What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

Thanks to everyone for your kind encouragement of my posts.
sitflyer said:
Why remove the patina?
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Because I wanted to see if I could use the blade as a mirror ;-)
And because your blued patina is so much blacker and even.

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Loving the photos, jon! This is one of the greatest threads in existence.

Here are some photos I took this weekend of my 2 blade Gabon Ebony Clip Charlow. This one has been growing on me quite a bit lately. It's hard to choose a favorite!

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great shots! very difficult to capture the TC etc and the ebony caramel streaks.

I agree the Clip blade is just plain classic on the Charlows, and after doing some whittling with my single blade, I can see why people enjoy the wider purchase of a twin blade grip. And I even get why people like the nail nicks on the same side now, looks so pretty.

Here is my single clip, after using 1500 grit on the whole knife. You can barely see the remnants of the blade etch. At some point I hope to capture some of the depth of the soup bone, which is full of character. And thanks to each of you for your kind encouragement of my photo posts.

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From today's walk (with only an iPod camera, sorry):

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For paulhilborn (I couldn't get the lighting right, and -- suddenly aware of the shell-conducted ticking to which I was subjecting the poor reptile, didn't try for long!):

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Sarah---"Now that's funny"!!! Thank you for that---I just sat and read your post with a grin :) soooo kind of a slow walk then? :p Kind of like "time standing still"---okay I'll stop now :D

Still working on locating pictures to respond to your PM ;)

Hers a quick pic on my shop counter (pardon the shop light)---I love vintage padlocks also so threw one in the picture.

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I got an old knife that I'd call a "Traditional Barlow"...

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But it's not a TC-




I don't know what brand it it, since the tang stamp is wore off.

Looks like an R with an arrow through it on the bolsters, but it's worn down a lot too.


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This one's definitely been used and abused, but still has a LOT of walk and talk.

Feels great in hand at over 5 inches long closed. Open it up and the balance is nice, and lets you know it's ready to go to work. :D
 
paulhilborn said:
Great pictures burnside!!!

Thanks,

Paul
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Jack Black said:
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Thanks guys! I have a lot of fun going on walks and doing little photo shoots with my knives.

jon_slider said:
great shots! very difficult to capture the TC etc and the ebony caramel streaks.

I agree the Clip blade is just plain classic on the Charlows, and after doing some whittling with my single blade, I can see why people enjoy the wider purchase of a twin blade grip. And I even get why people like the nail nicks on the same side now, looks so pretty.

Here is my single clip, after using 1500 grit on the whole knife. You can barely see the remnants of the blade etch. At some point I hope to capture some of the depth of the soup bone, which is full of character. And thanks to each of you for your kind encouragement of my photo posts.

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Hey jon, your marrow charlow is looking great!

I also agree that the extra width of the 2 blade charlows lends well to a good grip. The two blades with the nail nick on both sides looks great in my opinion.

Had these two with me today...

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And thanks to you, I carried them in these new leather sheaths! Very kind of you, jon_slider, I can't thank you enough!

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pertinux said:
From today's walk (with only an iPod camera, sorry):

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For paulhilborn (I couldn't get the lighting right, and -- suddenly aware of the shell-conducted ticking to which I was subjecting the poor reptile, didn't try for long!):

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~ P.
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I can imagine the turtle contemplating the indignity of being used as a photo prop. :rolleyes:
 
burnside said:
Loving the photos, jon! This is one of the greatest threads in existence.

Here are some photos I took this weekend of my 2 blade Gabon Ebony Clip Charlow. This one has been growing on me quite a bit lately. It's hard to choose a favorite!

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I absolutely love this knife! I have been looking for this model everywhere. Since I am new to the traditional knife realm, is this knife still available to purchase somewhere? Are they still in production? Thanks in advance to all for any help!
 
Humint said:
I absolutely love this knife! I have been looking for this model everywhere. Since I am new to the traditional knife realm, is this knife still available to purchase somewhere? Are they still in production? Thanks in advance to all for any help!
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I think the last one must have sold out the other day at collectorknives.net. You can try messaging Charlie Campagna (posting as waynorth in this thread) to see if he has a lead on any extras. If you see on in the classifieds here at the forums, don't hesitate to grab it, they never last long.
 
burnside said:
I think the last one must have sold out the other day at collectorknives.net. You can try messaging Charlie Campagna (posting as waynorth in this thread) to see if he has a lead on any extras. If you see on in the classifieds here at the forums, don't hesitate to grab it, they never last long.
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Thank you so much burnside. I took your advice. This is actually THE KNIFE that turned me onto traditional knives. I could give you the entire breakdown on modern production knives but I am ABSOLUTELY CLUELESS when it comes to traditionals. This is a beautiful knife and it has become me quest to track one down and own it. Thanks again!
 
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