Your newest addition:traditionals of course!

cards94 said:
Very nice sir. Great blade shape.
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Thanks! I've been looking at it for weeks. I love the stubby sheepsfoot, but I wasn't crazy about the scales. Now that I have it in hand I've changed my mind about the scales. They look better in person.
 
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Oh man, it's raining knives!
In addition to the TC Barlow from Sarah, I picked up a few gems today.

The gun show was today, and I'd planned to go for a while even though I have no money to spend on knives right now. I decided to bring along a bunch of Kershaws and such like moderns that I just don't carry any more to see if anyone was in a trading mood. Well, the dealer was and I came home with a #09 Esquire in ebony and a #22 Magnum in buckthorn bone.


 
r8shell said:
Oh man, it's raining knives!
In addition to the TC Barlow from Sarah, I picked up a few gems today.

The gun show was today, and I'd planned to go for a while even though I have no money to spend on knives right now. I decided to bring along a bunch of Kershaws and such like moderns that I just don't carry any more to see if anyone was in a trading mood. Well, the dealer was and I came home with a #09 Esquire in ebony and a #22 Magnum in buckthorn bone.


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Very nice scores! And no new money lost! Not bad. That buckhorn magnum is really lovely.
 
A #92 Talon in Goldenrod to take over from my #92 Lava as my main EDC.

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And on a not entirely unrelated matter i also have a GEC #25 inbound just like the one jrtodd46 has just recieved, now my qustion is, GEC list it as a Barlow, but i thought a Barlow had to have two blades and a honking great steel bolster, just two reasons why i prefer the slim, lighter and single blade model, could some better informed forumite please set me right...
 
oldmanrunning said:
And on a not entirely unrelated matter i also have a GEC #25 inbound just like the one jrtodd46 has just recieved, now my qustion is, GEC list it as a Barlow, but i thought a Barlow had to have two blades and a honking great steel bolster, just two reasons why i prefer the slim, lighter and single blade model, could some better informed forumite please set me right...
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Did GEC list it as a barlow, or did the vendor/seller? GEC calls them either Jacks or-- in later runs-- "Little Jacks," whereas second-party sellers often seem to combine them with their 'barlow' listings.

#25 Jacks/Little Jacks

#25 Barlow

(Those pages aren't complete, but there's more than enough to drool over all the same.)

Note-- Barlows can have one or two blades; the distinguishing characteristics are a large bolster (~ 1/3 the knife length) and a barehead (no rear bolster).

r8shell said:
Oh man, it's raining knives!
In addition to the TC Barlow from Sarah, I picked up a few gems today.

The gun show was today, and I'd planned to go for a while even though I have no money to spend on knives right now. I decided to bring along a bunch of Kershaws and such like moderns that I just don't carry any more to see if anyone was in a trading mood. Well, the dealer was and I came home with a #09 Esquire in ebony and a #22 Magnum in buckthorn bone.


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Holy moly, those are great little knives! I liked both much more than I thought I would, once I got to see them in person. [The foreshortened proportions of the Gunstock still perplex me, but it feels good in hand. Or in finger(s), as the case may be-- wee lil' thing!]

Well done. :)

~ P.
 
Humble apologies Pertinux sloppy work on my part, it is of course a Little Jack. But i am pretty sure the next one in should be a Smooth Buckthorn Bone Magnum..
Regards OMR..
 
oldmanrunning said:
Humble apologies Pertinux sloppy work on my part, it is of course a Little Jack. But i am pretty sure the next one in should be a Smooth Buckthorn Bone Magnum..
Regards OMR..
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Oh, my-- certainly no reason to apologize(!). GEC causes enough confusion with some of their naming decisions,* I thought some clarification might be helpful.

*[The Calf Roper was straightforward, a three-blade stockman configuration. But now, there's a Calf Roper Slim (single spring, one blade on each end) and a Calf Roper (Jack), #66s all. Argh! Similarly, one must now determine if a "Workhorse" under discussion is a three-spring, three-bladed 'whittler' or a single-spring knife with a blade on each end. #79s, both.]

With the #25s, GEC has remained consistent (if belatedly realizing that "Jack" alone might not be enough of a descriptive for the first non-barlow #25s-- what say-- and going to "Little Jack" for later runs). But, as noted earlier, I've seen many Vendors/sellers confuse the two. On various merchant pages, for example, one can click on a link labled barlows and discover... Little Jacks. #25s all, but there are important differences.

No matter what, you've got a great knife on the way. :thumbup:


:)

~ P.
 
r8shell said:
Oh man, it's raining knives!
In addition to the TC Barlow from Sarah, I picked up a few gems today.

The gun show was today, and I'd planned to go for a while even though I have no money to spend on knives right now. I decided to bring along a bunch of Kershaws and such like moderns that I just don't carry any more to see if anyone was in a trading mood. Well, the dealer was and I came home with a #09 Esquire in ebony and a #22 Magnum in buckthorn bone.


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I need to go to your gun and knife shows! Love all 3 of those!

archertl said:

It vame in the mail yesterday. Northwoods hawthorne blue camel bone #44.
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Gorgeous!
Welcome to the forum.
 
This arrived very recently a nice Vic Garden Knife courtesy of Jone with a Buffalo Quarter and sheath. I gathered the last of the summer field flowers, poppies,cornflowers,nasturtium and daisy with it. Thank you Jennifer, you are very kind.:thumbup:

Regards, W

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I picked up these two oldies at our local fleamarket on Saturday:

First, a Camillus #50 Barlow in sawcut bone:
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Next, an Ulster ebony teardrop jack with most of the original blade etch remaining:
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It was a good weekend. :)
 
I got my first Case, a large stockman yesterday, and I started inspecting it when I got home. It just never occurred to me while I was buying it, but anyway it had some side to side play in all three blades. I took this opportunity to learn how to hammer the pins, and it was quite the success. Now the clip and sheepsfoot are completely solid, and there's only a little play in the spey but not really enough to worry about at the moment. Now I've just got to polish up the bolsters. This was quite the fun learning experience, plus I get the reward of knowing I did it myself and am prepared if it happens again.


This is also the first carbon steel knife that I've owned and am shocked the patinas already starting. Now hopefully this knife will put off the purchase of a GEC. This knife was strictly meant as a transition into traditionals and to put off the inevitable purchase of a much more expensive knife.
 
A Kabar Coppersmith barlow showed up in today's mail:
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Horrible picture, good looking knife. Excellent fit and finish, too! I'm pleased with it.
 
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