What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

[CoffeeCat2112]

And a Dremel?

I have a dream...

 

[avoidspam]

Late to the party but happy to be here

 

[sitflyer]

.....

 

[bonzodog]

Late to the party but happy to be here

That looks a real cracker

 

[avoidspam]

That looks a real cracker

Thanks, yes, chuffed!

 

[WA Martin]

Well, it's official. Another member of my family, my brother, is quite taken with the Charlows. But my brother definitely wants one of Charlies tube poppers too!

 

[waynorth]

I can't imagine that there won't be EOs, HJs and other variations of the #15 pattern that forms the basis of the Boys' Knives and TC Barlows!
BTW, a reminder:
The digits 15 in Schrade's pattern number in sitflyer's post of the catalog excerpt is indeed Schrade's pattern number, and a good part of the reason 15 was chosen for GEC's Jack Pattern!

 

[confucius37]

I was just thinking about all the possibilities with this frame...how about an electrician's knife? a little smaller than your standard, but I'd say an electricians knife on this frame would fit right into the Farm and Field line

 

[mr_badexample]

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.

Thanks for the additional info Charlie. I look forward to seeing the comparison pics.

 

[PaulBosley]

Finally got MY Charlow copperhead sawcut

It whittles just fine and feels great in the hand. Now to find Ebony...

 

[waynorth]

Nice find, Paul. I haven't seen many spears on the market at all!
That was the first pattern to come off of production!

 

[SHEBOP]

That's a Beautiful Charlow!

 

[PaulBosley]

Nice find, Paul. I haven't seen many spears on the market at all!
That was the first pattern to come off of production!

Yes I know I just missed out on the last one by minutes and have been looking ever since. Another member here hooked me up ( thanks again Tyler). I am very happy with it. The only thing wrong with this knife is that it makes me want another one!!! Maybe ebony And stag. And a red. And a brown. Tan maybe.

 

[silenthunterstudios]

Yes I know I just missed out on the last one by minutes and have been looking ever since. Another member here hooked me up ( thanks again Tyler). I am very happy with it. The only thing wrong with this knife is that it makes me want another one!!! Maybe ebony And stag. And a red. And a brown. Tan maybe.

Yes, I don't usually acquire multiples, but I want one of each of these Charlows.

 

[bemo]

I was just thinking about all the possibilities with this frame...how about an electrician's knife? a little smaller than your standard, but I'd say an electricians knife on this frame would fit right into the Farm and Field line

This!

 

[burnside]

Loving my new single clip Charlow! Thanks again, Charlie :thumbup:

 

[pertinux]

avoidspam, great picture of a great knife! I am very loving my own antique amber. :thumbup:

I can't imagine that there won't be EOs, HJs and other variations of the #15 pattern that forms the basis of the Boys' Knives and TC Barlows!
BTW, a reminder:
The digits 15 in Schrade's pattern number in sitflyer's post of the catalog excerpt is indeed Schrade's pattern number, and a good part of the reason 15 was chosen for GEC's Jack Pattern!

Ve-ry cool.

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.

Thanks for the additional info Charlie. I look forward to seeing the comparison pics.

On Charlie's good authority, the knife I've now added to these pictures is, and I quote, "REAL BROWN!" It's the one I've termed "Browner" in the captions below. Or more simply, it's the darkest TC barlow in each picture.

Once again, all the knives tend to photograph "redder" than they often appear in real life; light + lens really picks up the red in the bone.

I also suspect that, just as some of the saddle brown knives are more (or less) red than others, some of the rusty red is as well. Or at least, the red barlow I have here looks "redder" to me at the bolsters than others I've seen pictures of (Dave's, Paul's, Blaine's, etc.).

BUT: sometimes, the saddle brown and rust red can look exactly like this!

(Red, Brown, Browner)

(Browner, Red, Brown)

(Red)

(Brown)

(Browner)

~ P.

 

[pertinux]

One more:

Upon looking through pictures again, this one stands out as a real-life representation of how subtle some of the differences actually are:

Well, save for one.

~ P.

 

[pertinux]

Doubling back on GEC's "What's Happening Page," I just saw this:

Anyone else catch the caption?

"Are these barlow spears?"

They look too long to be for WLSTs®.


... Whoa.

~ P.

 

[sturzi]

Hmm. Squinting my eyes and looking at the number I'd say it's 152113?

Another run of single blade spear barlows? Maybe a barehead EO Northfield version? My imagination is running wild