What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

Jack, love the old ones, great bone on that one,

Paul, very nice wheel of 25's, a collection to be proud of.
 
pmew said:
I've been meaning to put up my own wheel for ages, so here you are;




- Paul
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Beautiful. My daughter says it looks like a fall sunflower.

When I see a collection like this, I always wonder which is your favorite (other than all of them).

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RDaneel said:
A great collection of #25 Barlow variety, Paul! :thumbup:
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Half/Stop said:
Paul that is a very impressive wheel of #25 Barlow's :)
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paulhilborn said:
Holy!!! Very IMPRESSIVE Paul:cool::cool::cool:

That is obviously a labor of Love:thumbup:
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t.willy said:
Cool :cool: arrangement of some beautiful Barlow knives Paul.
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philllll said:
Nice wheel, Paul! :thumbup:
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Campbellclanman said:
Wow! - Paul, you HAVE been busy!!! That is such an impressive line up of beauties!! Well Done.
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Augie said:
Paul, very nice wheel of 25's, a collection to be proud of.
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fuzzylogic said:
Impressive collection, and awesome photo. :thumbup:
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Sabercat said:
Beautiful. My daughter says it looks like a fall sunflower.

When I see a collection like this, I always wonder which is your favorite (other than all of them).
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Thanks very much guys!

The 25s don't often appear here in this thread but I don't know why?

@Sabercat - that's a lovely compliment from your daughter :thumbup: and as for my favourite? Well that's easy, my first:





- Paul
 
pmew said:
The 25s don't often appear here in this thread but I don't know why?
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Philistines.



All the same, it is worth noting again that "Weird Little Stubby Thing" was coined in this very thread!

From the archives:

When it was clear that new, 3.5" barlows were indeed the pipeline, puukkoman did say, and I quote:
puukkoman said:
I'm really looking forward to these, too. It's exciting to see GEC produce a REAL barlow, instead of that weird little stubby thing they've been making.
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And off we went! So, Alex/puukkoman gets original credit, but I jumped on the trademark right away. To whit, also in this thread:
pertinux said:
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Of these Weird Little Stubby Things®, I'm going with the one in the middle.
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That's worth a passel of pictures, I'd say. ;)

~ P.
 
I've been after a single-blade, longpull clip point TC (in some kind of bone) for some time. Anyway, I finally landed one! Inside out sawcut, with (what I'm told is) the hollow channel in the shin bone where a nerve runs. I think it's an interesting cover.

 
THAT !!!!! ^^^^ mcar is one AWESOME TC, Im glad that GEC carried on with such a variance in Bone and take a gamble- because it sure paid off!
 
MCar I'm in total agreement with Duncan, what some companies would consider something to toss Charlie and GEC saw something completely unique:thumbup:

I love those covers!!!
 
paulhilborn said:
MCar I'm in total agreement with Duncan, what some companies would consider something to toss Charlie and GEC saw something completely unique:thumbup:

I love those covers!!!
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Thanks, fellas. The pile side has the same hole, so it's pretty nifty. Glad I finally got a long-pull single blade. I do really like it and I'm sure I'll hold on to it for a long, long time (these things are hard to find!), but oddly enough, I actually think I prefer the clip point with a standard nail nick. I was lucky enough to score a red jigged bone Tidioute barlow in the Exchange about a year ago and it has a standard nail nick. I just love that thing.
 
Neat looking knife! Nerves don't run through bones. It's been a long time since I looked at the anatomy of bones and I've never looked at cow shin bones (that weren't already processed for knife handles ;) ) but it may be where a vessel supplied blood to the medullary cavity.

MCar said:
I've been after a single-blade, longpull clip point TC (in some kind of bone) for some time. Anyway, I finally landed one! Inside out sawcut, with (what I'm told is) the hollow channel in the shin bone where a nerve runs. I think it's an interesting cover.

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Very nice and unique! Had a bid on one like this once on the bay, but alas.... Just leaves me more money when my grail shows up someday.

Thank you very much for sharing!

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MCar said:
I've been after a single-blade, longpull clip point TC (in some kind of bone) for some time. Anyway, I finally landed one! Inside out sawcut, with (what I'm told is) the hollow channel in the shin bone where a nerve runs. I think it's an interesting cover.

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Is this the one that sold on the 'bay with the really poor pictures? If it is, glad it turned out to be nice.
 
supratentorial said:
Neat looking knife! Nerves don't run through bones. It's been a long time since I looked at the anatomy of bones and I've never looked at cow shin bones (that weren't already processed for knife handles ;) ) but it may be where a vessel supplied blood to the medullary cavity.
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Interesting...I'll have to ask a vet or an anatomist. Thanks for the input.
 
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