All About Pocket Knives

orvet wrote:Nice one Bill.
I think I have one some where........ at least my list says I do.

Does anyone have any mini-Barlows.
I will have to dig for mine, but I think I have a couple Hammer Brand (Imperial) ones...................................somewhere. THE LIST, says I have a 2" & a 3"

Dale

At least you have a list!! I must get organized!! As it is, I find mine by chance sometimes, only then remembering I had one!

I make lots of lists........I just forget where I put them.
Which is super scary when you know that they are all on my computer.

My list tells me I have 52 Barlows, (many far from mint), which means if I tried to find all of them, I might only find 48, due to trading some off, or I might find 65, due to being lazy and not entering them when I get them.

Such is the life of the modern, computerized, Good Ol' Boy.
You realize that just collecting pocket knives, makes us Good Ol' Boys?

Dale

orvet wrote:I make lots of lists........I just forget where I put them.
Which is super scary when you know that they are all on my computer.

My list tells me I have 52 Barlows, (many far from mint), which means if I tried to find all of them, I might only find 48, due to trading some off, or I might find 65, due to being lazy and not entering them when I get them.

Such is the life of the modern, computerized, Good Ol' Boy.
You realize that just collecting pocket knives, makes us Good Ol' Boys?

Dale

Well, I agree with the Ol' Boys part! Not so sure about the Good part!!

Dale, Charlie, et al, you guys have some fabulous barlows! Dale-that's the first Ulster grand daddy I've seen, very nice! I think I've posted these somewhere on here recently, but I can't remember where. Sorry if I'm getting repetitious:

Here's another Schrade. Mac Tools 47th Anniversary.

Rusty1

Nice Barlows guys!

ea42-
No problem with showing a fine Barlow again!
That DE is a nice one. I like the 80TH Anniversary Daddy Barlow as well as the Stuyvesant Daddy Barlow. Those are real sweethearts!
Does your GDOT have a serial number? They cane some with & some without. I real beauty! I some times EDC the one I have without the serial number. It is a great EDC & a real eye popper when you pull it out of your pocket.

Rusty-
I like that Mac Daddy Barlow. Great etch on the bolster.

Keep them coming guys!
Dale

I don't believe anyone has shown one of these in this thread.....

Well I finally worked up the courage to show my weak attempt at showing a barlow or two...

Here's a couple more barlow's

Thanks Dale! The GDOT is serialized, #10440. I've actually been seriously EDC'ing the DE. Very useful on the job and the clipped bolsters and plastic handles don't make me feel bad if abuse them. It's a good knife, and once I reground the edge it cuts like gangbusters!
Sunburst- Weak attempt?!? I wish I could put out a "weak" spread like that! VERY nice everyone!

Eric

El Lobo wrote:I don't believe anyone has shown one of these in this thread.....

Nice one Woolfer!

sunburst wrote:Well I finally worked up the courage to show my weak attempt at showing a Barlow or two...

I will trade you one of your "weak" (so called) Scagels for a nice scrimshaw Schrade.
Those Scagels are nice.

ea42 wrote: I've actually been seriously EDC'ing the DE. Very useful on the job and the clipped bolsters and plastic handles don't make me feel bad if abuse them. It's a good knife, and once I reground the edge it cuts like gangbusters!

Eric

A Barlow is, IMHO, one of the most useful all around patterns. Even some of the less expensive old ones are great tools! They cut better than a lot of the new knives on the market today.

Dale

Ralph; Man O Man! Those are some real Beauties!

Just keep them coming Please!! I can't get enough of those Barlows!!

Ralph and Roger...those are some real beauties...

Bill

not a fancy knife but many were sold and used. imperial r.i. still tight and sharp.

All very nice. I especially liked the Scagel and the Schatt & Morgan.

heres a couple of my favorites. a 62009 1/2 and 6205. both are 10 dot, 1970 with red bone handles.

jonet143 wrote:not a fancy knife but many were sold and used. imperial r.i. still tight and sharp.

Johnnie,
There are so many of those still on the market, there has to be something "right" about them.
I still find (& buy) them in hardware stores occasionally. They seem to epitomize the Barlow concept; i.e., the quintessential working man's knife. Inexpensive, durable & sharp. I think the last one I paid full retail for was $6.99. It was a #278 & the 2004 MSRP was $6.95, (I was gouged 4¢).

Dale

Here's a mint 1976, with derlin scales

That's a beauty Paul, very nice.. Your pic is great, really shows the knife off..

Sunburst

Thanks Sunburst!
I'll admit I know more about photography than knife collecting. But I'm
closing the gap day by day.

Here are a couple more. I don't think anyone had posted them yet.

One is a Boker Arbolito, made in Argentina.
The other is a Craftsman Barlow. I believe it was made by Schrade.

Paul M- I wish I could take pics like that. Nice knife & excellent picture!
Let's keep the pics coming guys, this is awesome


Dale

Very nice Dale, the Boker is really catching my attention..

Here are two Robesons that I really can't figure out if they are barlows or not...You be the judge and let me know..

Sunburst

Barlows or not, SUNBURST, those are excellent

MAN! Ralph, you never cease to amaze me with you vast and never

ending wealth of Cutlery