What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

[majorpain1]

Fall colors in my pocket today.

 

[Signalprick]

I should probably share a couple snaps of the Barlow I teased.

 

[JohnDF]

That looks SWEET!

 

[bigfish64]

I should probably share a couple snaps of the Barlow I teased.

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Wow Jason, that’s really nice.

 

[Signalprick]

Thank you fellas!

 

[sf fanatic]

Thank you fellas!

Beautifully done! I knew this was going to be a great one too!
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[cigarrodog]

 

[calm]

Barlowish

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[Hibou Canne]

I love this one, amber bone goes very well with a patina
HAGD

 

[Fodderwing]

 

[euroken]

 

[pearl2291]

Wonder what kinds of stories this one could tell.

 

[Fodderwing]

Wonder what kinds of stories this one could tell.

What a glorious old Barlow! Fantastic find. Congratulations

 

[pearl2291]

What a glorious old Barlow! Fantastic find. Congratulations

Thank you. Fortunate to have this one. Curious about some of the scale markings. Pretty sure the show side is the original owner name and date of purchase but, pretty clueless about the pile side. I think I see a Jan 5 reference but no clue about the other stuff.

 

[Jody744]

Maybe dob? Some kind of deployment date? Wedding? Shawn Focar, Jan 5 1896?
Superb find!!

Edit-focar means focus in Portuguese

 

[Old Engineer]

Wonder what kinds of stories this one could tell.

Vey nice Old Barlow . Does it have Integral Bolsters ???? That can give you a little more info on how old the knife is . They stopped using Integral Bolsters in the early 1890's I think .

Harry

 

[Sventhelumberjack]

Wonder what kinds of stories this one could tell.

Looks to me like "EDGAR" on the pile side along with the Jan 5, so maybe Edgar Shaw? Really fantastic find, what a treasure!

 

[.577NE]

Going back a couple years of pictures, the red bone Case used on the 2019 barlow vault release is quite good, the jigged ones especially. Wish I had bought more, they were pretty inexpensive at the time.



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10.000 Likes from my humble abode to yours.

 

[pearl2291]

Vey nice Old Barlow . Does it have Integral Bolsters ???? That can give you a little more info on how old the knife is . They stopped using Integral Bolsters in the early 1890's I think .

Harry

It does not have integral bolsters. So it looks like the dates line up

Looks to me like "EDGAR" on the pile side along with the Jan 5, so maybe Edgar Shaw? Really fantastic find, what a treasure!

Thank you!! I kept seeing a I and not an E. Makes a lot more since to me now.

Got to get back to good barlow content one old
& one "Ancient":

 

[Fodderwing]