paulhilborn
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A real Beauty Sarah:thumbup:
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What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?
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At last, time and light for this Brazilian Beauty (o'erlit to show the grain):
I have loved both guitars and knives all my life; what a wonderful confluence, in this particular piece.
Thank you to Charlie, and everyone at GEC.
~ P.
Beautiful.
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Beautiful Ulster Primble...early on I used to mark my name on the backsprings of knives I owned...not anymore though
Very nice Ulster, Primble! Love that script bolster!
Thank you all for the nice comments on my old Ulster Barlow. I have wanted a good one for a long while now. :thumbup::thumbup:
At last, time and light for this Brazilian Beauty (o'erlit to show the grain):
~ P.
Just might be a candidate for "Most beautiful TC Barlow", at least thru my eyes.
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That's a great collection, Evan. Nicely arranged; It would look good in a display case!
You will have another one to collect in a month or so. I am trying a new wood for the next Barlow edition, called Palo Santo!
Bill made up a couple of samples - I believe one is in the mail, but here are some pictures from GEC.
The wood is very dense, like Lignum Vitae. It sinks like a stone in water!
It has a nice odor when it is sanded or burned. It is worth looking it up!!
Well I finally got my computer hooked back up after the move. I hate moving with a passion!! Charlie....that Palo Santo wood is simply beautiful with the sheepsfoot blade. Looking forward to aquiring a few of these. Very nice!
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Wood!
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What's this thread doing on page 2?! 
My Anniversary Charlow at Saltaire Cotton Mill
My Anniversary Charlow at Saltaire Cotton Mill
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Thank you for the kind comments, all.
This one is politely requesting to not be a User.
~ P.
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Osage Orange Wood
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Osage Orange Wood
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C'mon, Mark! That's painted yellow! Or some camera filter effect. That can't be the natural color of the wood!? Can it?!
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Scott it is Osage Orange. Here is a pic of the pile side after I finished re-handling it yesterday. This is an indoor pic
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Thanks Perry! It is some hard wood, first time I have worked with it.
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It does have some unusual characteristics, but it does have some fine uses. These covers are one, fence posts and traditional bows are a couple more.
Love what you have done with this one Mark.
Chris
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Thank you Chris I appreciate it
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Mark, it is beautiful wood, and you've done a great job with it! If it were not in better shape than the blade, I would have thought it was the original handle. (Though I doubt any Barlows in the past had such wood.) You are doing beautiful work bringing new life to old traditional Barlows. I look forward to your next creation or renovation!