Unusual Fayetteville Baby Barlow

[JohnR]

Picked up a Fayetteville baby barlow from Roger this week. Finding any Fayetteville barlow is tough but what makes this one really rare is it has Carrier Cutlery tang stamps and a Fayetteville bolster stamp.
Both makers are pretty hard to find and I'm not sure Carrier actually made their knives, they may have had others manufacturers make them for them. Cronk & Carrier mainly made tools, they were in business around the same time frame as Fayetteville Knife Co, late 1800's early 1900's. The 2 companies were about 90 miles apart.
I can't see anyone faking a knife like this as the knife would probably have even more value with Fayetteville tang stamps, I do have a Maher&Grosh in my collection which also has M&G blades with a Miller Bros bolster but in this case Miller Bros is a known supplier for M&G.
One of pics shows the barlow next to a Russell barlow from the same time period giving an idea on size.

[royal0014]

GORGEOUS little fella !!
You should post it in the "Bolsters" thread also . . . .

[rea1eye]

Very nice knife.

Bob

[Reverand]

Beautiful!

[FRJ]

That is a great little knife, John.
What a good looking spear blade it has.

[bladebuddy]

Thank you John for posting the pics and info on Fayetteville Knife Co and Carrier cutlery. There is a thread on Blade Forum with more info and pics.

John I’m green with envy. Your a lucky guy. Steve B.

[edge213]

Picked up a Fayetteville baby barlow from Roger this week. Finding any Fayetteville barlow is tough but what makes this one really rare is it has Carrier Cutlery tang stamps and a Fayetteville bolster stamp.
Both makers are pretty hard to find and I'm not sure Carrier actually made their knives, they may have had others manufacturers make them for them. Cronk & Carrier mainly made tools, they were in business around the same time frame as Fayetteville Knife Co, late 1800's early 1900's. The 2 companies were about 90 miles apart.
I can't see anyone faking a knife like this as the knife would probably have even more value with Fayetteville tang stamps, I do have a Maher&Grosh in my collection which also has M&G blades with a Miller Bros bolster but in this case Miller Bros is a known supplier for M&G.
One of pics shows the barlow next to a Russell barlow from the same time period giving an idea on size.

I'm a Barlow collector and this one would be a great addition to anyone's Barlow collection.

[JohnR]

Thank you all for the comments

David I'm a barlow collector also, always happy to add a new bolster stamp to the collection.

[wlf]

Glad you got that one John.

There's things that we may never know, but they sure make this hobby interesting.