What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

Jack Black said:
Great pic Duncan :) Charlie, you're a star! :thumbup:
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+ 10!
I absolutely LOVE mine and am constantly amazed at how Charlie's design creates a knife that is both utilitarian, and extremely elegant at the same time, most especially evident in my two ebonys.

~Jim
 
Glad you like them Duncan, Jim - everyone.
I basically asked Bill to make what I hoped to see in a knife. He has so many years experience, he knew very quickly what to do, and how it had to be done! Guy's amazing!
 
Here, you can identify the knife in the forefront of this picture as a Gen-yoo-wine Barlow, because...
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... it says so, right there on the blade!

Other times, one must rely upon more subtle visual cues, such as the bolster. ;)
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I look forward to whatever comes next, while remaining glad for how very good right now is, here in my small corner of the knife world.

:)

~ P.
 
I am glad someone is keeping us on the path!
Nice moody pics, ~P!

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I clipped this image from my cellphone memory. It was taken as I drove to the Calgary airport after visiting my Grandaughter in Red Deer, Alberta.
 
waynorth said:
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I clipped this image from my cellphone memory. It was taken as I drove to the Calgary airport after visiting my Grandaughter in Red Deer, Alberta.
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Wait wait wait-- go back to the part where you saw a huge sign for the Barlow Trail, and you didn't detour.

:confused:

~ P.
 
I've been carrying the two blade yeller barlow I got from Charlie, and it is a treat. Comfortable to carry, great slicer/user. I too got used to opening it. However, now, most of the nail tip on my left thumb is gone. No problem, when I want to use the main blade, I just open the pen blade then the main blade. Why all that hassle? I'm so used to opening a knife with my left thumb, I guess that I just can't break the pattern.
 
waynorth said:
Anyway, having been an avid collector of Barlows, and being still a gung-ho appreciator of same, I undertook to discuss with my friend the subtle things that attract people to
If you are an old hand at antique knives, don't say anything yet. I'm sure a lot of the newer members will enjoy figuring out the identities of the more ambiguous markings.
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WOW CHARLIE! :eek: I have a very small collection of Barlows that Pales by comparison to yours. I like them and have one in my pocket as we speak. :)
-Bruce
 
blazerman said:
Will there be a clip point version coming out in the future?
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Way back when, in this thread or an earlier one, someone posited that should the first run be successful, there would be subsequent run(s), including with clip blades. I reckon most indicators point toward this first run having been a success. ;) Not only that, but the other current pattern on this frame, the #15 Boys Knife, also seems to be well-received. More good things in store, I hope!

~ P.
 
pertinux said:
Wait wait wait-- go back to the part where you saw a huge sign for the Barlow Trail, and you didn't detour.

:confused:

~ P.
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Ummm . . . .I had a plane to catch. I did however Google it. Turns out, it was named for Noel Barlow who was a RAF crewman during WWII, and runs by Calgary - with no known knife association.
There is also a Barlow Road in Oregon, built in 1846 by Sam Barlow. It is the last overland section of the Oregon Trail, leading to the fertile Willamette Valley.
And that Barlow road leads to the Oregon Knife Show!!:D
 
Everyone over this side of the pond will whince at the thought of our most famous Barlow - Ken Barlow, a long-standing character in a long-running and rather dreary soap-opera.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Barlow
 
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The initial efforts, spearheaded by the intrepid, have resulted in a keen return-- bolstering hopes and strengthening frames for whatever pace is set next, whether the clip be fast or slow.

~ P.
 
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