What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

Primble said:
Always appreciated guys - thank you for the Boker Comments.

I thought I might show my cherry wood Charlow storage box - ten of my favorites are in this box. :)

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Well, I'm just getting round to this thread for the first time in a while and find yet another stunning display case! Oh, and "Nice Charlow(s)"! :thumbup:
 
Stephen, Thank you very much for quoting this post of Primbs..... I missed it - THAT looks incredible!!! now thats a very very nice display cabinet!
 
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Campbellclanman said:
I apologise folks, .... I seem to be putting up older shots, and I still to this day cannot stop thinking about my lovely Ebony that I lost, I took this knife with me when I met Jack in the UK, it went around Scotland, It wasnt with me the day we spent an incredible hour and a half with Stan Shaw - but Stan held this very same Red Bone Clip of Charlies...and we have a photo of him doing so -just great - so this photo means a lot to me....
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Campbellclanman said:
.................. and here is the knife that Paul actually dug in a gave to me on the news that the single blade was gone for good - THIS is what makes Traditional folk here probably some of the more important that I hold close to me......
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Campbellclanman said:
Stephen, Thank you very much for quoting this post of Primbs..... I missed it - THAT looks incredible!!! now thats a very very nice display cabinet!
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Duncan - that red bone clip is a wonderful knife - I am betting Paul's determination was tested when he put that ebony knife in the shipping box. :o:grumpy::grumpy::)

Thank you for the comment on the wooden Charlow box - it is a "table top" box and the knives are just laying in the box - so easy to open the lid and grab one out. ;)

Old & In The Way said:
Well, I'm just getting round to this thread for the first time in a while and find yet another stunning display case! Oh, and "Nice Charlow(s)"! :thumbup:
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As always - thank you, my friends. :)
 
Campbellclanman said:
I apologise folks, .... I seem to be putting up older shots, and I still to this day cannot stop thinking about my lovely Ebony that I lost, I took this knife with me when I met Jack in the UK, it went around Scotland, It wasnt with me the day we spent an incredible hour and a half with Stan Shaw - but Stan held this very same Red Bone Clip of Charlies...and we have a photo of him doing so -just great - so this photo means a lot to me....
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Campbellclanman said:
.................. and here is the knife that Paul actually dug in a gave to me on the news that the single blade was gone for good - THIS is what makes Traditional folk here probably some of the more important that I hold close to me......
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Great stuff :) :thumbup:

I took this pic outside Stan's workshop the week before you visited Duncan. It's the same model, two-blade Spearpoint Charlow in ebony, with the pen behind the main, sent to me by Charlie :)

 
Wow...Thank you for that Jack, I bet Charlie would have been chuffed to see Stan holding one of his knives!!!
Thank you for popsting those flicks - great to see you Ebony on Stans Door there too my friend!

Actually I never took too closer notice - but that picture looks to be a etch of a younger Stan on that wood - do you think?

Primble Sir - what a fantastic Table top box - that is simply awesome - like the others have said, the Blue looks very "regal" - very smart!
 
Campbellclanman said:
Wow...Thank you for that Jack, I bet Charlie would have been chuffed to see Stan holding one of his knives!!!
Thank you for popsting those flicks - great to see you Ebony on Stans Door there too my friend!

Actually I never took too closer notice - but that picture looks to be a etch of a younger Stan on that wood - do you think?
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You're welcome Duncan, they took a bit of digging out, particularly as I had never actually posted the second pic. Yes, Charlie would have fitted in well I think my friend, maybe one day :)

The plaque was made for Stan by a poster on another forum, I think Wellington and Smiling Knife will know him.
 
Chuffed* is the word, Duncan!!:thumbup:
You are looking pretty chuffed yourself!!:eek:
It is an honor to have one of my productions anywhere near the great Stan Shaw!!:o
Thank for posting the pics Jack!:)








*[quote OED] adjective
[predicative] British informal
Very pleased:[end quote]
 
waynorth said:
Thanks for posting the pics Jack!:)
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You're more than welcome Charlie. The pic of Stan and Duncan, and Duncan's fine Charlow, was taken by Duncam good lady wife, Sue. The second pic was taken by me on a visit to the museum when Stan was away on holiday.

'Chuffed' - Very pleased
'Chuff' - Somewhat old-fashioned term of abuse
'Chuffin' 'eck' - Slightly inpolite exclamation
'Chuffin Ells' - Group of 1980's women singers

Confusing isn't it?! ;) :D
 
There are enough "Chuffs" to power a steam engine!

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willydigger

just showed this pics to the wife from facebook
she was NOT amused, and i think the hair on her arms stood up :)

it was great
thanks!
 
Charlie I am glad you are Chuffed ( in a good way) - both Jack and I were- I was a bit crook that day- but what a day!!

When you stop and look back at the very special parts of your life- I can say that day is definitely one of those - most definitely. Thanking Jack doesn't seem enough- and Charlie you were a special mention in both Jack and my conversation with that lovely man- ( at the risk of sounding silly ).
 
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Campbellclanman said:
When you stop and look back at the very special parts of your life- I can say that day is definitely one of those - most definitely.
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Absolutely Duncan :) :thumbup:

Charlie, you were definitely along with us that day! :D :thumbup:
 
Duncan, in that pic Jack posted of you and Stan, I must say you look like Liam Neeson--not a bad lookalike to have.

Cool stuff gentlemen!!!
 
Stan Shaw!!! How cool is THAT??? You just never know what your gonna find when open up the Traditional Forum! :cool:
Please excuse me, it has been awhile since my last post. I didn't mean to string this out for such a long time but life just keeps getting in the way! :confused: Don't these people know we have important business to discuss here? :rolleyes:
Anyway work has sent me back to purgatory but not the same exact location. (Probably to many bodies laying around that location!);) And here I have (so far) an internet connection!! :D SO let's get back to it!
After the Sheepfoot was the Spey blade and 3 Clip blades variants added for good measure. The Spey's came in 4 handle variations, African Blackwood, Smooth Yellow bone, Saw Cut Saddle Brown bone and Saw Cut Soup bone. All 4 variations came in both single and 2 blade versions. The 2 blade's have a Clip and a Spey, so you actually get 2 main blades! :cool: The Spey blades have the "Day's Work" etch.(fine job Barry!) All blades have 1/2 stops, as a matter of fact I went back and checked and so far all the Charlow's blades have 1/2 stops thru this release. :cool:
Here is the front of the tube, she sports the "Day's Work" banner, a rooster crowing and a couple of pullets add to make sure nobody is left out! :D
The bucket states "C. Campagna Speying & Chicken Feed"


The Single blades...
Saw Cut Soup bone... tang stamp #'s visible on both Soup bone knives, pile side.



pile...





African Blackwood...




Smooooth Yellow bone...





Saddle Brown Saw Cut bone...



Next post...2 blades!
Dave
 
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The 2 blade version, I forgot to mention all blades have standard nail nicks. :D
Saw Cut Soup bone, mark...




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African Blackwood...





Extra Smooooth Yellow bone...





Saddle Brown Saw Cut bone...





And the closing statement...





The Clips next!
Dave
 
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