What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

[Dr. Scott]

Are Brian and JSCHENK the only ones to receive their Anniversary Barlows so far? Curiosity is about to kill me. If yours came in the mail, please post pictures!

BTW, y'all. Good job, and congrats! Those are a couple of beauties!

 

[Aias]

I've already posted this in the big toting traditional thread, but I wanted to get one post in this thread too:

my one and only barlow, and I love this little one!

 

[waynorth]

Hey Dr. Scott, we indeed have talked about doing scratted bone, but so far it is just talk!

 

[Dr. Scott]

I have no idea how much it would add to the cost of the knife, maybe not that much, but I suspect there is a market for scratted bone covers amongst the gazillions of traditional Barlow users and historical reenactors out there. A small market maybe, but an enthusiastic group!

 

[Parke1]

Ooohh, scratted bone sounds very neat! I'd love to be a fly on the wall when Charlie and Bill talk knives!

Charlie, did you get your shipment in? I have visions of you staying up all hours of the night, furiously scanning Barlows.

 

[black mamba]

GEC have done something similar in the past, this one a Cuban muskrat from 2007 called antique green jigged bone.

 

[Parke1]

Oh my, I do like that!

 

[mr_badexample]

Here's a better look at the red.

 

[esnyx]

That knife is so pretty it makes me want to shout like Howard Dean!

PYAAAH!!!!

 

[ThievesLikeUs]

Wow, in that picture you can see the old case appaloosa shine through, very pretty

 

[B.F.U]

Are Brian and JSCHENK the only ones to receive their Anniversary Barlows so far? Curiosity is about to kill me. If yours came in the mail, please post pictures!

BTW, y'all. Good job, and congrats! Those are a couple of beauties!

I got mine. I'll post a picture once I get a good one.

It's awesome looking, and immaculately crafted.

 

[waynorth]

Ooohh, scratted bone sounds very neat! I'd love to be a fly on the wall when Charlie and Bill talk knives!

Charlie, did you get your shipment in? I have visions of you staying up all hours of the night, furiously scanning Barlows.

It is an education talking to a guy who has a lifetime of experience in traditional knives. Bill knew a lot of people, now past, who spent their lives doing it too! I hope there is a book in his future!!

The shipment is here! I get to keep a few!!

(I can envision Primble wishing he could get his hot little camera on these knives! Just Charlie's prosaic scans for now . . . . . .)

 

[Parke1]

Man, those are sweet, Charlie! GREAT JOB!!!

 

[jkulysses]

Love that sheepsfoot with the rosewood!!

 

[paulhilborn]

WOW to all of them Charlie---just amazing Barlow's:thumbup:

 

[willydigger]

On the outside I'm like, congrats!

On the inside I'm crying like a baby.

But seriously...congrats.

 

[tstaut]

On the outside I'm like, congrats!

On the inside I'm crying like a baby.

But seriously...congrats.

+1

The rosewoods are magnificent. I think I... somehow... like those even better than the red soupbones!

 

[knowtracks]

Those are GREAT looking Charlie! I love the red bone but the grain on the pile side sheepsfoot rosewood is way cool!
I just knew this redwood was going to rival the Che Chen.

Dave

 

[Dr. Scott]

The red soupbone is perfect, the rosewood is gorgeous, and the sheepfoot is sublime! Congratulations, Charlie! I hope we will see more red marrow bone, rosewood, and longpull sheepfoot blades in the future.

 

[B.F.U]

I really like the grain on that wood.