What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

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You guys have been busy! :eek: Some great scores and some beautiful knives and pics :thumbup:

Here's my first Charlow, at the seaside :D



 
Thanks a lot Gev, it was indeed! :) I'll hopefully post some more pics in the Lounge later :thumbup:
 
Jack, lovely pictures and a great knife to share in your adventures :)

Belated Birthday wishes to you my friend and may you be blessed with many more! :cool: :)
 
Jack Black said:
You guys have been busy! :eek: Some great scores and some beautiful knives and pics :thumbup:

Here's my first Charlow, at the seaside :D
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Jack, that certainly is a beautiful first Charlow.:thumbup: Great photo of what looks to be a fantastic day at the coast. Let me join in with Ron to wish you a Happy Belated Birthday my friend, hope it was a great one. :D
 
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Jack, lovely pictures and a great knife to share in your adventures :)

Belated Birthday wishes to you my friend and may you be blessed with many more! :cool: :)
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dave308ek said:
Jack, that certainly is a beautiful first Charlow.:thumbup: Great photo of what looks to be a fantastic day at the coast. Let me join in with Ron to wish you a Happy Belated Birthday my friend, hope it was a great one. :D
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Thank you very much my friends :) :thumbup:
 
coolio said:
You guys are giving Charlie a big head with all these TCs!:D Let's get back to something more like the barlows on page 1. This weekend I took in my first knife show, in Janesville, WI, and had a ball. I wasn't going with barlows in mind (well, I guess the thought is always in the back there somewhere:)), but one guy from Wisconsin had around 100, nice collection. I really liked an old Keen, almost new condition, but I didn't have the funds. But I did see an old Hibbard that caught my eye at a different table. Now the seller, a nice fella from Missoura', was giving me the eye while asking me if I'd ever seen a Hibbard w/o Spencer and Bartlett on the tang. Luckily for me, I had done my homework (thanks to THIS THREAD and MadMerryMonk's post), and I knew that HSB had a second line of barlows with only Hibbard on the tang. So anyway, a double-sawbuck later (that's right), this baby was in my pocket!



My research shows this to be from 1913-1927, so of course I'll assume it's the first one off the line from 1913.:D I have only seen 2 of these, and none exactly like mine. Al has one in post #5991, and I've seen another, but neither have the upper groove on the bolster. The stamps are definitely authentic, the main blade is a little shortened from years of use, but not bad. It could be reshaped a little, but I'll probably leave it as is. It's very very well made, solid snap! The sawcut bone is very nice, this "cheaper" non-OVB version they didn't taper the bone to match the bolsters, left it squared off. It was a little rusty, what you see here is after a first, short clean-up. If any of you have more information on the Hibbard, or one of your own, I'd love to hear/see more. Thanks for listening!



Just to show my TC love too::D

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Nice knife and story of acquisition, Brad!
As I said about Al's "H", I'm envious as heck!
 
Brad, that is a nice Hibbard! I am about 100% positive that they were made for Hibbard Hardware stores by KYKC, before Spencer and Bartlett joined the company.
 
^Typo I think, Mark, you meant NYKC? Either way, more information on this, please post or pm me! If it's before Spencer and Bartlett, that puts it in a earlier time frame methinks...:eek:
 
Heading out to the fish & game club for this beautiful April Fools day.

Thought I would bring along Todd's old soup bone, reasoning that it might feel right at home. ;)

I suppose I will find out how rusty my ambidextrous target skills are.

There have been a lot of rounds run through my old Primbleized (wouldn't you know it ;):D) powder keg ! :eek::D:D

Maybe OW's silver dollar will bring me some luck ! :D

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Primble, I was out shooting today also but using a shotgun for Trap. When I got home this was waiting for me, a 1972 Queen 50 year anniversary Barlow, really has beautiful bone and the shape of the bolster is different.
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What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

Something like this when it arrives in the mail:cool:

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Jack, Primble and Augie---very nice Barlows:thumbup:
 
I'm waiting on this one in the mail also Paul. I'll be sure to get a picture of it with my Esnyx mammoth beerlow...and maybe others

 
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