What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

Soup is more my style. I think they look better than the sawcut and yellow imo, and I already have a blackwood, but count me in for a soup bone.
 
sunandsteel said:
Soup is more my style. I think they look better than the sawcut and yellow imo, and I already have a blackwood, but count me in for a soup bone.
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The soup bone is great. I prefer the lighter colored ones with subtle variations, and with less dark markings and deep crevices/grooves.

I need to take some more shots of the backside cover.

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That's a nice looking variation.
Looking forward to the pile side view!
 
Aw man. Those soup bones are just too sweet. Stop that! I'm trying to sell a few things to get an Edge Pro sharpener. I keep seeing those I'm gonna start wavering. Hopefully after I get the EP and get the word out I can pick up a few bucks sharpening around here and then go for it.

Silly wife. She thinks I want to start bring in income to help with the household. Ha. It's to pay for more knives and gun stuff.

I keep saying that popping back into this forum is like a recovering junkie walking into a crack house after a stressful day. I've already spent the last few hours digging through my knife boxes, stropping blades, shaving patches of hair on my arms and cutting up tiny pieces of leather and newsprint. It just made it worse.

I'm even wanting to stuff my Remington Musket-1 bone handled Granddaddy Barlow in my pocket for awhile. Bad, bad influences on here. Moving down to the border didn't help. They still have internet. ;)
 
There are a lot of people who cannot sharpen a knife, Amos. You might be onto something! I just taught an old friend to freehand the edge on his Seahorse Whittler. He's gonna wear it out, because he loves to hone it!!
 
waynorth said:
There are a lot of people who cannot sharpen a knife, Amos. You might be onto something! I just taught an old friend to freehand the edge on his Seahorse Whittler. He's gonna wear it out, because he loves to hone it!!
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Quick, teach him to strop and polish! :eek: Though there is something meditative when sound of the edge on the stone is just right.

Give him a Pakistani Buck 110 knockoff, a cinderblock, a brick, and a piece of leather then show him this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSzq45W0LTk

:D

Dr. Scott, being stuck in a cubicle part of the day is, I believe, one of the modern reasons we gravitate to traditional knives. Even in the midst of the soul shredding and disconnecting machine of the modern business environment, we can look at, handle, even use to open an envelope or cut a string, a lovely traditional slipjoint and be reminded of and feel distantly connected to the place and time when such tools were used out and about many times a day.

Forget Calgon, Barlow, take me away! Besides, it might cause a stir if you tried the Calgon thing in your office.
 
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sunandsteel said:
I thought it was Che-Chen also known as Black Poisonwood? :confused: Regardless, it looks great.
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You are right Gec calls it Che-Chen. Sorry for the confusion. Thanks it is a nice one. This was its first and last ride in my pocket as I have decided to keep the smooth yellow bone and gift this one to my big brother for Xmas.
 
What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

When you receive such a great gift as this from the man himself "Charlie" :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

A vintage "Empire Winsted CT" Barlow with ebony? covers that scream character. Centered blade with no wiggle at all and gorgeous deep stamped "EMPIRE" bolsters!!!

A gift I will treasure forever Charlie, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Here's a link to the story behind this great knife: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1134237-Thank-you-Mike-Charlie-and-Jack!!!

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Paul
 
A Case of the Empire strikes back!

Awesome knife Paul- Charlie's going to have to be careful- he's getting very close to being a Saint!:)

Oh man- I received a Very cool package yesterday - inside being a beautiful Spey single bladed Yella.

Some of you may remember me being the absolute lucky begger to win so I got to choose. What a knife! Beautiful walk and talk- superb f&f and this is a working knife?? It's so darned close to being custom quality it's not funny.

Lots of blade- with a gorgeous Swedge going on- photos to follow soon my friends, if I can take a sentence to thank Charlie for this wonderful prize- thank you Charlie for this fantastic knife!
Today's a GOOD day! :thumbup:
 
Amos Iron Wolf said:
Quick, teach him to strop and polish! :eek: Though there is something meditative when sound of the edge on the stone is just right.

Give him a Pakistani Buck 110 knockoff, a cinderblock, a brick, and a piece of leather then show him this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSzq45W0LTk

:D

Dr. Scott, being stuck in a cubicle part of the day is, I believe, one of the modern reasons we gravitate to traditional knives. Even in the midst of the soul shredding and disconnecting machine of the modern business environment, we can look at, handle, even use to open an envelope or cut a string, a lovely traditional slipjoint and be reminded of and feel distantly connected to the place and time when such tools were used out and about many times a day.

Forget Calgon, Barlow, take me away! Besides, it might cause a stir if you tried the Calgon thing in your office.
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Well said! That yellow Charlow really does brighten up that cubicle and acts as an escape - a reminder of something else... Far away in time and place, yet embedded in the memory of man's soul. (Great pic Dr Scott!)
 
Congrats on winning that yellow Charlow Duncan! I just received my African Blackwood single spey Charlow and it's been an instant LOVE AFFAIR from the moment it emerged from it's tube!

Let me present...

 
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