The Venerable Old Barlow

[Just Plain Dave]

I'm not sure they ever have knife shows around here. Gun shows often have knife sellers but not the kind you people talk about.

Should I ever come across a "bucket full" of Imperials I will grab a few fer sure!

[orvet]

I found an old Imperial Shell handle at the mini show Saturday.
The interesting thing about this one is that it has the Hammer Brand logo on the bolster.

Dale

[upnorth]

First one I've ever seen, Dale. It's got the "forged" blade too!

[Miller Bro's]

Here are some for a buck apiece

I'll take 'em all!!

Charlie,

That will be $6.00 plus shipping and handling


Seriously,

People say today "How can China make that knife and sell it for $15.00 and make a profit?"

Well I ask, How could Colonial make these knives in 1977 and sell them for .50 cents a piece and make a profit? The $1.00 marked on the display card is the retail price.

[Owd Wullie]

KABAR!!


BLUE GRASS by Belknap

[Just Plain Dave]

Oh MY! That Blue Grass is a humdinger!

[upnorth]

I don't think I've posted these pics yet. Mostly Schrade or Schrade-related; "click" them up to get fine details!

[orvet]

Nice ones Charlie!

Dale

[Hukk]

Nice ones Charlie!

I agree - those are nice!

[Just Plain Dave]

I too agree Charlie!

Some of them have that BEAUTIFUL Spear on 'em!!!

[Owd Wullie]

Oh my!

Those spear bladed Barlows are BEAUTIFUL!!!

ALL of those old Barlows are GREAT!

[testcase]

I have a few around...

A granddaddy barlow with pocket protector

A ka- bar-lo Dog head

And a Boker

[upnorth]

Thanks for the compliments on the Schrades everyone! Here's a Boker that's unusual.
Has anyone seen this bolster stamp before?
It was a first for me, so I HAD to buy it!!

[Owd Wullie]

Never seen a Boker marked like that. it's NEAT!!
Couple of Colonials


and a very used up old Remington
Ignore that other used up Remington at the top of the pic. I was running out memory in my camera and light to work with.

The REMINGTON on the bolster is upside for some strange reason unbeknown to me. Maybe it is like those discussed elsewhere with the upside down shields.

[Just Plain Dave]

Them last two do look as though all the goody was used out of 'em!

Thanks for showing them!!

[orvet]

A few more of mine.

Some new Russell Barlows.

Some newer Remington Barlows.

I like the Daddy Barlows and Russell does them well. They have some of the nicest saw cut bone.
Of course that red & yellow Remington probably rates as high in Ken's book as it does in mine.

Dale

[Miller Bro's]

I like the Daddy Barlows and Russell does them well. They have some of the nicest saw cut bone.

Dale,

Here are some old Russell barlows

[orvet]

Those are some sweet Russells!

All that bone is very nice & that granddaddy is amazing!

Thanks for sharing!

Dale

[upnorth]

Nice Russells and Daddies, MB and Orvet!
Rather than waste bandwidth, I'll refer you to my Russells on page one of this thread.

Dimitri, and everyone, do you find that the clip blades are more scarce on the old knives? I've seen lots of spears, but fewer clips.

upnorth

[Miller Bro's]

Charlie,

I find very few old clip bladed barlows. It seems the spear was more widely used. I think because this was an inexpensive working man`s knife, the spear took less time to grind.

Also, the clip blade point could be easily broken during hard use, where as a spear is much stronger. Judging from most of the old barlow knives I have seen, they were used pretty hard.


I have lots of old barlow knives, I will post more pics soon.

[upnorth]

While we're waitin' for Dimitri's old ones , I found some pics of my Daddy Barlows to ogle; not all are that old, but some good age and history here.
1) First the Case ones.
2) Then a mixture of; a Cargill, a Schatt & Morgan, and some Scagel (Queen) repros.
3) Finally, some nice old Schrades!

[upnorth]

JUST PLAIN DAVE!!!
DANGER!!!
DON"T LOOK!!!
(until you take your blood pressure medication!)

Here's an unusual one:

[upnorth]

And, just as unusual, is this one. I like sheepfoot Barlows about as much as J.P.Dave likes long-pull spears!

[upnorth]

I am scrolling through my old pics for knives I still own, and keep hitting these durn Barlows - sorry again Dave - hope you are sittin' down!!

[Sauconian]

Nice old Pa. knife that Tryon, Charlie.

Who do you think may have made that one, with the center pin so close to the bolster ?

Fran