The Venerable Old Barlow

[Miller Bro's]

more oldies...........

[Just Plain Dave]

They are all pretty nice UN but that first one you warned me about is NOICE!

[upnorth]

Thanks for the oldies, Dimitri!
And glad you like the spears Dave!!
Fran, the closest knife to that Tryon is the Remington above!! An unlikely match, but that extra long bolster is a close match, and if I recall (a dicey situation these days ), they're the only two extra-longs I have.

[orvet]

I'm drooling.........



Dale

[Sauconian]

I'm drooling.........



Dale

I'm waiting for the mailman.

Fran

[Miller Bro's]

I'm waiting for the mailman.

Fran

My mailman has just arrived

Here are more Barlow knives

[Miller Bro's]

A couple more.........

[Another Knife Collector]

There's some great oldies there MILLER BROS!

[upnorth]

A real nice bunch of old timey ones Dimitri!!

Gotta go take some extra blood pressure meds! You are dangerous for my health old buddy!

[Just Plain Dave]

Either one of them I*XL knives look GREAT!

[Miller Bro's]

AKC & Dave,

Thanks

Gotta go take some extra blood pressure meds! You are dangerous for my health old buddy!

Charlie,

I better hold off posting any more pictures, till your blood pressure comes down!

[Owd Wullie]

Great Stoof D!!
I posted this in the I*XL thread, but it belongs here as well;
Got this little treasure off ebay the other day. The seller said it was her grandfather's knife. It's been well used and well taken care. The old man put a hair poppin sharp edge on it too.




Been carryin it for a week now. Never been a barlow fan, but I LIKE this one.

[Just Plain Dave]

I don't know how I missed that NONXXL (or XLL) in the first drooling!!!

[trail]

Owd Wullie posted some nice Colonials a while back. Here is another with a different handle color. I know these knives are about the cheapest things ever made in America, but even so the guys at work marvel over the snap of the blades and the workmanship in general. They don't make knives like this any more...

[trail]

We had a thread on this knife recently but I'd still like to put a shot on the Barlow thread since this is almost certainly the oldest Barlow most of us will ever see. As best we could figure, made by either Matthew or Luke Oates (I'll bet there were a Mark and John in the family as well), Sheffield England, late 1700s to early 1800s.

[basser5]

I found a few to show, have more in the basement ....somewhere?

[thawk]

A few barlow knives.

Ulster


Ulster 10OT and a Colonial


Imperial Mark Twain

[knife7knut]

Here's a few of mine:

A Case XX
An unusual Colonial Barlow with a screwdriver secondary blade.
A Kent
A Marx,"safety" Barlow made of rubber.
A couple of Case Daddy Barlows;one I notched because it is almost impossible to open otherwise.
A Russell Barlow with sheepfoot main blade.
A couple of Schrade 206's someone gave me awhile back as partial payment for some pinstriping work.
A Swan Works miniature Barlow.
A Tip Top Barlow with a bone handle on one side and a wood handle(probably a replacement)on the other.I have a couple other knives that look to have been made this way at the factory;possibly as a salesman's sample.I don't think this one is.

[gino]

I USED TO NEVER CARE FOR BARLOWS BUT I REALLY AM STARTIN TO DIG THEM NOW
those sure are some sweet ones

[ROOSTRTALE]

1st post here Barlow man myself . I really like the Ka bar dogs head . I got bit by the barlow bug when I got my first about age 10 , If you didn't carry a pocket knife to school back then some thing was wrong with you. I'm 50 now and I think I own about 100 most are One arm Patterns.

Great thread

[Owd Wullie]

1st post here Barlow man myself . I really like the Ka bar dogs head . I got bit by the barlow bug when I got my first about age 10 , If you didn't carry a pocket knife to school back then some thing was wrong with you. I'm 50 now and I think I own about 100 most are One arm Patterns.

Great thread

Welcome to the forums!

Dive in and have some fun.
Willie

[ROOSTRTALE]

Thanks ,This is some good stuff . And I think I need too oil my joints also Nice E bay find .

[Froggyedge]

The good old Barlow works just as well today as in the days of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer!
Great thread!

Roostrtale!

[gino]

Bought my first 2 barlows this weekend at the flea market.
Like I stated earlier in this thread I never cared for barlows but lately I have a liking for them .
I will post some photos after I take a good cleaning to these

kutmaster
Camillus

[orvet]

Here is a Schrade Barlow I got from Charlie at the OKCA show this last weekend.
A nice new 1985 dark green bone.

Thanks Charlie!

Dale