What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

This antique amber bone spear has been a constant companion as of late, and has started to take on some serious character.

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Much respect Phil, I admire the knife and your use of it. I have too many I hesitate to use trying to keep in mint condition..and none as coveted as yours. :thumbup:
 
Don't mind the 15 in the foreground, but I was really happy with how this pic showed the character in the ebony on the TC!

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Nice Ebony, Dan.
Before I had to ship these off, I took a couple of scans to show the spectrum of color in that "Ancient" ebony.:)

The mark sides:
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The pile sides:
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Quite a variation. Some have that chatoyance(sp?) you occasionally see, though I haven't shown it well here.
 
The fruits of my labor. I love this knife!!
(But I am already trying to track down another, the addiction begins.)
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I apologize if this was written already, but when you "boil" a knife are you actually boiling a knife or boiling oil or some liquid to be painted upon the bone or knife. Thanks. BTW, beautiful grain variation in the Macasaar, and Jeff, that red soup bone really helps to make those peppers pop.
-Brandon
 
BearBug said:
I apologize if this was written already, but when you "boil" a knife are you actually boiling a knife or boiling oil or some liquid to be painted upon the bone or knife. Thanks. BTW, beautiful grain variation in the Macasaar, and Jeff, that red soup bone really helps to make those peppers pop.
-Brandon
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You know I've wondered that too..Going to dip my Case Texas Jack and my TC 2 blade and was wondering what method would best..I guess it could just take a dip in the boiled tea and quickly be flush with oil~

the Patina journey begins, (the pile side is far more prevalent)

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ALLHSS said:
That #25 has had quite a life.

Nice Ancient!
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Yes it has. It's been around the block and back. I got it trade and let it go. Got it back and freshened it up a bit. Everyone who has had it used it. As soon as I pulled it out of the box again it went right back into the old pocket. It's a great knife.
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abizzybomb said:
Yes it has. It's been around the block and back. I got it trade and let it go. Got it back and freshened it up a bit. Everyone who has had it used it. As soon as I pulled it out of the box again it went right back into the old pocket. It's a great knife.
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No way. I had it, sold it, and bought it back also! Wow, that thing should write a memoir or something.

For Barlow content, is the smooth yellow bone on the Day's Work TCs the same as the Smooth Yellow Bone on the Yellow Rose series?
 
ALLHSS said:
No way. I had it, sold it, and bought it back also! Wow, that thing should write a memoir or something.

For Barlow content, is the smooth yellow bone on the Day's Work TCs the same as the Smooth Yellow Bone on the Yellow Rose series?
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That's awesome about the 25! I'm not sure about the Barlow question. Sorry.
 
BearBug said:
I apologize if this was written already, but when you "boil" a knife are you actually boiling a knife or boiling oil or some liquid to be painted upon the bone or knife. Thanks. BTW, beautiful grain variation in the Macasaar, and Jeff, that red soup bone really helps to make those peppers pop.
-Brandon
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I have been accused of boiling a knife, all in good fun of course!

What I did was microwaved some apple cider vinegar just to the point of bubbling/boiling, using a slim juice glass.
I inserted the carefully cleaned knife blade first, and jostling it occasionally, let it turn black. The blade was open, so handling it with paper towels, I pulled it out, and stuck it in handle first for a while.
When I got the metal parts as dark as I could, I flushed it many times in hot water, and rubbed it with a soft cloth. Flushed it again with the blade in all three positions, blew it dry, rinsed the joint with WD-40, which takes the moisture out, blew it out again (hair-dryer on high), then flooded the joint with mineral oil, wiped oil onto and into everywhere, then rubbed it again with a soft cotton cloth. The metal blade. spring and liners have a nice patina, but the bone got "furry" from being wet, so I fine sanded it down to my liking, rounding the "butt" slightly.
Voile' - perfect pocket knife!!!
 
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