Photos Old Barlow Knife found

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From what I have found Samuel Barlow first used this mark in 1723. The use of this mark was passed down through the family right into the 20th century. So, take your pick....Samuel Barlow Sr, Samuel Barlow Jr, his son John, Johns son Samuel, then Samuels son-in-law Henry Mills Sr. then Henry Mills Jr....all used this mark over the years....
 
Arathol said:
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From what I have found Samuel Barlow first used this mark in 1723. The use of this mark was passed down through the family right into the 20th century. So, take your pick....Samuel Barlow Sr, Samuel Barlow Jr, his son John, Johns son Samuel, then Samuels son-in-law Henry Mills Sr. then Henry Mills Jr....all used this mark over the years....
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Thank you. I found on one of my mining claims, a 1850s Mining camp. It's tough to find info on these little buggers. I appreciate you looking it up for me.
 
Regarding the Barlow knives. I am researching my late husband Douglas Stanley Mills family tree and have found Henry Mills (1809-1881) was his great great grandfather. Henry Mills inherited the Samuel Barlow mark. Has anyone ever see one of these knives. Any info would be greatly appreciated .
 
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MyBarlowFind said:
I found this knife and cleaned it up to try and identify it. I also made some down and dirty side plates to make it look a little better.
It definitely has a Simicar and Z stamped on the blade.
I would love to know more about the age and possible maker.

https://www.facebook.com/ron.decker.31/posts/pfbid02aFHpeAMP324NSr4jduUdx6quL7rBTqmh29iP1j6TS4nsJydMwCqma3JaWuvLXLabl
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MyBarlowFind said:
I found this knife and cleaned it up to try and identify it. I also made some down and dirty side plates to make it look a little better.
It definitely has a Simicar and Z stamped on the blade.
I would love to know more about the age and possible maker.

https://www.facebook.com/ron.decker.31/posts/pfbid02aFHpeAMP324NSr4jduUdx6quL7rBTqmh29iP1j6TS4nsJydMwCqma3JaWuvLXLabl
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HENRY MILLS


The family network of Barlows (see Samuel Barlow, Obadiah Barlow), originators of the Barlow kni extended to the hamlet of Neepsend. This was the location of Henry Mills, who had started work a an apprentice to his father, who was one of Samuel Barlow's cutlers. In 1835, aged about 25, Henry Barlow (1803-1838), who was Samuel's sister (Sheffield Independent, 10 October 1835).


In 1837, Mills was a shopkeeper in Neepsend, but by 1839 was a pen knife manufacture. In 1849, successor to the original penknives manufactured by the late Samuel Barlow'. Mills inherited the and falchion device with the word 'Barlow' (first granted in 1725 and apparently transferred to M Samuel's death). Mills defended his rights in a dispute with another Barlow-knife maker, Luke C again in 1864, Mills took Oates to court over the use of Oates's look-alike mark and his claim to l original Barlows'. Mills later withdrew the action, after Oates apparently promised not to use th Oates continued to use the term 'old original Barlow knife' on labels (Sheffield Independent, 3, Mills traded with America, where it was said Barlows were sharp enough for shaving. He sold t merchants such as B. J. Eyre. The Census (1851) recorded that Mills employed fifteen men in N resided at Parkwood Springs, where he owned land. By the 1870s, trade directories no longer he seems to have wound it down. In 1871, he was 'partly employing' fifteen men and two gir (aged 71) employed only four workmen. His wife, Mary, had died in 1838, aged 34 (she was t St Paul's). In 1842, Mills married Sarah Ward, the niece of Thomas Ward, a cutlery manufactu (Sheffield Independent, 22 January 1842). His eldest son from this marriage - Thomas Barlo became a cutlery manufacturer. Another son, Henry Barlow Mills (1850-1927), apparently joi and in the 1880s operated from Barlow Cutlery Works, Neepsend.


Henry Mills died at Bridlington Quay, on 28 June 1881. He was aged 71 and left £423. Saral Rock House, Parkwood Springs, leaving £85. She was buried with Henry at Old Priory Chur
 
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HENRY MILLS


The family network of Barlows (see Samuel Barlow, Obadiah Barlow), originators of the Barlow kni extended to the hamlet of Neepsend. This was the location of Henry Mills, who had started work a an apprentice to his father, who was one of Samuel Barlow's cutlers. In 1835, aged about 25, Henry Barlow (1803-1838), who was Samuel's sister (Sheffield Independent, 10 October 1835).


