Yesterday was a "new to me" Barlow day...

TLARbb

TLARbb

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I saw this knife on the auction site and it had a reasonable (I thought) starting bid so I placed a bid at that price. Apparently, no one else thought it was worth that much so it is mine. It is not perfect; there is a crack in the bone at the rear pin on the mark side that extends past the pin. I will be putting some CA in the end of the crack to try to stabilize it. But, the seller was honest and mentioned it in the description and showed a photo of it.

I think it will make a great user. Anybody know which steel they used on this Barlow. It seems that it is stainless of some description. It is sharp (really, a sharp Queen?). Pull is pretty heavy on the main blade and perfect on the pen. The pen is behind the main on this knife, a configuration that I personally like on a jack knife. I have always been something of a rebel.

Anyway a couple of pics.

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Ed J
 
Cool, I've never seen that Queen before.
Interesting to see how the bolsters are sorta "humped" on one side, to give the same effect as sunk joints. Almost like a copperhead-barlow. A Barlowhead! ;)
 
I think that's one thing that caught my eye when I saw the listing. Apparently it is a commenoration of Queen's 50th anniversary in 1972, so this knife is 40 years old itself. Blades are highly polished and the blade etch doesn't show in the picture; actually you might not know main has an etch based on my photo. I'll try to get a better one later.


Ed J
 
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Ed, being honest - I have no idea which steel is used. But it´s a great looking Barlow. Seems to be in pretty good condition and the jigging of the bone is just great looking. Nice shot :)
 
I think back then, they were using 440C stainless, but maybe someone knows for sure - anyone??

Nice Barlow!!
 
Here's my best photo so far of the blade etch:

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Ed J
 
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Very cool pick-up, Ed! As others have noted, that's an interesting bolster.

Thanks for the additional photograph of the blade etch.

Where was I when all this non-bidding was going on?! ;)

~ P.
 
pertinux said:
Very cool pick-up, Ed! As others have noted, that's an interesting bolster.

Thanks for the additional photograph of the blade etch.

Where was I when all this non-bidding was going on?! ;)

~ P.
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Most likely in this forum posting some of those 3200+ posts you've made in less than a year. (I read every one!) :D

Ed J
 
That sure is a nice Barlow, Ed!! I have never seen any barlow with that type of bolster. Very cool etch and bolster stamp as well:thumbup:
 
Sweet Barlow! That's a nice 'un Ed, congrats!

I was looking at a Boker the other day, then I snatched up something else that should be on the way... :D
 
Can you give a close-up of the rear pin and crack like you did the blade? It may not be a crack.
 
I sure can, but it is definitely a crack. No idea how it got there, but it is definitely a crack. Not a marrow groove we sometimes see. It is very obvious at the end. I don't know if I can get a good picture indoors tonight, but I'll get one up. The crack is probably why I wound up getting it for the entry price.

I cropped out part of the image; maybe it will display better:

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Ed J
 
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TLARbb said:
Most likely in this forum posting some of those 3200+ posts you've made in less than a year. (I read every one!) :D

Ed J
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Ed, that is called Stalking my friend :)


That is one very nice Barlow you have there, as said before...interesting Bolster-in a neat sort of way :thumbup:
 
Yes, I see that it is a crack. I thought it might be a marrow grove as you say, we've seen on other knives. Still a very, very, nice knife. It should be pretty easy to stabilize. Maybe someone dropped it.
 
That would be my first guess. My second would be the bone shrank enough that the stress caused it to split at the pin. I'm going to stabilize it as best I can with some thin CA. But maybe the rear pin was spun down a bit too tight and it cracked over time. It isn't the end of the world though; I like it anyway.

Ed J
 
Campbellclanman said:
Ed, that is called Stalking my friend :)


That is one very nice Barlow you have there, as said before...interesting Bolster-in a neat sort of way :thumbup:
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:eek: :eek: I guess I stalk you and some other folks here too then...


Although I should have said "most every one". I know I haven't seen and read them all; 3200 posts is a LOT of posts.

CA is CyanoAcrylate adhesive. That's what us model builders call it (generic name). Known by non modelers as "super glue". You may know it as the stuff that sticks your fingers together. We modelers get so much of it on us, when it begins to peel off we call it "modeler's sunburn". It is also used surgically to close wounds. Lots of uses for it and several grades. The thin stuff will run into any small crack and out of it as well causing you to sometimes stick to your work.

Ed J
 
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