What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?
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black mamba
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Probably my favorite Barlow, with terrific green bone and very stoutly built.
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Those blades really disappear down into the blade well, don’t they?
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Charlie : When you show even one of those Curved Russells , to me , every thing else just looks like a loaf of Month Old Bread . They are just sooooooo nice my friend .Curved Russells! I spent years looking for one of these; then, a few years back, two popped up at once!!I was so stunned, I grabbed them both!!!
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Ha ha! If they had sunk joints, NOTHING would show!
Of course, another problem would crop up. . . .
They are pretty graceful, Harry! Thanks!
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Charlie, those are wonderful! What’s the length on those? Would you say they are a Spey and Drop point or...?Curved Russells! I spent years looking for one of these; then, a few years back, two popped up at once!!
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Ha ha! If they had sunk joints, NOTHING would show!
Of course, another problem would crop up. . . .
I think you could make it work, you’d just need more curve in the handle (or a really big EO notch)!
Serious question: what would you call that blade shape? A skinner? It’s not really a drop point, ‘cause it never drops!
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After some of the exchanges I saw yesterday in another thread I thought we could lighten it up a bit. We’ve all heard of “Dueling Banjos” how about some “Dueling Bokers!”
Here you go Fixall!
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Your turn!
Whew... Sorry, my weekend got away from me a bit. All kinds of projects to get finished before the baby gets here.
Here's the Desert Ironwood and 440c I owe ya (I held off on buying the Green Curly Birch)! I wasn't collecting Boker barlows when this was released, so it took a bit of hunting to find and I had to pay a bit more than I wanted. Super great knife though! Boker does a good job picking their ironwood.
How about Grenadil and 440c? African Blackwood is my favorite wood (along with Desert Ironwood) so I'm a big fan of this guy.
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Saw another picture you took like this in another thread, and wondered how you did it, very classy! Great knife!I found some time to play around with a piece of black Plexiglass while I was taking pics. Turned out kind of cool.
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Yes ! The reflection kind of reminds me of 2-face from Batman.
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I remember those days, treasure them, I’ve got one that’s a jr in college and another that’s a senior in HS, goes fast. Boker’s ironwood is fantastic! Pretty sure the Grenadil was the second one I bought.Whew... Sorry, my weekend got away from me a bit. All kinds of projects to get finished before the baby gets here.
Here's the Desert Ironwood and 440c I owe ya (I held off on buying the Green Curly Birch)! I wasn't collecting Boker barlows when this was released, so it took a bit of hunting to find and I had to pay a bit more than I wanted. Super great knife though! Boker does a good job picking their ironwood.
How about Grenadil and 440c? African Blackwood is my favorite wood (along with Desert Ironwood) so I'm a big fan of this guy.
(Not sure why these pics are so much smaller. I do all this on my phone and needless to say, but I know NOTHING about photography
)This one was a birthday gift last fall.
Have a good one!
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I really wish Boker would release these Barlow knives with no shields and all steel construction. Those would be so wonderful, I'd buy a few. As they are, they're really good... but those changes would take them to the top.
Another really cool picture.
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Those curved Barlows are 3 3/8" long, closed of course!I think you could make it work, you’d just need more curve in the handle (or a really big EO notch)!
Serious question: what would you call that blade shape? A skinner? It’s not really a drop point, ‘cause it never drops!
Most would call the blades "skinners", although I wouldn't tackle a deer with one, unless I had to!!
They certainly fit into the knives nicely!!
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With this inspiration I modded my Rough Rider smooth boneWell I couldn't leave it alone so I ran to Wal-Mart and got some supplies. It's far from perfect but I'm surprisingly pleased with the results. Turns out to make sawcut bone covers all you need is a saw. Here's a before and after shot. I dyed the bone with chocolate brown rit dye.
IMG_0844 by jacob dudley, on Flickr
IMG_0848 by jacob dudley, on Flickr
Though I may have gotten carried away with the file
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I was lucky to find this very full bladed Southern & Richardson Barlow, I have owned a couple in the past that were worked down to very short blades.
The almost unique Clip Blades on these are kinda cool, and I love the Light Bone on this one- not something I have seen before, usually the ones I see are Horn, Ebony.
Lots of Stampings Mark Side, just the one Southern Richardson Nest stamped on the Tang of the Spey Pile Side.
The almost unique Clip Blades on these are kinda cool, and I love the Light Bone on this one- not something I have seen before, usually the ones I see are Horn, Ebony.
Lots of Stampings Mark Side, just the one Southern Richardson Nest stamped on the Tang of the Spey Pile Side.