The Venerable Old Barlow

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Ivoryman wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 3:50 pm
JohnR wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 2:40 pm
Ivoryman wrote: Tue May 18, 2021 2:40 am 1922-1972 50 year Drake Well commemorative by Queen. Nice saw cut bones, great walk and talk, sweet action.

Very nice Iman, I've always thought those were some of the best looking Barlows ever made, they have great bone, I may have gone a little overboard on these.
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Thanks, here is a real nice article on the Drake Well Barlow.


https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233. ... 4-2020.pdf
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Wow that was an interesting read I must say. Thanks for the link, that's a cool piece and since I bought one and knew nothing about the well other than it was for oil, it was fun to read up. Also of interest to me was that bit about the SFO and the original number of units and retail price. Cool. Mine sold at open auction for almost exactly four times that much. Appreciating in value. Hope that trend keeps up :mrgreen: and I'm not surprised because this is a well made knife, much different than the last few Queens I bought from the last ten years. I just cannot say enough again about Queens regular quality and finishing compared to that stuff I've bought from them this century. Blows my mind how Case, Queen, Schrade, etc. made such goodies just a few decades ago and then stopped to re-tool and manufacture knives that were cheaper and lower quality, worse and worse. Love these old knives and they are such a treat to get for reasonable dough and get to feel and experience how manufacturing was 50+ years ago. All my favorite knives (except GEC knives), cars, motorcycles, guitars, trucks, tools, boots, music, were from last century, before the 1980s more specifically. Just love the way they were built and last. They stand the test of time.
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Bluegrass Barlows I love putting sets together
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Cool set. ::tu::
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Did anybody in the old days make an automatic Barlow? Anybody have one? Seems I remember seeing one when I was a kid. Didn't have a press button, it was a tab type like European style. Could be imagining things. ???? Thanks, J.O',
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DARRELL MAINES wrote: Tue Aug 17, 2021 1:06 am Bluegrass Barlows I love putting sets together
Great set Darrel, so hard to put a set like that together.
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DARRELL MAINES wrote: Tue Aug 17, 2021 1:06 am Bluegrass Barlows I love putting sets together
Very nice set. I am unfamiliar with bluegrass, who made them and when?
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[attachment=0]BD778AA4-AC93-4463-B4BB-7B60E6FA1B76.jpeg[/attachment.
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Took awhile to put these old guys together. Case Manufacturing Little Valley New York. W R Case & Sons. Case Bradford Pa. Case Tested XX spear blade clip blade & razor blade. All 5205 pattern
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DARRELL MAINES wrote: Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:17 am [attachment=0]BD778AA4-AC93-4463-B4BB-7B60E6FA1B76.jpeg[/attachment.
Very nice.
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You have impressive sets of historic Barlows. ::tu:: ::tu::
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DARRELL MAINES wrote: Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:17 am [attachment=0]BD778AA4-AC93-4463-B4BB-7B60E6FA1B76.jpeg[/attachment.
Beautiful array of Barlows. ::tu:: ::tu::
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DARRELL MAINES wrote: Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:17 am [attachment=0]BD778AA4-AC93-4463-B4BB-7B60E6FA1B76.jpeg[/attachment.
Great looking group!! ::tu::
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Can't remember if I've shown very many of my Barlow knives so here are a few pic's.
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Worth seeing always. ::nod::
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doglegg wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 3:19 am Worth seeing always. ::nod::
Thank you Sir, have a good night. :D
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dlr110 wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 3:14 am Can't remember if I've shown very many of my Barlow knives so here are a few pic's.
A Very fine collection of Barlows David. ::tu::
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Papa Bones wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 2:12 am
dlr110 wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 3:14 am Can't remember if I've shown very many of my Barlow knives so here are a few pic's.
A Very fine collection of Barlows David. ::tu::
That you Smitty... ::handshake::
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Reproduction Russell
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What a rocking reproduction Russell. Like that one, great bones and condition.
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Ivoryman wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 1:01 am What a rocking reproduction Russell. Like that one, great bones and condition.
Thanks I-Man
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Does anyone know what has happened to all the posts on venerable old barlow. I now have only 20 pages we had 60 some
Pages before. How can we restore this
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Darrell I believe Bryan updated the amount of post on a page, so there are a lot more posts per page so less pages per thread ::shrug::
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Ok thanks
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Here's a cool one I like for 4 reasons:
Sheepsfoot blade
Stepped bolsters
Stamped bolsters
Stag scales

not sure how old it is, blade stamped Sheffield England, bolsters stamped Wyeth
There's no way this is pre McKinley act is there?
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