In 1837, Mills was a shopkeeper in Neepsend, but by 1839 was a pen knife manufacture. In 1849, successor to the original penknives manufactured by the late Samuel Barlow'. Mills inherited the and falchion device with the word 'Barlow' (first granted in 1725 and apparently transferred to M Samuel's death). Mills defended his rights in a dispute with another Barlow-knife maker, Luke C again in 1864, Mills took Oates to court over the use of Oates's look-alike mark and his claim to l original Barlows'. Mills later withdrew the action, after Oates apparently promised not to use th Oates continued to use the term 'old original Barlow knife' on labels (Sheffield Independent, 3, Mills traded with America, where it was said Barlows were sharp enough for shaving. He sold t merchants such as B. J. Eyre. The Census (1851) recorded that Mills employed fifteen men in N resided at Parkwood Springs, where he owned land. By the 1870s, trade directories no longer he seems to have wound it down. In 1871, he was 'partly employing' fifteen men and two gir (aged 71) employed only four workmen. His wife, Mary, had died in 1838, aged 34 (she was t St Paul's). In 1842, Mills married Sarah Ward, the niece of Thomas Ward, a cutlery manufactu (Sheffield Independent, 22 January 1842). His eldest son from this marriage - Thomas Barlo became a cutlery manufacturer. Another son, Henry Barlow Mills (1850-1927), apparently joi and in the 1880s operated from Barlow Cutlery Works, Neepsend.


Henry Mills died at Bridlington Quay, on 28 June 1881. He was aged 71 and left £423. Saral Rock House, Parkwood Springs, leaving £85. She was buried with Henry at Old Priory Chur
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Thanks for the history. I remember seeing Thomas Jefferson's pocketnife, I think at Monticello.
 
diane mills said:
Regarding the Barlow knives. I am researching my late husband Douglas Stanley Mills family tree and have found Henry Mills (1809-1881) was his great great grandfather. Henry Mills inherited the Samuel Barlow mark. Has anyone ever see one of these knives. Any info would be greatly appreciated .
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diane mills said:
Regarding the Barlow knives. I am researching my late husband Douglas Stanley Mills family tree and have found Henry Mills (1809-1881) was his great great grandfather. Henry Mills inherited the Samuel Barlow mark. Has anyone ever see one of these knives. Any info would be greatly appreciated .
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Hi Diane, I am originally from Sheffield, and my great grandparents, and grandparents lived at Hillfoot, which is just across the River Don, from Neepsend. I lived not too far away myself for a decade, and know the area well.

A while back, I spent a couple of years exhaustively researching the history of the Sheffield Barlow knife. Some of the research was published in an article, jointly written with my friend Neal Punchard, in the July 2018 issue of Knife Magazine. While it is a lengthy article, necessary brevity only allowed me to cover Samuel Barlow and Henry Mills in one paragraph:

"Samuel Barlow was a cutler at Neepsend, a couple of miles out of Sheffield, on the other side of the River Don. He had been apprenticed to his father, also Samuel, who first registered the ‘Z’ and falchion mark in 1723. Samuel (Jnr.) registered his Freedom in 1757, and in turn, he took on his son John as an apprentice. John became a Freeman in 1798. The line of cutlers continued with John’s son Samuel, being apprenticed to his father, and registering his Freedom in 1830. The last Samuel had no male heirs, but his daughter married a cutler, Henry Mills, who worked for Samuel, and eventually ran the firm. In June 1849, Samuel recorded a will bequeathing his entire estate to Mills. He passed away eighteen months later. Henry Mills advertised as “Henry Mills, Neepsend, Near Sheffield, Spring Knife Manufacturer, And Successor To The Original Penknives, Manufactured By The Late Samuel Barlow.” The trade adverts were accompanied by the ‘Z’ and falchion and BARLOW “Corporate Mark”. The placing of such trade adverts was undoubtedly considered a necessity, because even before the death of Samuel Barlow, the firm had been forced to defend its trademark in court, against another manufacturer of Barlow knives, Luke Oates of Stannington (significantly, it was claimed that the firm had invented the pattern)."

I would very much have liked to have written more about Samuel Barlow, the knives he produced, and his defence of the Barlow mark. Here is one of his knives, gifted to me by my friend Charlie Campagna, who posts here as waynorth waynorth . By coincidence, I am related to another old manufacturer of Barlow knives, but only by marriage through my aunt, to the Furness family of Stannington.





 
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