What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

lol - yes Paul it is - for now :) theres that awesome Ebony of yours at the right - that and the red Bone with it are my two-two bladed Spear TC,s - there is one however gone AWOL :-(, my poor wee Ebony single-after traveling across the world with me - has gone walkies.

Thank you Al, I intend to extend my house so I can extend my Family :-), I just need to find out where Dave lives hehehe :D
 
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Looks like Duncan has been a busy little beaver lately. :eek::eek::grumpy:

Thank you for the wonderful group picture my friend. :p:barf::barf:

;):D:rolleyes:
 
Great collection you have going there Duncan!
Those Ozzie ones are nice too, 1500!
Those down under Wizards have got them surrounded!
 
Primble said:
Looks like Duncan has been a busy little beaver lately. :eek::eek::grumpy:

Thank you for the wonderful group picture my friend. :p:barf::barf:

;):D:rolleyes:
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lol - why thank you my friend - its always great to see your comments - you never fail to put a smile on my face!

1500international said:
Charlie is certainly a wizard when it comes to designing a traditional barlow .
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Charlie is right - two nice ones - Stews Blade looks just fantastic - love that Bone colour - perfect! I will get one of those one day!!!! The hunt is on!

waynorth said:
Great collection you have going there Duncan!
Those Ozzie ones are nice too, 1500!
Those down under Wizards have got them surrounded!
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Thank you Charlie - its thanks to you my friend.
 
Carrying the ebony Clip that you gifted me in Sheffield today Duncan :)

 
Campbellclanman said:
Cool Shot - Col knife! Where was that photo taken Jack? - most probably a VERY old Building?
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Thanks Duncan, the background is part of the workings for a canal lock. The cut-out is to allow frequent greasing, but they're not usually decorative as in this case :thumbup:
 
Straight line honey bone Russell Barlow with iron bolsters:
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Whew ... Ive been hunting for a Russell. That is a beauty. :thumbup:

Primble, what era is that one? I know some have the diamond but can not remember off the top of my head this morning.
 
That Russell is in great condition, Rob! I love the raised, chunky scales on those guys. Wonderful pics, as usual!

Here is a strange bird I picked up recently. I've never seen one of these before, so I'll defer to the masters on any information about it.

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That's a spectacular specimen Primble. A honey of a Russell If I've ever seen one. Looks to be an older one too. Drool.
 
waynorth said:
I cannot help but be amazed by, and to celebrate the beginning of the TC Barlow. The first shipment was sent on December 7th, 1012.
I will let the back label say the rest!

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The parts are patiently waiting in line at Great Eastern, for other knives to go through production, and I am impatiently biting my nails, hoping the Anniversary knife will live up to our expectations!!

What makes a Good Traditional Barlow?? Innate quality, and a good history!
Thanks to all for helping to make that history!!
If only I could afford to give them out to the participants here, I would!!
Party favours*!!:D



*rhymes with savours (Can/UK spelling);)
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Charlie, I missed this previously and just wanted to wish you a Happy TC Barlow Anniversary and thank you for enriching our life/knife experiences. The TC Barlow is legend, as is the man behind it and both will remain so for a very long time.
 
KBA said:
Whew ... Ive been hunting for a Russell. That is a beauty. :thumbup:

Primble, what era is that one? I know some have the diamond but can not remember off the top of my head this morning.
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Brett - All information that I have on the Russell Barlows suggest the straight line stamp was discontinued in 1933.

Thank all of you for the nice comments. :thumbup::)

I have had plenty of time with the old knife while cleaning it up and I concluded that, most likely, it was not used very much, unlike most Russells I have run across.

I am fairly certain that it is a pre-1933 straight line frame, the bolsters are iron, the steel pins are in the correct place, as is the pivot pin and I had to clean a good deal of rust from the surface of the steel liners and some light rust from the iron bolsters. I keep thinking the blades are too good for it's age, however, when you look down inside the knife where the tangs are hidden, both blade tangs look really old and the patina matches the rest of the knife. The steel handle pins have old patina or old rust on the ends. If anything was ever done to repair this knife, it had to be quite a few years back and if so, the work was done by an accomplished cutler. Most every Russell Barlow that I ever ran across had well used/abused blades and I was surprised to find this one. I could be completely wrong and this could be a parted knife, but, again the work had to be done a long time ago, if it was. I would welcome any comments/discussion from others concerning any aspect of this knife. ;)

Evan - very neat and unusual Electric Mate. :thumbup::)

Al - thank you for reminding me to congratulate Charlie on the two year anniversary coming soon. I was going to wait till the actual anniversary date on December 7th, but, I will join in with the rest of you now (so I won't forget :)) and say " Happy TC Barlow Anniversary Charlie "!!! :D
 
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