The Venerable Old Barlow

[upnorth]

Darrell and Mr. Sanders, you both have amazing collections of Barlows!!
Thanks for showing them!!

[DARRELL MAINES]

Hey John R wonderful ONB you have I absolutely love the old long bolster English Barlows. One must remember that the Barlow was the cheapest made knife going. I am thouroughly convinced from seeing all the blade variations that there was no rime or reason to putting these things together. I think they used whatever parts they had to get them out the door The rest of you chime in here if you want. I am always looking for info and marks I have never seen before Here are a few for you viewing pleasure. You all will soon learn that I have a great passion for barlows and hope someday to do a book

ATB. Just marked Sheffield
MF&S marked 1780 on main blade and Charles Furness on the little blade. Only Charles Furness blade I have ever seen.
ONB. First one Furness Sheffield
ONB second one marked Matthew with touch marks
Oak Sheffield
AFC. Frasure & co. Sheffield
M&S. Madden & Sons Sheffield
B4 Any. F Ward Sheffield

[DARRELL MAINES]

RockmanO. Found one more Keen Kutter I had forgotten about

[DARRELL MAINES]

JohnR some reason photo did not load I will try agaio

[Rockman0]

RockmanO. Found one more Keen Kutter I had forgotten about

That looks MINT! Those minty old EC Simmons barlow Keen Kutters hit all my buttons! Thanks for sharing

[Rockman0]

JohnR some reason photo did not load I will try agaio

Love the variety of bolster stamps found in barlows ! Thanks for posting

[JohnR]

Darrell, you really have put together a great collection of old Barlows, love seeing them.

Added these 2 this week, a nice Wostenholm with a spey main and very nice jigging and a Camillus with a rounded sheepsfoot and very nice saw cut.

[DARRELL MAINES]

LOOKIN GOOD JOHN R LOVE THAT SPEY IXL

[DARRELL MAINES]

LOOKIN GOOD JOHN R LOVE THAT SPEY IXL

[ludwig26]

I’m starting to organize some of my collection
. Here are the Case Barlow’s.
Kerry

[DARRELL MAINES]

Kerry. Sure a good lookin bunch of cases

[LongBlade]

Darrell - nice knives !

[DARRELL MAINES]

Case Select Mammoth ivory
Case Select pearl XX bolster
Case MM barlows

[QTCut5]

That Mammoth Grandaddy Barlow is a showstopper right there, Mr. MAINES. Beautimous!

Bulldog Brand Caramel Swirl Acrylic

~Q~

[Quick Steel]

Darrell: Wonderful Barlows. The Mammoth of course, but the MOP also looks great on your Barlow.

Q: The acrylic gives a very rich look to that fine Bulldog, a favorite brand.

[QTCut5]

Thanks, Garry.
I know you'll appreciate this:
The reason I bought this particular Bulldog Barlow is because it reminds me of my recently departed companion, Lehua.

~Q~

[Quick Steel]

Aw, So sorry you lost the beautiful Lehua. They are a wonderful, colorful, match.

[edge213]

Ulster pre 1942. Thanks to Jeremy (J1890)

[edge213]

York Cutlery.
York-dutch Barlow on bolster.

[Rockman0]

Old Taylor's eye witness

[QTCut5]

Couple of recent pick ups.
Northwoods stag sheepfoot

Rite-Edge smooth white bone...proving that it's possible to get a decent Barlow knife for less than $10.00 ($9.87 shipped!)

~Q~

[OLDE CUTLER]

Hibbard, Spencer, & Bartlett

[OLDE CUTLER]

Another Barlow I picked up over the weekend. This is a Kutmaster that unlike most advertisers does not have the blade etch or handle printed ad, but has NEW HOLLAND stamped directly into the steel bolster. This would be the New Holland that makes farm machinery I presume. Kind of different.

[Quick Steel]

A whole clutch of interesting and venerable Barlows above, both the older and the newer. Here are a few of mine.

[JohnR]

Nice Barlows everyone. Olde Cutler, the New Holland's were a gift from the New Holland dealer in the 1960's, here is how they were packaged.