What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

[texmex03]

Check here Tex.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1156593-Charlow-Barlow-History/page13

Appreciate it, I kept seeing posts mention production numbers. Exactly what I was looking for.

 

[swaybacksteve]

So that's the sold out TC Spey-lo. Congrats on the ones who got one...really different and special in many ways.

 

[MercyfulfateXX]

question withdrawn.

 

[willydigger]

 

[Peregrin]

im sure I missed it but how do we get our hands on some of these new TC Barlows? Dealer?

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[Camillus]

Hi sorry to inform you but these latest GEC barlows are now sold out, so your only options will be second hand or other people on these forums. Fortunately they do come up for sale from time to time, you just have to keep an eye out.

I am sure other people will have more information they can tell you, but as the moderater has suggested, discussion of that would derail this thread.

 

[pistonsandgears]

I always liked the look of the Dan Burke barlow with the wharncliffe secondary, finally got my hands on one, carrying it today

 

[MerryMadMonk]

I always liked the look of the Dan Burke barlow with the wharncliffe secondary, finally got my hands on one, carrying it today

Congrats! That's a beauty... and a terrific picture!

 

[Jack Black]

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Thanks Gary :thumbup: A shame this has to be stated so frequently here. And that some of our posters don't seem to be able to read :grumpy:

 

[pertinux]

Here are some closeups of the greenbone:

I am happy about the way the blade turned out. Slightly "spatulate", it should lend itself to nice, acute edge angles.

Fantastic development, Charlie! I was wondering how you were going to implement the long pull on the spey, given some of the scrapped plans (and reasons therefor) with the first run.

A backside pen is, of course, always welcome to the discerning.

I found another of these Queen 1972 Drake Well Barlow's. What I really like about the older knives is the saw cut bone they used, it has a real depth and glow to it. I don't find it as much on newer knives in saw cut.

Interesting, and a fun coincidence-- I was just given one of these myself (thanks, Will Power!), if with variations on the theme.

Sheepsfoot main, but the same frame with "copperhead" bolster-- I'm calling it a "Coplow."

Also as with yours, lighter coloring on the mark side (above), darker on the pile side:

Tang stamp (the only marking on the knife):

Perhaps most endearing, someone evidently had a lit-tle trouble spinning the pins:

The spinner "doodled" from one pin to the other. A close-up of the pile side:

Why, I'm almost tempted to start scritching some things on the bone myself, a la EARL!

~ P.

 

[r8shell]

I believe what you have there, Sarah, is an inscription in ancient Sumerian or Aramaic. It could be a lost text of great significance. Or possibly it says: "EARL."

It really is endearing. I would leave it there, for sure. Reminds us that no one's perfect.

 

[willydigger]

 

[Augie]

Sarah, I really like that one, don't see too many with the sheepsfoot. The bone on yours has a real nice translucence to it also.

 

[waynorth]

Those "Coplows" are nice! Great looking handles (some with ancient writing!) and bolsters that hide the corners of the tangs. Aluminum bolsters if I am not mistaken??
Makes them nice, light and pocketable!!

 

[B.F.U]

Thanks Gary [emoji106] A shame this has to be stated so frequently here. And that some of our posters don't seem to be able to read :grumpy:

Not everyone has time to follow every thread in this subforum and read every post, especially in a thread that moves as quickly as this one. I think the member you quoted was trying to be helpful, and though we rightly aren't supposed to give suggestions in thread posts, I don't think insinuating that some members are illiterate is necessary or in agreement with the friendly attitude of the traditional subforum.

Those "Coplows" are nice! Great looking handles (some with ancient writing!) and bolsters that hide the corners of the tangs. Aluminum bolsters if I am not mistaken??
Makes them nice, light and pocketable!!

The one I have, which is the synthetic handled version, is definitely aluminum. Very cool knife, although mine is extremely beaten up. But then again, it's a Barlow that my dad used well then gave to me.

 

[MercyfulfateXX]

Thanks Gary :thumbup: A shame this has to be stated so frequently here. And that some of our posters don't seem to be able to read :grumpy:

The reading had nothing to do with it. But Thank you.

ALLHSS, I agree and thank you Sir.

 

[Ryouchijtx]

Fantastic development, Charlie! I was wondering how you were going to implement the long pull on the spey, given some of the scrapped plans (and reasons therefor) with the first run.

A backside pen is, of course, always welcome to the discerning.



Interesting, and a fun coincidence-- I was just given one of these myself (thanks, Will Power!), if with variations on the theme.

Sheepsfoot main, but the same frame with "copperhead" bolster-- I'm calling it a "Coplow."

Also as with yours, lighter coloring on the mark side (above), darker on the pile side:

Tang stamp (the only marking on the knife):

Perhaps most endearing, someone evidently had a lit-tle trouble spinning the pins:

The spinner "doodled" from one pin to the other. A close-up of the pile side:

Why, I'm almost tempted to start scritching some things on the bone myself, a la EARL!

~ P.

I really enjoy that one Sarah, I second EARL as well

 

[pertinux]

Sarah, I really like that one, don't see too many with the sheepsfoot. The bone on yours has a real nice translucence to it also.

Thanks! As you know from yours, the bone looks even better in person.

Those "Coplows" are nice! Great looking handles (some with ancient writing!) and bolsters that hide the corners of the tangs. Aluminum bolsters if I am not mistaken??
Makes them nice, light and pocketable!!

The one I have, which is the synthetic handled version, is definitely aluminum.

I've read that some were made with an aluminum bolster. Were all? If not all, how does one tell the difference (short of showing it to Charlie & Co. in Titusville, which I fully intend to do)?

I really enjoy that one Sarah, I second EARL as well

Thanks. If it came to it (which it won't, in the foreseeable future), I was actually thinking of something more universal-- such as, let's see...

"SMS."

~ P.

 

[r8shell]

I've read that some were made with an aluminum bolster. Were all? If not all, how does one tell the difference (short of showing it to Charlie & Co. in Titusville, which I fully intend to do)?
~ P.

Magnet test?

 

[pertinux]

I've read that some were made with an aluminum bolster. Were all? If not all, how does one tell the difference (short of showing it to Charlie & Co. in Titusville, which I fully intend to do)?

Magnet test?

The bolster is very magnet-ic, comparable to my other steel-bolstered knives (as opposed to those with nickel silver bolsters, which are attracted to a magnet but not as strongly).

~ P.