What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

Bartleby said:
A very good explanation. The catalog illustration leads to some interesting speculation. Perhaps the company issuing the catalog sent the engraver an example from old stock, or it may well be that some details were omitted by the engravers for the sake of clarity (as the S.E. Oates name is also omitted). It may also be possible that the printing plates had simply not been updated to reflect the change of marking.
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Thanks, and thanks for joining in. I have earlier illustrations for Oates showing the "S.E. Oates" stamp on the blade and I think someone may have been getting a little lazy in the artwork towards the end. Also, and probably more likely, some retailers would black out or eliminate a company name from a knife to lead the customer into thinking that the knife was "their" brand.
It is interesting how the graphics range in quality and accuracy from one illustration to another during the same time frames. Often, the same exact graphics were used from one retailer to another, but sometimes they were quite different even within the same year.
 
Very nice examples, Old Engineer, cigarrodog, waynorth, and Txjohn.
Great looking Henckels Barlow, Old Engineer, and you may already know that it was a contract knife most likely made by Boker.
While Henckels made some of the finest pocket knives ever offered, they never produced any Barlow models on their own.
Henckels stopped producing pocket knives in the mid 1960s to concentrate solely on kitchen cutlery.
They contacted out their pocket knife line to Boker and other cutlery companies for a few decades after the mid 1960s.
 
herder said:
Very nice examples, Old Engineer, cigarrodog, waynorth, and Txjohn.
Great looking Henckels Barlow, Old Engineer, and you may already know that it was a contract knife most likely made by Boker.
While Henckels made some of the finest pocket knives ever offered, they never produced any Barlow models on their own.
Henckels stopped producing pocket knives in the mid 1960s to concentrate solely on kitchen cutlery.
They contacted out their pocket knife line to Boker and other cutlery companies for a few decades after the mid 1960s.
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Thank you very much for the info because I was unaware of that . I have to say though that the Henckels is made much better than a Boker Barlow that I have .

Harry
 
herder said:
Very nice examples, Old Engineer, cigarrodog, waynorth, and Txjohn.
Great looking Henckels Barlow, Old Engineer, and you may already know that it was a contract knife most likely made by Boker.
While Henckels made some of the finest pocket knives ever offered, they never produced any Barlow models on their own.
Henckels stopped producing pocket knives in the mid 1960s to concentrate solely on kitchen cutlery.
They contacted out their pocket knife line to Boker and other cutlery companies for a few decades after the mid 1960s.
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Thank you kindly.
 
Old Engineer said:
Thank you very much for the info because I was unaware of that . I have to say though that the Henckels is made much better than a Boker Barlow that I have .

Harry
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All of the German made contract knives for Henckels that I have seen are top notch. I believe that Henckels requested (and paid for) the best possible examples.
I hate to show these knives in a Barlow thread, but will for a comparison of models. Both are made by Boker, but the Henckels model has much nicer premium grade stag.
Otherwise, the fit and finish of both is pretty comparable.

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That IS a Nice I*XL Charlie!
Nice Boker too by the way- actually you dont see too many like that one around!

Herder- Two very nice Knives!

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waynorth said:
I agree with you David - that is a killer improvement on a TC!! One of Evan's triumphs IMO!!

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Here is the first one that Evan experimented on, a used and patina-ed Ancient. Not as perfect and wonderful as Phil's, but not bad!!
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waynorth said:
You know the rules, Paul!!:eek:
Pictures or it just ain't so!!:rolleyes:
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Officially NERVOUS now, I have scoured my house and am unable to locate my Knife that Evan enhanced for me:eek::mad::mad::mad:
 
Last summer I bought a collection that had some traditional knives in it. One was a J. A. Henckels barlow...red saw-cut bone. Have seen several like it in this thread.

I have been increasingly interested in the barlow design knives and going though some of the posts and pictures in this thread has helped fuel the interest. Today I found this KaBar barlow, it's used and has not been taken care of in recent times but has a nice smooth feel to it. Any information from you guys would be appreciated, TIA, Preston
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