What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?
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To the best of my knowledge that `09 Forum Barlow is the first knife to carry both the Queen "crown" and S&M tang stamp....even though all the modern S&M knives also stamped Queen Cutlery on the pile side. Also I believe this Barlow is the first Schatt and Morgan stamped D-2 knife......If someone knows of any others please let me know!!
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This Queen model 22 from 1961-1971 is a cousin of the trio of 1972 model 22s that I posted on Friday (post #16919). Not only is it a shade older, but it has the aluminum frame covering the spring backs. It also has a slight light/dark covers clash. apologies for reflections in the blades (the sun wouldn't stay still).
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Really like your knife Duckdog and the background. The sawcut tc gets slipped in my pocket but not nearly enough
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Would you be so kind as to identify a good example of each in the pics for comparison. Thanks!
This past Friday and Monday, I posted some Queen model 22 clip barlows. Today, I have a pair of model 23 spear barlows. Both have aluminum frames with covered spring backs. One from 1961-1971 is wearing brown saw cut bone covers and has the patent no. 2728139 on the main. The other from 1955-1957 has Frontier (Queen's name for the "new" Winterbottom jigging from 1947 until around 1968) bone covers. It does not have a patent no., but has PENDING stamped on the main blade pile-side tang and has a paper QUEEN tab taped to the mark-side of the main, in lieu of the model 23 etch.
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Today, I have a couple of Queen model 25 Bench Barlows with their distinctive razor mains. They, too, have aluminum frames with covered backsprings. The darker one is a daily user (along with my Imperial and Sabre barlows), so chosen because the covers had already been slightly marred by a misaligned bottom pinhole. Oh, well, the knife works fine. That one is from 1973-1975 and has what appears to be Delrin covers, the other from 1958-1960 and has sawn bone.
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Today, I have a couple of Queen model 25 Bench Barlows with their distinctive razor mains. They, too, have aluminum frames with covered backsprings. The darker one is a daily user (along with my Imperial and Sabre barlows), so chosen because the covers had already been slightly marred by a misaligned bottom pinhole. Oh, well, the knife works fine. That one is from 1973-1975 and has what appears to be Delrin covers, the other from 1958-1960 and has sawn bone.
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Stuart, you have put together a very nice collection of aluminum framed Queens, those with natural handles are not easy to find.
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Leslie, very nice Lloyd, I picked one up also, really like the size of these,just slightly larger than a standard sized Barlow.
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that is gorgeous!
Boy, there are some nice knives in this thread!! These are the last of my aluminum framed Queen barlows to be posted: a pair of model 27 Sheepfoot Barlows, both from 1958-1960. Some prior owner used a felt-tip marker to add their initials (TO) to the mark side cover of the brown saw cut bone one. Until I find a friend with those initials, I'm using it as an EDC.
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Stuart, since the pile side of the marked sawcut is darker anyway, I think I'd take some dark brown dye to that mark side and "erase" the initials. A diligently applied Q-Tip should do the trick nicely.
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I've thought of that, Jeff, and appreciate the encouragement. It will be easier than looking for a new friend with the appropriate initials.- Stuart
