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OVB Barlow Restoration

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 8:02 am
by orvet
Here is a knife I completed before going to the Oregon show. Things were very busy and very hectic prior to the show and I didn’t have time to take pictures of this and post them.
The knife didn’t sell so I brought it back with me and took some pictures of it. This is a restoration broken on this knife and I tried to find smooth bone that would match the original smooth bone handles. What I used was dark amber smooth bone from Culpepper.
It came out very close to the original color.

I will post before pictures when I find them, but these handles are a vast improvement over the old ones.

I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Re: OVB Barlow Restoration

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:19 am
by glennbad
Oh boy, I sure like how that came out, Dale! Looks old school all the way, fantastic!

Re: OVB Barlow Restoration

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:34 am
by Tony_Wood
Beautiful work! That is a great looking knife.

Re: OVB Barlow Restoration

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:53 pm
by doglegg
::tu:: :D ::tu:: As always, great job.

Re: OVB Barlow Restoration

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 4:55 pm
by OLDE CUTLER
That is nothin' but nice. Love the color!

Re: OVB Barlow Restoration

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 5:29 pm
by Quick Steel
Great looking scales. ::tu::

Re: OVB Barlow Restoration

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 4:47 am
by orvet
glennbad wrote: Looks old school all the way, fantastic!
That was what I was trying to achieve, not to change the look of the knife but to make it look like it may have looks when it was reasonably new but with a few pocket miles on it.

Thanks for the feedback Glenn and everyone else! ::tu::


Here is the before picture I promised,
except it's not really before it was taken just shortly after I started and realized I didn't have a before picture. ::facepalm::
It was really a typical old Barlow that had been used, possibly abused and then neglected.
I think now someone will be very happy carry it in their pocket as their EDC.
OVB Barlow in pieces.jpg