What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

[waynorth]

I would be surprised if he doesn't have a bunch of original Northfields and Tidioutes in his possession.

I would be surprised!! Bill is not much of a collector!!

 

[mrknife]

I would be surprised!! Bill is not much of a collector!!

that is and always will be one of the most surprising things about him for me.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Augie]

A few older spear blade barlows.

 

[euroken]

 

[waynorth]

Wow!!! Wonderful Winchester, Ken!! (is it Ken??)

For a junk store price, I found this I*XL Barlow, with Flat-Cap Jigged Bone!!
Looks like someone did a little short-circuit with the pen blade!! I'll have to get some files out!! But a nice knife for a negligible price!!

 

[euroken]

Yes, it’s Ken! Lol

I feel like Wostenholm are often overlooked and I’ve seen some fantastic examples for budget prices online!

 

[Old Engineer]

I would be surprised!! Bill is not much of a collector!!

Maybe he does not have a Collection at his house but the last that I knew is that he has a heck of a Collection on the walls in his GEC building .

Harry

 

[Boattale]

Easy. If it says "Barlow" on the bolster, then it's a good traditional Barlow.

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[SteveC]

Wow!!! Wonderful Winchester, Ken!! (is it Ken??)

For a junk store price, I found this I*XL Barlow, with Flat-Cap Jigged Bone!!
Looks like someone did a little short-circuit with the pen blade!! I'll have to get some files out!! But a nice knife for a negligible price!!View attachment 2306227View attachment 2306228

Congrats Charlie !

 

[waynorth]

Congrats Charlie !

Thanks, Steve!!

 

[mrknife]

Maybe he does not have a Collection at his house but the last that I knew is that he has a heck of a Collection on the walls in his GEC building .

Harry

perks of the gig!

 

[Augie]

Picked up a little bit of Case barlow history. During the XX era Case had contract barlows made by Ulster and possibly Utica. Found one of the Ulster made ones, bolster stamping and tang stamp look exactly like the Case stamps of the era, interestingly the Ulster stamps both bolsters where Case only stamped the mark side bolster.

 

[SteveC]

Outstanding Augie, congrats !

 

[hsherzfeld]

This Kabar 1013 Barlow is a great apple slicer.

 

[madtaz63]

TC Tuesday..

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[btb01]

Here’s a Curved Drop Point Barlow. I had seen these in some catalogs and K’roo makes one. His is just over 4 inches with a blade @ 3 1/4 inches. The covers are African Blackwood. Here’s an old catalog image.
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That K’roo reminds me of the Northwoods Madison Barlow.

I keep hoping GEC/Charlie will do curved Barlow at some point. Something like this:

Love these yellow covers, perfect EDC pocketknife, would really patina nicely if I could bring myself to use it.

Nice warm yellow on that one. Although I love the knife, I wish the color on this TC Day’s Work was a bit more like that.

A few older spear blade barlows.


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Some nice old Barlows there! I’ve always liked that Schrade bolster, and the Keen Kutter, of course.

 

[SteveC]

View attachment 2310267This Kabar 1013 Barlow is a great apple slicer.

These were made by Camillus, nice Barlow !

 

[unclekurty]

That K’roo reminds me of the Northwoods Madison Barlow.

I keep hoping GEC/Charlie will do curved Barlow at some point. Something like this:

Nice pics. Had not seen those before. Thanks.