What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

[jon_slider]

A good traditional Barlow makes a good paste spreader. I prefer the Sheepfoot blade. Seen here with Nutella, a no yeast spread that contains 30% fat and 55% sugar. Not a health food.

Relationship between OZ Vegemite, UK Marmite and NZ Marmite.

They are all made from left over Brewing yeast. Yeast is high in B vitamins, but does not contain B12, which is added to both UK and NZ Marmite but not to Vegemite. Sugar is added to NZ Marmite, but not to UK Marmite and not to OZ Vegemite.

OZ Vegemite, UK Marmite and NZ Marmite all contain 3.5% Salt.
NZ Marmite is 12% Sugar.
UK Marmite has 300% more Niacin than NZ Marmite
UK Marmite has 50% more B12 than NZ Marmite

Of the three, I would say the UK version has the most nutritional benefits.

Please post pictures of the Knife (content) you use to spread your Yeast Paste products

Note that the countries that use yeast paste spreads are Beer cultures such as Germany, England, and her South Pacific Colonies. The wine cultures like Italy, France, and Spain, dont use it.

Although this Sicilian "barlow" would probably make quick work of spreading it:

Here's my grandfather's knife, shown with a Case regular Barlow for scale. It came over on the boat, before the turn of the last century, from Montemaggiore Belsito, Sicilia (Sicily)!
My most prized knife, for obvious reasons;

 

[Jack Black]

In formative as always Jon

maybe you need Vegemite sandwich to appreciate Marmite

Love it or hate it

LOL!

I know Aussies who have to carry Vegemite around the world with them! A mate of mine was always raving about it and was over the moon when I got him some - he's a Kiwi, but acquired a taste for it while living in Oz.

 

[waynorth]

A good traditional Barlow makes a good paste spreader.
> Marmite !
Although this Sicilian "barlow" would probably make quick work of spreading it:

Grampa Giuseppe is probably rolling over saying, " Ma che figura ci fa fare!!"
or in the Queen's English, "Oh how you sully our reputation!"


- They are just fooling around Gramps!!

 

[jon_slider]

" Ma che figura ci fa fare!!"

Perdonati mi, non vorrebbe insultarli per niente. Anche sono tre tacche nell ansa?

 

[waynorth]

In formative as always Jon



LOL!

I know Aussies who have to carry Vegemite around the world with them! A mate of mine was always raving about it and was over the moon when I got him some - he's a Kiwi, but acquired a taste for it while living in Oz.

I am definitely going to have to try that Marmite stuff. One never knows when one might travel to UK, or go "down under"!
I hear there are enthusiastic knife people in those areas! It pays to build up a tolerance for unfamiliar cuisine.

Perdonati mi, non vorrebbe insultarli per niente. Anche sono tre tacche nell ansa?

Si, tre tacche, ma il coltello* non e Ashkenazi!

*knife content

 

[wlfryjr]

In Pittsburgh they banned speaking in Italian in the bricklayers trailer........

True.

 

[waynorth]

In Pittsburgh they banned speaking in Italian in the bricklayers trailer........

True.

That's because too much stuff got knocked off the table with everyone talking at once!! Being of Italian/Sicilian ancestry, I know these things!!

 

[Jack Black]

I am definitely going to have to try that Marmite stuff. One never knows when one might travel to UK, or go "down under"!
I hear there are enthusiastic knife people in those areas! It pays to build up a tolerance for unfamiliar cuisine.

I'm not sure you'd like it Charlie, even the company's advertising slogan is that you either love it or hate it! (Lots of short films of the tube I believe )

Be absolutely fantastic to see you over here sometime my friend

 

[jon_slider]

I'm not sure you'd like it Charlie, even the company's advertising slogan is that you either love it or hate it!

Well, I wonder whether Charlie is a Beer drinker or if he prefers Wine. Im working on a hunch that Beer users like to eat salted leftover yeast (thats what Marmite is), and Wine users prefer Salami and Cheese. LOL!

A good traditional barlow can spread Marmite or slice Salami, depending on the libation.

Cogito Ergo Sum

 

[Haakon]

Haakon, is that an Imperial?

Sorry, I have no idea - how would I tell? It says 'Barlow' on both sides, plastic stocks, one large blade, one small.

 

[Rsmith_77]

That's because too much stuff got knocked off the table with everyone talking at once!! Being of Italian/Sicilian ancestry, I know these things!!

also of sicilian descent. my grandfather is full blood from Palermo
anyways, only knife i ever saw him with was a little pen knife, the boker pen knife looks alot like it, but i havent seen my grandfathers knife in must be 20 years (he is 91 or 92 and still kicking)

 

[pmew]

Marmite is ok but I'm a Bovril man. I grew up on cups of Bovril at the rugby, and spread on toast for breakfast.

Paul

 

[puukkoman]

Marmite is ok but I'm a Bovril man. I grew up on cups of Bovril at the rugby, and spread on toast for breakfast.

Paul

Hah! I've wondered what exactly Bovril is, for some time now... and you just reminded me to look it up online. Beef paste, in a jar, spread on toast or diluted and drank as "beef tea." I must say, I'm intrigued. Have to find a place to order some & have it shipped.

I'll be sure to spread it with my Charlow!

 

[Jack Black]

When I was a kid, they used to serve Oxo (basically a stock cube dissolved in boiling water) as a drink at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough football (soccer) stadium - anything to take your mind off what was going on on the pitch!

 

[waynorth]

Well, I finally got to open the boxes from GEC, and mail out some Spey blades! I'm delighted, and looking forward to totin' one around. The usual good quality is there, and I have found no flaws in the few I have opened.
The #15 pattern is a straightforward knife to assemble, and reports are they are the "cleanest" pattern to produce. They make the cutlers happy, and they sure make me delighted!
Here are samples of the handles, and each variation of blades. I like all of them, but really like the two blade. It has a pleasing appearance closed, and each blade turned out great. The Spey has a subtly arched spine, and the drawn swedges appear just right on both blades.

I haven't found any Marmite yet, but marmalade and a bit of cheddar make a great sandwich. Can't wait to try out my new spreader!!

 

[pertinux]

I'm running out of adjectives, so shall resort to one previously used:

Fantastic!

Thanks so much for showing us the array. :thumbup:

I'm curious about the tang stamps on the two-blade spey barlow. Is the "main" stamping/pattern identification on the clip blade (not the spey) so that the same run of clip blades can also be used on other patterns (such as the single clip barlow in this run, and perhaps on upcoming boys knives)? Seen together like this, it's interesting to see the "proper" stamp on the spey blade on the single version and not on the twofer-- the spey blade on the latter looks a wee bit nekkid.

-- The Day's Work etch looks, let's see, fantastic.




~ P.

 

[Hammer67]

Beef paste, in a jar, spread on toast or diluted and drank as "beef tea."

There really is a surprising lack of meat-flavored teas available today.

I could really go for a nice hot cup of pork chop & peppermint infusion.

 

[paulhilborn]

Just headed out the door for a fun filled weekend trip with my family and this is an additional boost to my current excitement level I'll second Sarah's "Fantastic" :thumbup:

Very nice Charlie!!!

Paul

 

[MrVandercar]

Just a great closed profile on those, Charlie! My coworkers always look at me a little funny when I go from whittling a pointy stick to cutting up a client's sandwich with my single blades. This'll be a great solution to that problem! This'll be a nice experiment to see if I can keep that Spey dedicated for food stuffs.

 

[jon_slider]

That Bone from Spayed Cows looks like a perfect match for the Spaying blade used to harvest Rocky Mountain Oysters.

The Spey River is less than 150 miles north of the Ettrick.