Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 3:12 am
Beautiful and interesting old knives. I'm not familiar with the marks.
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Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 3:56 am
Nice, I really like the Furness, thanks for sharing.
Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 3:42 pm
I've a few now,love barlows 
Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 8:56 pm
I am not able to answer your message I don't believe, as I am not a paid subscriber.DARRELL MAINES wrote:Hello Rob looking good on the barlows. It is a never ending task to find all the makers. you will soon want to find all blade styles with each brand, clip, razor, spey, sheepfoot & spear blades. It never ends but the hunt is fun and addicting.
Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 9:24 pm
As far as I'm aware there is no restriction on messages for non-premium accounts. Bryan, has that changed?
To keep the thread on track, here's a curious and well-loved Kutmaster advertising Barlow. I suspect it's a salesman's sample:
To keep the thread on track, here's a curious and well-loved Kutmaster advertising Barlow. I suspect it's a salesman's sample:
Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 3:55 pm
Picked up this Matthew Furness this week, unusual in that it has had little use and still shows original grind marks on blades and bolsters. Seller stated that it had been found in the wall of a fallen down cabin in PA. Not marked England, thinking this one is 1860's to 1880's.
Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 4:46 pm
Really cool, I like the story as much if not more than the knife
Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 10:43 pm
Great looking ole knife and great story to boot. If only it could tell you the rest of the story!!!
Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 4:35 pm
This is an Imperial shell handled Barlow that I just finished customizing just for the "halibut". Used the blades and springs from the original, made new liners, bolsters, elk stag rehandle. I went with kind of a "faceted" bolster look with domed pivot pin. Am now toting it in my pocket.
Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 6:50 pm
Fantastic work. Turned out well. Do you have a showing blades?OLDE CUTLER wrote:This is an Imperial shell handled Barlow that I just finished customizing just for the "halibut". Used the blades and springs from the original, made new liners, bolsters, elk stag rehandle. I went with kind of a "faceted" bolster look with domed pivot pin. Am now toting it in my pocket.
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Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 7:06 pm
I will have some more tomorrow in the restoration forum. Still writing it up with more pics.Tony_Wood wrote:Fantastic work. Turned out well. Do you have a showing blades?OLDE CUTLER wrote:This is an Imperial shell handled Barlow that I just finished customizing just for the "halibut". Used the blades and springs from the original, made new liners, bolsters, elk stag rehandle. I went with kind of a "faceted" bolster look with domed pivot pin. Am now toting it in my pocket.
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Thanks
Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 7:21 pm
Great! Thanks. I will look for that.OLDE CUTLER wrote:I will have some more tomorrow in the restoration forum. Still writing it up with more pics.Tony_Wood wrote:Fantastic work. Turned out well. Do you have a showing blades?OLDE CUTLER wrote:This is an Imperial shell handled Barlow that I just finished customizing just for the "halibut". Used the blades and springs from the original, made new liners, bolsters, elk stag rehandle. I went with kind of a "faceted" bolster look with domed pivot pin. Am now toting it in my pocket.
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Thanks
Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 8:56 pm
JohnR wrote:Picked up this Matthew Furness this week, unusual in that it has had little use and still shows original grind marks on blades and bolsters. Seller stated that it had been found in the wall of a fallen down cabin in PA. Not marked England, thinking this one is 1860's to 1880's.
Great score!
I really like that Barlow.Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:11 am
I would guess it gets razor sharp too.OLDE CUTLER wrote:This is an Imperial shell handled Barlow that I just finished customizing just for the "halibut". Used the blades and springs from the original, made new liners, bolsters, elk stag rehandle. I went with kind of a "faceted" bolster look with domed pivot pin. Am now toting it in my pocket.
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Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 9:42 pm
A couple of old Daddy's for review. A Hibbard and a Robeson with nice bolster stamps.
Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 2:58 pm
Thanks to a friend my Barlow collection grew by 2 more next to my Camco you can see the size difference
next to my Camco you can see the size difference Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:13 pm
Nice collection Paul, thanks for sharing.
Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 3:32 pm
BWT wrote:Nice collection Paul, thanks for sharing.
Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 2:12 pm
Got some on display
Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 6:05 pm
Picked up 3 nice Queen steel frame Barlows over the last couple weeks, all in mint condition, the one arm blade Barlow is hard to find in steel and if I'm reading the tang stamp right dates from the 50's.
Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 6:55 pm
Good lookin bunch of queens JohnR
Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 8:39 pm
You had a good couple weeks, John, very nice!!!
Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 11:34 pm
Darrell, Bill, Thank you very much.
Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 2:39 pm
Nice.
I've never really understood the hump on the bolsters of Queen's regular Barlows.
Does it have something to do with pin placement?
Charlie Noyes
I've never really understood the hump on the bolsters of Queen's regular Barlows.
Does it have something to do with pin placement?
Charlie Noyes
Re: The Venerable Old Barlow
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:33 pm
I've wondered about that too, maybe they just wanted to be different, I will say that it something kind of nice to coonfinger or or be a worry object in the pocket.RobesonsRme.com wrote:Nice.
I've never really understood the hump on the bolsters of Queen's regular Barlows.
Does it have something to do with pin placement?
Charlie Noyes
