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What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

Âchillepattada said:
The Barlow in its creator's island :):thumbsup:

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Âchillepattada said:
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Ma che bella Sicilia!!
Hope you had a nice visit!!
 
Âchillepattada said:
A Barlow is the ultimate weapon :D

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That is quite the amazing ram. Wow!!! And a very nice Barlow, too.

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I was thinking about the title of this thread, pondering “what makes a good Barlow,” and decided a comparison of three very old knives and a relatively old one next to a new “ancient” Barlow would help me. So here are five Barlows for comparison, top to bottom:

Remington UMC RB 45 (1933-1935)
Remington UMC RB 44 (1933-1935)
Remington UMC RB 43 (1924-1933)
Kabar 1013 (1966-1982)
GEC TC 15 118

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Some are a little worse for wear but all have nice snap, sharp blades, good handles and no wobble. They all are surprisingly consistent in size with the GEC being about 1/8” longer than the Remingtons, which measure on digital calipers within 1/100th of an inch between them.

I am easily outdistanced by the many amazing collections held by BF members, but much can be learned even with just a few knives to compare. Plus it’s just fun to pull out old and new knives and look at them closely.
 
dcpritch said:
That is quite the amazing ram. Wow!!! And a very nice Barlow, too.

****************

I was thinking about the title of this thread, pondering “what makes a good Barlow,” and decided a comparison of three very old knives and a relatively old one next to a new “ancient” Barlow would help me. So here are five Barlows for comparison, top to bottom:

Remington UMC RB 45 (1933-1935)
Remington UMC RB 44 (1933-1935)
Remington UMC RB 43 (1924-1933)
Kabar 1013 (1966-1982)
GEC TC 15 118

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Some are a little worse for wear but all have nice snap, sharp blades, good handles and no wobble. They all are surprisingly consistent in size with the GEC being about 1/8” longer than the Remingtons, which measure on digital calipers within 1/100th of an inch between them.

I am easily outdistanced by the many amazing collections held by BF members, but much can be learned even with just a few knives to compare. Plus it’s just fun to pull out old and new knives and look at them closely.
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Nice comparison shots David, I like comparing old to new, I posted this shot awhile back, one of my favorites.


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