What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

[SHEBOP]

Just wanted to say Hi to all my Friends.
Been CF'ing & CE'ing all my new CHARLOWS & looking forward to many more!
You Rock, Charlow!!!:thumbup:
I love you heaps, Sweetie!
(Thanks to Tony & You, I'm now a Barlow Knife Knut)

 

[ddml]

 

[Art_Vandeley]

I was wondering if some of our international members have recieved their charlows yet. I`m eagerly awaiting mine.

 

[paulhilborn]

My TC Barlow---really really like this knife

Paul

 

[Humppa]

I was wondering if some of our international members have recieved their charlows yet. I`m eagerly awaiting mine.

I´m very interessted in these knives. But haven´t ordered, yet. A little out of money at the moment. So I hope they´ll still be available when I have the bucks...

How long are you already waiting?

 

[waynorth]

sorry guys, i have trouble scanning 29 pages. questions:

1. a barlow is supposed to have a one-piece liner and bolster to a side?
A lot of the very old ones do have one piece bolster and liner, but the separate bolster goes back one hundred years or so
2. why do a number of modern barlows use stainless steel for liners instead of brass?
Steel is more rigid, and some like the looks. The TC uses non-stainless steel.
3. is the barlow meant to be a hard use slip joint?
It is a durable knife, but must be used with respect. No knife is stupidity-proof!

I hope this answers your questions. My advice is to read everything you can if you want an in-depth knowledge of traditional knives.

 

[waynorth]

Looks like Tom missed that part of the fence, Owen!
Nice Barlow!!

 

[Art_Vandeley]

I´m very interessted in these knives. But haven´t ordered, yet. A little out of money at the moment. So I hope they´ll still be available when I have the bucks...

How long are you already waiting?

Placed my order on the 5th. A day or 2 before he started shipping I think.

 

[hank_rearden]

really guys, this is the third time i'm going to post this: There's a critical shortage of top- and bottom-view shots of slipjoints. this is particularly galling with barlows as i'm curious with regard to its supposed "over-engineered" design.

 

[paulhilborn]

really guys, this is the third time i'm going to post this: There's a critical shortage of top- and bottom-view shots of slipjoints. this is particularly galling with barlows as i'm curious with regard to its supposed "over-engineered" design.

Not 100% sure this is what your looking for hank, something like this

I have others if this is not what your after

Paul

 

[knarfeng]

really guys, this is the third time i'm going to post this: There's a critical shortage of top- and bottom-view shots of slipjoints. this is particularly galling with barlows as i'm curious with regard to its supposed "over-engineered" design.

Hank. Stop.

Read my reply (#1139 of this thread) to your question. Then read Waynorth's response, #1146.

For the last 100 years or so Barlows have not been "over-engineered". They are just regular pocket knives of a particular style.

Calm down. Ask a clear question without anger.

 

[hank_rearden]

ermmm... easy does it. you gents basically answered my question(s). sorry if i came too thick. just wanted instant enlightenment is all. thanks.

hank

 

[knarfeng]

ermmm... easy does it. you gents basically answered my question(s). sorry if i came too thick. just wanted instant enlightenment is all. thanks.

hank

Happens to all of us. No worries.

 

[Modoc ED]

This is a Queen Barlow with one-piece, cast, bolsters and liners. It is a Queen Steel #22

What makes this knife unique is the way it is built. The body of the knife is an elongated casing with the bottom and front open while the spine and rear are closed. There are slots in the closed top edge of the casing. There is no spring pin to attach the spring to the casing. Rather, the spring is inserted through the rear slot in the closed, top edge, of the casing, fitted to the blade tang in the usual manner and fitted to a shoulder on a piece attached internally to the closed, rear, end of the casing. This causes the spring to be leveraged to the solid edge (back) of the casing. That's kind of a simplistic description but you should be able to understand it by looking at the picture of the back of the knife.

The entire cast piece is aluminum - the blade and spring are steel.

Edited to add: Don't let the aluminum casing fool you. These are tough little knives. Very stout and strong.

This is the drawing page from the patent. You can see in Figure 5 how the spring is inserted in the slot at the back of the knife as I mentioned above.

I don't know what Daniels is doing over at Queen now that he owns it but until recently, Queen still made their "Big Chief" knives this way.

waynorth (Charlie) - I only put this knife in this thread to show "hank_rearden" one way a knife with a one-piece bolster and liner can be made. If you feel it is stepping on your thread, I'll withdraw it.

 

[knowtracks]

Very interesting Ed :thumbup:
Thanks for sharing!

Dave

 

[waynorth]

waynorth (Charlie) - I only put this knife in this thread to show "hank_rearden" one way a knife with a one-piece bolster and liner can be made. If you feel it is stepping on your thread, I'll withdraw it.

No sweat Ed! I appreciate your polite, thoughtful, and considerable effort to enlighten a question that has arisen. Eliminating ignorance is what we strive to do here!

 

[akadave2]

Great stuff Modoc!

 

[black mamba]

Thanks again, Charlie, my antique amber just arrived. Great +, love the bone. Straight in the pocket!

 

[avoidspam]

Thanks again, Charlie, my antique amber just arrived. Great +, love the bone. Straight in the pocket!

Nice! Got the same winging its way to me in the UK

 

[akadave2]

Thanks Charlie! The gang showed up today! That Ebony is great!!!