Case Barlow's - had no idea ...
Case Barlow's - had no idea ...
... the Barlow pattern in all it's variations has been discontinued. I checked the current Case offerings & not a single Barlow is listed in any color / handle material combination. Maybe this is common knowledge, but I was surprised ...
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Re: Case Barlow's - had no idea ...
Case should return to Barlow production.
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Re: Case Barlow's - had no idea ...
agreed - Case's take on the barlow is my favorite in this pattern. Love the later model slender bolster types --->edge213 wrote:[Case should return to Barlow production.
pffffft that's not a knife ......... now THAT'S a knife !! Crocodile Dundee
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Re: Case Barlow's - had no idea ...
With my Case Barlow, I couldn't care less...after seeing yours, I understand a little better. That's a nice Barlow ya got, even though I dislike blade etchings.
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Re: Case Barlow's - had no idea ...
SWEET!Lansky1 wrote:agreed - Case's take on the barlow is my favorite in this pattern. Love the later model slender bolster types --->edge213 wrote:[Case should return to Barlow production.
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Re: Case Barlow's - had no idea ...
I believe Case chooses to "freeze" production of certain patterns for a period and then rotate them back into production for another set period. Other patterns that come in and out of production are the razor and the cheetah. I'd think that a Barlow should be a regular production pattern, given its history and collector status, but maybe I'm just biased and thus deluding myself.
Re: Case Barlow's - had no idea ...
The vault program is discontinued. The knives that they make now are going to be the line up for the foreseeable future. The reason was to make room for the very popular knives re-designed by legendary knife maker Tony Bose. A good example of this would be the tear drop. The swayback and backpocket are other examples. There are tons of knives no longer made. Some examples are the sharktooth, congress, clasp, toe, 83 whittler, barlow, doc knives, gunboat, large saddlehorn, large and small gunstocks (however they recently released a large gunstock), multiple fixed blades, granddaddy barlow. etc.
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I don't collect knives for profit, but ending production of all those patterns should increase their value somewhat. I suppose. More interestingly, the list reveals the patterns that are not selling sufficiently to maintain. Am surprised at Case dropping the Barlow. That just seems to me to be such a basic pattern. Personally the large saddlehorn was a favorite of mine.
Re: Case Barlow's - had no idea ...
Thanks for the clarification. I'm a life member of the Case Collectors Club and hadn't heard that at all. While I agree that Tony Bose's creations are pretty darned nice I'd think that they'd be doing themselves a disservice if they choose to leave out the Barlow and some of the other not-quite-as-popular-as-the-trapper knife patterns. We'll see.Reid wrote:The vault program is discontinued. The knives that they make now are going to be the line up for the foreseeable future. The reason was to make room for the very popular knives re-designed by legendary knife maker Tony Bose. A good example of this would be the tear drop. The swayback and backpocket are other examples. There are tons of knives no longer made. Some examples are the sharktooth, congress, clasp, toe, 83 whittler, barlow, doc knives, gunboat, large saddlehorn, large and small gunstocks (however they recently released a large gunstock), multiple fixed blades, granddaddy barlow. etc.
Re: Case Barlow's - had no idea ...
It is not discussed much on the Case forum. But everyone knows what is going on. It is not the Bose collaboration knives that are taking the production. It is the new patterns such as the tear drop, swayback, back pocket. The number of patterns has been cut by about 50%.
Surviving patterns include trapper, mini trapper, russlock, half whittler, saddlehorn, folding hunter, toothpick, mini copperlock, mini moose, sodbuster, medium stockman, cheetah, peanut, large stockman, canoe, baby butterbean, seahorse...so really there are plenty of patterns to collect.
We (CCC forum members) have asked Case to make the barlow again. So keep your fingers crossed. I asked for more 154cm knives and they came out with the trapper and back pocket in 154cm. So they do listen to us.
Surviving patterns include trapper, mini trapper, russlock, half whittler, saddlehorn, folding hunter, toothpick, mini copperlock, mini moose, sodbuster, medium stockman, cheetah, peanut, large stockman, canoe, baby butterbean, seahorse...so really there are plenty of patterns to collect.
We (CCC forum members) have asked Case to make the barlow again. So keep your fingers crossed. I asked for more 154cm knives and they came out with the trapper and back pocket in 154cm. So they do listen to us.
Re: Case Barlow's - had no idea ...
I will. Thank goodness I have enough Case Barlows to last my lifetime, from regular production runs to the Limited Editions. I was glad to have bought three of the Case Barlows in 154CM steel. Great knife, great steel.Reid wrote:It is not discussed much on the Case forum. But everyone knows what is going on. It is not the Bose collaboration knives that are taking the production. It is the new patterns such as the tear drop, swayback, back pocket. The number of patterns has been cut by about 50%.
Surviving patterns include trapper, mini trapper, russlock, half whittler, saddlehorn, folding hunter, toothpick, mini copperlock, mini moose, sodbuster, medium stockman, cheetah, peanut, large stockman, canoe, baby butterbean, seahorse...so really there are plenty of patterns to collect.
We (CCC forum members) have asked Case to make the barlow again. So keep your fingers crossed. I asked for more 154cm knives and they came out with the trapper and back pocket in 154cm. So they do listen to us.
Guess I can switch to collecting the Case Trapper in place of the Barlow, since it appears that pattern will not be going anywhere.
Re: Case Barlow's - had no idea ...
The trapper is a safe bet. They make it in about every flavor under the sun so you are sure to find some you like. I have been tempted to get a 154cm trapper.
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Re: Case Barlow's - had no idea ...
Anything in the wind about bringing back the Barlow?
It's an absolute shame that Case isn't producing this pattern...
It's an absolute shame that Case isn't producing this pattern...
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