What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

[SubSpace]

Looks familiar...

 

[jujigatame]

Forgot to crosspost this one here. No dot 62009 1/2, used to belong to my uncle.

 

[mr_badexample]

It looks great Blued, Brian!!
A step up from Tea or Vinegar, it should perform well.
Nice going!!

Thanks Charlie. Still may add another "coat" or two. It's a little thin by the long pull. The tang was the most difficult part. Didn't want to blue the bolsters. Tape just refused to stick because it was so humid that day.

Looks familiar...

Very nice. Gun blue?

 

[jujigatame]

Thanks Charlie. Still may add another "coat" or two. It's a little thin by the long pull. The tang was the most difficult part. Didn't want to blue the bolsters. Tape just refused to stick because it was so humid that day.

Could you put a thin coat of something like clear nail polish on the bolsters in the areas most likely to come in contact with the blue, or would that not protect well enough?

 

[waynorth]

I wonder how the bolsters would look blued?
Now you got me thinking about going out and getting some gun blue!

 

[sitflyer]

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[mr_badexample]

I wonder how the bolsters would look blued?
Now you got me thinking about going out and getting some gun blue!

It crossed my mind.

 

[wlfryjr]

I like the blue and I think bluing the bolsters would enhance the nostalgic or artistic look.I imagine it would be as a picture in subtle lighting,very alluring.When you come here,you just have to take a bite of this thread,even if you're full.

 

[burnside]

I think the bolsters look really good blued. I would consider doing it on my soup bone.

 

[silenthunterstudios]

I got some apple cider vinegar on my Charlows bolsters. I need to do them also. Have a few spots on the blade, at the mark, that didn't get covered.

 

[SubSpace]

Thanks Charlie. Still may add another "coat" or two. It's a little thin by the long pull. The tang was the most difficult part. Didn't want to blue the bolsters. Tape just refused to stick because it was so humid that day.



Very nice. Gun blue?

Nope. Lime juice. I just cut up the lime for my drinks and, while sipping, spread the juice around the blade with my finger to keep it even. After a few drinks, it looks like that.

 

[mrjefe2u]

bolsters would look blued?

Bluelows?

 

[kamagong]

I wonder how the bolsters would look blued?
Now you got me thinking about going out and getting some gun blue!

Depends on the look you are going for Charlie. After application, the bluing is dark, the type of color you'd find on a firearm. The look is a bit out of place on a pocketknife IMO, so I like to lighten it with some 0000 steel wool. Time in a pocket with lint, keys, coins, and the like will further affect it.

Here's an untouched PPP Charlow next to a Schatt & Morgan jack with blued bolsters. The shot isn't the best, but you can see that the blue has a mellowing effect on the shiny bolsters.

- Christian

 

[jon_slider]

What makes a good traditional Barlow is a traditional blade profile including clip, spear, sheep, spey and razor, but no Lamb Foot and no Wharncliffe

Lamb Foot Knife, Not Barlows:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=201883&d=1225993635
[img]http://imageshack.us/a/img441/1074/awlf66.jpg

Sheepfoot Barlows

Spear Barlows

Not Barlow Mixed media
Two sheepsfoot blades, a wharncliffe, and a lambcliffe:

Note, photos are not all mine, they are collected from online posts, for example the photo above is of knives owned by Pertinux, you can tell because one of them is Blue

 

[Jack Black]

What makes a good traditional Barlow is a traditional blade profile including clip, spear, sheep, spey and razor, but no Lamb Foot and no Wharncliffe

http://www.eggintongroup.co.uk/bran...et-knives/rodgers-lambsfoot-barlow-knife.html

 

[Jack Black]

Got a package from Charlie today Sheepsfooot Barlow and a GEC Top-Popper Cheers Charlie, the knife is fantastic, a work of art. And the Top-Popper works well :thumbup:

 

[jon_slider]

http://www.eggintongroup.co.uk/bran...et-knives/rodgers-lambsfoot-barlow-knife.html

Thanks for expanding my knowledge Jack!
Stainless Steel modern Lamb Foot Barlow with Lambsfoot Blade in high carbon,*stainless steel. (IS Stainless traditional in a Barlow?)

Got a pic of any non stainless Lamb Foot Barlows?

Here is some high carbon, not stainless, not Lamb Foot:

 

[waynorth]

Ah! Glad it arrived, Jack! And nice to see the T-Pop already popping!!
Makes me thirsty actually - and the sun IS over the yardarm!!!
See ya later!!

 

[Jack Black]

Got a pic of any non stainless Lamb Foot Barlows?

If you do a search on 'Lambsfoot Barlow', you'll get a few, eg http://www.eggintongroup.co.uk/bran...es/ixl-barlow-knife-with-lambsfoot-blade.html

It's worth noting though that today both Rodgers and Wostenholm are essentially the same company, with the names of these historic cutlers simply being owned by the Eggington Group.

Trevor Ablett produces Lambsfoot Barlows, here's an example with buffalo horn covers.

I doubt you'll find any US made Lambsfoot Barlows because the Lambsfoot pattern has never really crossed the Atlantic, Good thread by Carl (Jackknife) here: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...foot-and-the-spear-American-and-English-taste

Here's an old Barlow from around 1770.



Two more, also from the late 18th century.

Ah! Glad it arrived, Jack! And nice to see the T-Pop already popping!!
Makes me thirsty actually - and the sun IS over the yardarm!!!
See ya later!!

Thanks again Charlie, I'll be taking it out on the Yorkshire Range today

 

[meako]

Happy to announce that I have NOT GONE INSANE thanks to my good ol mate the postie.
He brought forth the Charlow a mere 2 days after Fathers day(it was Sunday out here).
Theres an old saying-
"Good things come to those who wait"
Sure I was waiting in the bushes near to my mailbox with a length of sturdy rope for the last few days but the saying remains true.
Thank you Charlie.