What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

[SHEBOP]

Thank you, Sweetie!!! You Rock My World too!!!!

 

[akadave2]

I'll take one in ebony.

Ill take one in Gopher Wood...preferably 4,000 year old Gopher Wood...give ortake...

 

[pertinux]

The red looks absolutely gorgeous. I'm regretting not getting one in that color.

It's indeed a beautiful knife, but the yellower tone at the bolster indicates this is (probably) the Saddle Brown.

The Saddle Brown and Rust Red can appear fairly close in color (especially under the camera's lens), save for the undertones.

Put me down for a Blue Bopsicle®, please.


~ P.

 

[akadave2]

It's indeed a beautiful knife, but the yellower tone at the bolster indicates this is (probably) the Saddle Brown.

The Saddle Brown and Rust Red can appear fairly close in color (especially under the camera's lens), save for the undertones.

Put me down for a Blue Bopsicle®, please.


~ P.

2 Red Rust with their Ebon kin

 

[ddml]

It's indeed a beautiful knife, but the yellower tone at the bolster indicates this is (probably) the Saddle Brown.

The Saddle Brown and Rust Red can appear fairly close in color (especially under the camera's lens), save for the undertones.

Put me down for a Blue Bopsicle®, please.


~ P.

You are correct. Sorry, I do most forum activity via my iPhone. It has not been pretty lately with upside down pictures and poorly sized pics. Plus having to hunt and peck my responses...

Gah!

 

[pertinux]

You are correct. Sorry, I do most forum activity via my iPhone. It has not been pretty lately with upside down pictures and poorly sized pics. Plus having to hunt and peck my responses...

Gah!

Thanks for the clarification!

And, no need to apologize-- it's a great picture, and even appears correctly-oriented in the thumbnail(!). (I didn't realize you meant it to be t'other end up until seeing the thumbnail, so the larger photograph works as-is). It's frustrating software, even before the hunt-and-peck.

Here ya go:

~ P.

 

[ddml]

Close enough!

 

[pertinux]

Close enough!

Aw, snap.

(Oops.)

(It looks more "brown" with every turn! )

~ P.

 

[ddml]

There she is!

I opted for saddle brown because that's how I picture a barlow when I close my eyes. A deep brown sawcut bone handle, clip point with small secondary pen, and a long bolster with "BARLOW" stamped on it. The last detail is the only "improvement" I can think of for this Tom's Choice.

Really great barlow. GEC has a real winner here. I hope it stays in production forever.

 

[mr_badexample]

It's indeed a beautiful knife, but the yellower tone at the bolster indicates this is (probably) the Saddle Brown.

The Saddle Brown and Rust Red can appear fairly close in color (especially under the camera's lens), save for the undertones.

Put me down for a Blue Bopsicle®, please.


~ P.

Doh! I'm so freakin colorblind! A lot of what I can't see comes through red. This is especially bad with online images. I see the difference when comparing this pic to Dave's red/ebony quattro.

Well I guess I'm regretting not getting the brown, not the red. I stand corrected!!

 

[pertinux]

Doh! I'm so freakin colorblind! A lot of what I can't see comes through red. This is especially bad with online images. I see the difference when comparing this pic to Dave's red/ebony quattro.

Well I guess I'm regretting not getting the brown, not the red. I stand corrected!!

Oh, please don't be hard on yourself over this one. I'm not colorblind, and I sometimes have a difficult time telling the difference between the two, especially in photographs. Hence, my learning to zero in on the yellow undertones (especially near the bolsters). That's what I picked up in ddml's photograph(s).

Arathol caught the color differences well:

I can often only catch the real-life distinctions in poor photographs:

Now, look at the following, and keep in mind there are no duplicate covers in any of these pictures. The Saddle Brown tends to photograph "redder" than it usually appears in real-life-- even when the other colors look more or less accurate. The backdrop can make a big difference:

It can be difficult to immediately tell the difference between the red and brown even when they're in the same frame together! If either one is shown in isolation, it can be even more challenging.

Of course they are both, all, very beautiful.

Hope this helps.

~ P.

 

[CoffeeCat2112]

So, you bought a few barlows, it would appear...

 

[mr_badexample]

Wow, thanks for all the pics. The backgrounds do make a difference. I still confused the red and brown over and over again. Now I'm really not sure which color I prefer. To be absolutely sure I would need to see both in hand in direct sunlight.

 

[pertinux]

So, you bought a few barlows, it would appear...

"Some." They're the gift that keeps on giving!

(Not all of 'em are for me, though I'm grateful for the opportunity to compare them head-to-head, red-to-red. )

~ P.

 

[ddml]

This is like CSI.

 

[CoffeeCat2112]

Wow, thanks for all the pics. The backgrounds do make a difference. I still confused the red and brown over and over again. Now I'm really not sure which color I prefer. To be absolutely sure I would need to see both in hand in direct sunlight.

Just get both. It will happen sooner or later, anyway...

 

[thawk]

Well done indeed Arathol! :thumbup:

 

[waynorth]

A little light perhaps on the "color thing" with the Saddle Brown Barlows. The Brown dye has a lot of red in it, and some bone emphasizes it more than others. In hand they are sometimes a little hard to tell apart, let alone in photographs.
Some of the Brown ones are very Brown, and some are near Red!!
I'm going to have to do some comparison pics.

 

[SHEBOP]

Gots my popcorn, Sweetie!!!
Great pictures in this thread!!!
Thanks for sharing your awesome Charlows, Folks!!!

 

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