idea!
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I know a lot of people around where I live don't like Raccoons and see them as pests and scavengers. I am not one of them. I have raised them from babies (in the past) and one of them made a very beautiful and wonderful pet. He even took naps with me, often crawling up on my back and sawing logs. ☺️ His mama was killed when he was just a wee coon.

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Primble said:
I know a lot of people around where I live don't like Raccoons and see them as pests and scavengers. I am not one of them. I have raised them from babies (in the past) and one of them made a very beautiful and wonderful pet. He even took naps with me, often crawling up on my back and sawing logs. ☺️ His mama was killed when he was just a wee coon.

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I love Racoons!!! some of Gods smartest creatures, nice tribute Barlow Rob and good on you for rescuing him when his mama was killed :)
 
paulhilborn said:
I love Racoons!!! some of Gods smartest creatures, nice tribute Barlow Rob and good on you for rescuing him when his mama was killed :)
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Loved that video Paul ! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: 😍

Sometimes too smart !

Down at the marina, where I was keeping my pontoon boat years ago, I kept a carton of peanut butter nabs inside a locked door, under the console. Had a bandit tear off the metal grille and then tear a big hole through my 6x9 Sony speaker, which was also in the console. When I came down with my son, one Sunday morning, there were Ritz cracker wrappers and crumbs all over the deck. Didn't take long to figure out what the culprit might have been. Only one wild bandit smart enough ! 🤣
 
These pictures may have been posted in this 1200+ page thread which I haven't read in its entirety before I posted them on the previous page
... but I've found a little more information about the Barlow Knives.

The first one belongs to a former member of BF (an Englishman) who was falsely said to have passed away at one time ... but that's a whole 'nother off-topic thing.
The blade is marked "ELREB" ... the makers name George Berley (missing the Y) spelled backwards. This old Barlow was made C1750-70.

I can't clearly make out the blade stamp on the second Barlow but it appears to be "17 something something" ...
I think it MAY have been made by Luke Furnace of Stannington, which in the eighteenth century was a small village on the outskirts of Sheffield.
Luke Furnace’s name occurs in the Sheffield directories from 1774 and 1787, but not in the 1797 directory, so he was presumably dead by then.
Luke put the mark “1760” on his knives. The original Barlow, after whom the knives are named, was working in Sheffield at the same time as Luke Furnace.
... but there could be a different identification about the second Barlow. Just what I've found so far. Maybe someone can add to the discussion.

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mbkr said:
Try scotch
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Much more expensive confusion... but much finer therapy... :)
Primble said:
I know a lot of people around where I live don't like Raccoons and see them as pests and scavengers. I am not one of them. I have raised them from babies (in the past) and one of them made a very beautiful and wonderful pet. He even took naps with me, often crawling up on my back and sawing logs. ☺️ His mama was killed when he was just a wee coon
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Totally agree Mr P. They are as sweet and beautiful as they are irredeemably mischievous.
BrotherJim said:
These pictures may have been posted in this 1200+ page thread which I haven't read in its entirety before I posted them on the previous page
... but I've found a little more information about the Barlow Knives.

The first one belongs to a former member of BF (an Englishman) who was falsely said to have passed away at one time ... but that's a whole 'nother off-topic thing.
The blade is marked "ELREB" ... the makers name George Berley (missing the Y) spelled backwards. This old Barlow was made C1750-70.

I can't clearly make out the blade stamp on the second Barlow but it appears to be "17 something something" ...
I think it MAY have been made by Luke Furnace of Stannington, which in the eighteenth century was a small village on the outskirts of Sheffield.
Luke Furnace’s name occurs in the Sheffield directories from 1774 and 1787, but not in the 1797 directory, so he was presumably dead by then.
Luke put the mark “1760” on his knives. The original Barlow, after whom the knives are named, was working in Sheffield at the same time as Luke Furnace.
... but there could be a different identification about the second Barlow. Just what I've found so far.

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I'll take both of these Jim. P.M inbound. 😁🙃🤣
 
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