What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

I grew up with nail nicks. Didn't know what a long-pull was, 'til I discovered GEC and TC Barlows. ;) I still prefer nail nicks. This early (not PPP early) Charlow is my only long-pull spear blade.

I may prefer clip blades and nail nicks, but I can appreciate the beauty of a long-pull spear, especially when it comes on a beautiful redbone TC Barlow!

 
Half/Stop said:
Primble - These are 2 beauties. I absolutley love the patina and the "Old Vintage" look that you have given them :thumbup::thumbup:
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silenthunterstudios said:
Excellent patina!
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Thank you guys! :thumbup::)

silenthunterstudios said:
Seeing all of these spear point Charlows really makes me lament selling off my Charlows.
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I can be reached thru PM ! :eek::eek::confused::rolleyes::D

Dr. Scott said:
I can appreciate the beauty of a long-pull spear, especially when it comes on a beautiful redbone TC Barlow!
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Great knife Scott. :thumbup::)
 
There are some nice pics of the new Charlows on the GEC website: palo santo sheepfoots under construction. I tried to figure out how to repost them here, but the pictures were too small and low resolution. Maybe someone else can repost them here.
 
Here are a couple of pics that I enlarged:

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Beautiful wood, clearly different from the walnut or Che Chen rosewood in color and grain. I love the grain and the lighter color!
 
A few snippets of info from GEC:
The Palo Santo is hard wood to work. They are struggling along, but doing a nice job of it!
They are saving me the sawdust and cut-off pieces, so I can "smudge" my house and drive off the rust bunnies and other bad spirits!;)
The Bone is just going into the dye baths, so it will be a little while before we see it.
There is a surprise insert going into each tube - no buttons this time, but I think everyone will like what they find!

Over and out!
 
Thanks Al and Sean for importing those Palo Santo pictures. :thumbup:
That wood looks much nicer in person. It has a depth of activity going on, like tiger-eye.
 
waynorth said:
That wood looks much nicer in person. It has a depth of activity going on, like tiger-eye.
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Oh yes! What was that big word Charlie taught us? Chatoyance! The tiger's eye effect that appears in some types of wood. I sure hope I can see that up close!
 
They are saving me the sawdust and cut-off pieces, so I can "smudge" my house and drive off the rust bunnies and other bad spirits!;)


Charlie, I love the legend of the Palo Santo, that it is a wood that rids bad spirits and causes good luck.

Hoping to get one of those. Heaven knows I need it. :)
 
I wonder what Charlie has in store for us on the next round of spey blades?!

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(Sorry, my attention deficit disorder got the best of me there. Back to the subject at hand.)

waynorth said:
Here's an interesting TC!!

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The Palo Santo sample finally arrived. It has a 2013 blade, but of course it was made a week or two ago.
The wood is eerie!!:eek:
It has chatoyance (I love that word - I hope it is spelled correctly), and as you rotate the knife, the feature lines appear and disappear!!!:eek::confused:
I swear there is another planet inside that knife:rolleyes:!! I can't wait to see more. I scanned it on different backgrounds to see if I could bring out the colors - sort of a subtle rainbow - but you must have it in hand to appreciate it! Pretty amazing!

They have been delayed a little. We thought first of Feb, but now it will be closer to the first of March!!
GEC is very busy - a hive of activity!
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Relee1 said:
Charlie, I love the legend of the Palo Santo, that it is a wood that rids bad spirits and causes good luck.
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Plus, when my wife thinks I'm weird because I'm handling my knife on the couch, I can just say I'm "meditating." You go do your yoga, and I'll just sit here and "heal" with my Palo Santo TC Barlow!
 
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