What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

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Some assorted camping pics!

1970 Case Barlow:

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Sweet honey:

Nice pair Rob,love the glow the old bone takes on.

Barry, nice red bone. The Case red bones are some of my favorites. I've shown my mint ones but here are my users, early 60's.

Pater Filius Spiritus Sanctus
Out of Eyam
Past the coolstones and boundary rock
Washed in vinegar lest we not
Lineages Furness Ibbotson and to Fout
Made manifest somewhere enroute
Est Not Est
Furness

4 Good, Traditional Barlows in 4 different sawcut bone covers.

Fred, Barry, Primble, Augie, Gevonovich and Phil - Man Oh Man! I skip a day in this thread and all these Beautiful Oldies suddenly appear WOW!!!

 

[blademan 13]

I don't pretend to understand your poetry, Gev! But I like it!!

Too darn funny (and not far from the truth! ), literally lost control there for a bit :thumbup:

 

[philllll]

Thanks Ron!

A little light-hearted copycattin'... all in good fun, of course! :barf:

 

[TX_planes]

Wow, these look very nice.

 

[augustusjames23]

That is a beautiful picture and impeccable gear!

 

[philllll]

Thanks guys

Welcome to the forum augustusjames, you picked a good thread for a first post! :thumbup:

 

[Primble]

Now that is some honey dipped in honey...wow!! Love the saw cuts on that Remy!!

Thank you Mr. Rabbit, purveyor of classified rabbit holes !

Nice pair Rob,love the glow the old bone takes on.

Thanks Augie, nice users you showed too. :thumbup:

Nice pair of oldies Primble. Love that old Bone.

Thank you Dunc ! :thumbup:

Pater Filius Spiritus Sanctus
Out of Eyam
Past the coolstones and boundary rock
Washed in vinegar lest we not
Lineages Furness Ibbotson and to Fout
Made manifest somewhere enroute
Est Not Est
Furness

Never knew about that rabbit hole ! Nice one Gevo !

I don't pretend to understand your poetry, Gev! But I like it!!

I'm with you mate !!!

Fred, Barry, Primble, Augie, Gevonovich and Phil - Man Oh Man! I skip a day in this thread and all these Beautiful Oldies suddenly appear WOW!!!

Thank you Ron ! :thumbup:

A little light-hearted copycattin'... all in good fun, of course! :barf:

A lot of copycattin' going on around here lately. :thumbup:

 

[Markesharp]

Pater Filius Spiritus Sanctus
Out of Eyam
Past the coolstones and boundary rock
Washed in vinegar lest we not
Lineages Furness Ibbotson and to Fout
Made manifest somewhere enroute
Est Not Est
Furness

Nice Furness Gevo.

Father Son and Holy Spirit
Was it made in 1665 at the outbreak of the Bubonic Plague in the English village of Eyam? The people infected stayed there to avoid spreading it and washed with vinegar.

Cool stuff!

 

[Jack Black]

Sweet honey:

Lovely stuff Primble :thumbup:

Pater Filius Spiritus Sanctus
Out of Eyam
Past the coolstones and boundary rock
Washed in vinegar lest we not
Lineages Furness Ibbotson and to Fout
Made manifest somewhere enroute
Est Not Est
Furness

Very good Gev Lovely Barlow :thumbup:

 

[Catherine_Montana]

THE BACKWOODSMAN magazine, September/October 2015 issue, has an article about BARLOW knives starting on page 58.

I do not know if this article is online but it is in my husband's new magazine that he picked up on Monday night.

I do not know how accurate this article is but I thought that it might interest some of you here.

Cate

 

[Gevonovich]

Primble
You and i both love a good rabbit hole

Mark
Super, my good Watson!! Eyam may have been the beginning of where it all started. ie...The World of Emmanation It could have ended there. ie....Is Not Is

Jack
Thank you for the good rabbit holes, my friend!! I spent hours following your link yesterday. Great fun and so much to learn about the Furness legacy

 

[Jack Black]

Jack
Thank you for the good rabbit holes, my friend!! I spent hours following your link yesterday. Great fun and so much to learn about the Furness legacy

You're very welcome my friend, I'm sure there are plenty more for you to explore :thumbup:

 

[Markesharp]

Mark
Super, my good Watson!! Eyam may have been the beginning of where it all started. ie...The World of Emmanation It could have ended there. ie....Is Not Is

Gevo

ie.......Not East?

 

[Gevonovich]

Not as old as Augie's

 

[Jack Black]

Beautiful Gev :thumbup:

 

[Gevonovich]

Beautiful Gev :thumbup:

Jack ...I'm not sure which one of the Furness men this knife is marked for?

 

[Jack Black]

Jack ...I'm not sure which one of the Furness men this knife is marked for?

Edward Furness & Sons?

 

[waynorth]

Enoch Furness according to Levine.

 

[Gevonovich]

Edward Furness & Sons?

That is what I was thinking but not certain. I will keep researching. I having fun doing it. Thanks, Jack!!!

 

[Jack Black]

I'm assuming that's a 'D' next to the 'E'?

Tweedale mentions an Enos Furness (1836-1905), son of Matthew and Eliza Furness. The most prominent Furness cutlers were Matthew and Edward.

Edit - I posted an ad for Edward Furness & Sons, from one of the Sheffield trade directories, in the vintage ad sticky recently :thumbup: