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The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is$300$250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?
- Thread starter waynorth
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Forgive my ignorance . . . are the 14 Barlows already available for pre-order? Must. Get. 14. Barlow.
I am very interested also!
dispatch184
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Turning 32 in a little over a week here and I had been looking for a TC to mark the occasion. With the help of the forum I was able to get a new day TC in copperhead pick bone with Spey/Pen combo. I'd tried watching the exchange but I work lots of random hours and always seemed to be a little to late. Really happy to finally get my hands on one and I won't make the same mistake with the new #14 Barlow. I've been trying to hold off breaking it out of the tube until my actual birthday but I can't resist any longer. I can now see why they are so hard to come by. Amazing knife from top to bottom! Here's the first but it won't be the last.
That's a beauty! Congrats on your first TC :thumbup:
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Thanks dispatch!
dispatch184
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Yeah Dean that is one sweet knife, nice find :thumbup:
Old Engineer
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"Gorgeous" is not a word I use very often but that's what this IXL is ... Just Damn Gorgeous! The sort of Pocket Worn Look & Patina that only comes about one way - a lot of years on the clock.
Blades pretty much full .... 'snap' open and closed like it left the factory yesterday. Solid Bolsters and Natural saw cut bone scales - except for a sharpen I won't be touching this beauty.
Derek
Don't find them like that very often Derek !!!!!! Congrats !!
Harry
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I found a sister to Derek's IXL not long ago.
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Those are cracking IXLs gents :thumbup:
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I found a sister to Derek's IXL not long ago.
Bob n Derek,
Awesome! Those are as classic as it gets wow. As you said, only one way does a pocket knife acquire that look - YEARS of time and use. Either of you have any idea how old those are?
The classic Barlow has become my hands-down favorite and has completely taken over the #1 spot in my RFP for well over a year now. All the others duke it out for #2 spot carry if I do carry a second knife.
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Are the 77s that are supposed to run this year going to be produced in Barlow format, as well? With those plus the prospect of a smaller Barlow like the 14 I have found myself wondering where the $$$ for a 15 fits in. I've been trying to fill the big GEC gap in my Barlow collection (can't be a Barlow collector without a Charlow, right?) but as of yet I've found no common ground negotiating, and like they say, I may've been born at night but it wasn't last night.
Anyway, now that I've binged on 18s I really need to start planning out the rest of the year. Missing the 98 was bad, but I won't miss a run of Barlows.
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