The Venerable Old Barlow

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Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Co. O.V.B. one arm man.
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David those are some fine examples of classic Balows! ::nod:: ::tu::
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Thanks Randy.
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Here's a sheepfoot Ulster
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And a Wostenholm

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I always return to carrying a Barlow and a Stockman
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Some blade shapes
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Impressive Bower with some great bone on it, bigbore! ::tu:: And a belated ::welcome:: to AAPK!
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That Bower really caught my eye as well. ::drool::
Very nice group of Barlows, bigbore. ::tu::

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Thanks.
The Bower is my favorite too.
Here are some Böker
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From left: Magnum Bonsai - 3 Henckels
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In this row: KaBar - Case - Bear - Bower
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David, Glen, Bigbore, all very nice Barlows, my favorite pattern.

Few random Barlow shots, the bone handled Boker is a hard one to find in good condition, the I*XL has really nice jigged bone.
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Great bunch of barlows, JohnR . ::tu:: ......

.... but that 009R really trips my trigger !! . ::drool::

How many dots on that beauty ?
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Thank you Chris, it's a 10 dot.
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Awesome !!
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Robeson - Winchester - Russell - Russel - A.G.Russell
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Western - Craftsman - Schrade - Rough Rider - York-Dutch
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Big Horn - Battle Axe - Parker - U.S.Classic - U.S.Classic
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Smokey Mountain - York - Queen - Queen
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There is only place for 3 more ..
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Great barlow display, bigbore, some beautiful knives in there! ::tu::
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Let's go for the Grandaddy's:

Camillus - Westmark - Westmark
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Camillus - Ka-Bar - Bower - Jowika
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(I wonder if it's 'Grandaddy' or 'Granddaddy' ?)
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Amazing barlows, bigbore! ::drool::
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Thanks Dan and dcgm4.
Next row: Elk River - Platts´ Sons - Schrade - Schrade
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Finally: Elk River - Rosko - Colonial - Lenox
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