Big, Bad, Boring or Beautiful Bolsters

trail · Post by **trail** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:21 am

This is what a bolster looks like before it is finished.

trail · Post by **trail** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:33 am

One nice thing about a barlow is - plenty of room to put the company name.

RobesonsRme.com · Post by **RobesonsRme.com** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 3:41 am

As far as I know, you'll only find this bolster on a Robeson made knife. This one is marked PAXTON & GALLAGHER , but was definitely made by Robeson.

When the blade is opened that cut-out portion of the bolster and its underlying spring steel liner slips in behind the tang, locking the opened blade in place.

Charlie Noyes

thegreedygulo · Post by **thegreedygulo** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:41 am

H. Boker's & Co's Improved Cutlery.

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:21 pm

I particularly like the big bold bolsters with a name stamped into them. To me, on solid bolsters, that looks very classy.

Even the bolsters on the Barlow shell knives look pretty good.

Boker went the extra mile on this English Jack.

The threaded bolsters on this GEC Barlow are also a favorite of mine.

I couldn't leave out the bolsters on this GEC Bullet Jack.

GEC Riverboat Gambler's threaded and pinched bolsters look nice too.

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The Schatt & Morgan Horticulturist - Barlow style bolsters.

: S&M Horticulturist Bolster.JPG (38.18 KiB) Viewed 3734 times

Winchester did something special with the bolsters on this '87 Gunstock Jack (Coffin Jack, Swell Center Jack, Coke Bottle Jack, English Jack - what ever you want to call it)

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:49 pm

Gulo,

That is a very attractive old Boker

The bolsters are very similar to the old Wadsworth I posted earlier

thegreedygulo · Post by **thegreedygulo** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:20 am

Thanks MRB. You are right; they are VERY similar.

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:31 am

Here are some different bolsters on this Schrade.

MikeB · Post by **MikeB** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:36 am

Cool thread

Not that unusual but still nice looking

Mike

wlf · Post by **wlf** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:46 am

Those Bokers are show stoppers.Nice knives guys.

upnorth · Post by **upnorth** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 1:13 am

Some amazing bolsters in this thread! A pleasure to peruse!
Here's a Boker Barlow Bolster - only one like it I've seen so far:

And I always liked the NYKs:

More like markings than bolsters, but they have a nice effect.

singin46 · Post by **singin46** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 1:21 am

I'm with ya there Charlie, here's mine.

trutemper · Post by **trutemper** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 9:48 pm

I`ve always like these real old style Keen Kutter bolsters

Bob

dcgm4 · Post by **dcgm4** » Tue May 22, 2012 1:37 am

Here's one to bring this topic back to the top of the list. It's made by William Elliot & Co. Yes, I bought the knife just because of the bolsters.

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Tue May 22, 2012 2:31 am

Nice knife and bolsters!

I have seen a couple like this before, one had a German tang stamp and the other an American hardware brand.

gino · Post by **gino** » Tue May 22, 2012 2:34 am

I like this one, pinched and ringed.

Beechtree · Post by **Beechtree** » Tue May 22, 2012 2:56 am

This is a great thread,
The diversity of these bolsters is a lot of fun. Its great to imagine the old ones pressed and pounded by hand with such precision as that Wadsorth and the clarity of that Southington stamp barlow of yours Miller Bro's. And that little mushroom cap like one of yours dcgm4 is very neat, I can imagine that was a very common style.