What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

I went to the Knife Days show in Wilmington, OH today with the express purpose of getting some more Barlows. I have been waiting months for this show. All of them are solid and in great condition. Here they are:

An Ulster. Apparently, they only made 10 of these. :)



A Cattaraugus, single bladed one.



And my favorite - A Schrade Cut Co. This one is a dream to hold. I really like the bone.




The whole gang together.

 
paulhilborn said:
Very nice Remington and Boker Barlows Jon:thumbup:

Lloyd that Sta Sharp is just AMAZING. I only have one Sta Sharp and it's a whittler, it too is a well built knife:)
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+5K!! :thumbup::thumbup: Achingly beautiful Barlows, gentlemen!

Ryouchijtx said:
I agree with Paul, that Camillus is fantastic.
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aha I stand strong ;)
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:D:D I admire the strength of your peanut butter convictions, Tim! :thumbup: (No matter how misguided they are. ;))

RDaneel said:
I went to the Knife Days show in Wilmington, OH today with the express purpose of getting some more Barlows. I have been waiting months for this show. All of them are solid and in great condition. Here they are:

An Ulster. Apparently, they only made 10 of these. :)
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A Cattaraugus, single bladed one.
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And my favorite - A Schrade Cut Co. This one is a dream to hold. I really like the bone.
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The whole gang together.

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Wow, Dean, looks like the wait was well worth it; they ALL look like 10s to me! Congrats on your triple play! :thumbup::thumbup:

- GT
 
Congratulations Dean! Those are some very nice Barlows but that Schrade and Catt are just outstanding:triumphant: When I was in Oregon recently for the OKCA show I looked for some Barlows and found a few but nothing of the caliber of those two. Lloyd
 
Beautiful Knives everyone, Dean Sir - like evertone has said, Man that Shrade is something else - love that Bone - great debate on what that is actually called as we know Schrades Peach-seed - has long forks that interweave almost - where Deans beautiful example - the jigging doesnt quite fork and extend out into each other ( if that is described right -I hope you get what I mean ).
 
Thank you Gary, Lloyd and Duncan.

Lloyd, I was surprised to find the Schrade (and the Catt). There were a lot more Barlows available today than a year ago. I didn't buy until I had seen every table. Even then, I missed the Schrade until late in my second walk through. There was also a HS&B, but I ran out of cash. :)

Duncan, the bone on the Schrade fascinates me. I've seen similar here on the porch but can't remember where.
 
RDaneel said:
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Duncan, the bone on the Schrade fascinates me. I've seen similar here on the porch but can't remember where.
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Dean, of course I can't read your mind/memories and I'm almost a complete novice about vintage knives of any kind, but your new Schrade's bone reminds me of the 2014 Forum knife that Markesharp rehandled and gifted to me. I have no idea where he got his bone.
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Isn't this kind of close to yours???



- GT
 
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Man,this thread gets away from you fast, lots of nice Barlows this week.

Jon,love the Remingtons and Bokers.

Lloyd, that Sta-Sharp is really something, nice find.

Dean, looks like you had a great time at the show all great finds but that Shrade, oh my!

This is one I have with similar bone, don't know who made it as just stamped Made In USA,

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Thank you Mike, Augie and Jack.

Augie, your Made in the USA Barlow also has great bone. The long-pull spearpoint also looks great.
 
Very pretty Barlow Augie! Love the bone jigging style and color on that one. Certainly looks like it has Schrade blood in it. Here is a Schrade Cut I have with a more free form or random jigging pattern or style and color than yours or Dan's. I like the blade shape and long pull also on yours. Lloyd

 
Some beautiful old barlows Dean, jigging on those old Schrades is really good.

Haven't done a group shot of the TCs in a while so here they are, my selective collection.
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Mission accomplished, Dean!

Lloyd, GT and John, nice variations on the Schrade jigging. I've never been able to line up Schrade's various jig patterns chronologically, at least not 100%. There are several of them.

Formidable array of TCs, P&G!! Just beautiful!!
 
The Clip collection so far. Still need help with the missing ones, but extremely grateful for the help getting this far! I hope the next batch of 15s are clips! I need a fix! :D
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