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I've had this barlow for a while and came across this thread and wanted to share it with you. Thanks.

Nice one Joe.

Thanks, Mike. It's got one of the strongest springs of knives I own.

Not a pattern I am heavily into, but I have picked up a few that caught my eye over the years. Here's what I got............











And then I have these two, Case Razors. Never really been sure if these are truely classified as a Barlow or not. They have that look to a degree, but the squared up end cap kind of throws it off........





2xTap

Beautiful clean knives, 2xTap.

I got a neat Robeson Barlow last week in a lot buy.
It has a crack in the bone but it appears to be good & tight.
This is my first Robeson Barlow with Strawberry Bone handles so I was pretty stoked especially with the sheepfoot blade! It was a bit dirty and rough but it cleaned up pretty well. There some scratches in the blade that I just left. I would have to remove too much metal to get them out.

Johnnie Fain got me hooked on Strawberry Bone Robesons.
About a month before he passed away he drew my name in the roundtable in January or February 2009 and sent me a Strawberry Bone half congress.
I have liked them ever since.
Thanks Johnnie!

Nice knife, Dale.
The front bolster looks flat, while the pile side looks round, hey?

You are right Joe, but it is just a trick of the scanner.
It looks better in this scan.

Forgot about these three....

Some beautiful Barlows in this thread.

some nice barlows guys

Hey Falah.....what is that last one?.......it looks awesome.

thanks johnnie,
that's Blade Forum 2009 Barlow by Queen, just like the one Absintheur posted before me

Cool....looks great.

Here are more of my Barlows.
I went back through this thread and I don't think I have posted these Barlows here yet.

Some Russell Barlows of recent vintage-
A #10 Ulster Barlow, probably from the 1960s-
A #12 Ulster Barlow with saw cut bone handles, probably from the 1940s or 1950s-
I really like this one.
Some Remington Barlows made by Camillus-
Westmark Barlows also made by Camillus-

I like to customize Barlows.
They were simple and efficient tools, yet there seems to be an inherit elegance that lends itself readily to customizing.

This is a Camco Barlow that I put stag handles on-
This Camco Barlow got stag and some rope file work-
This is a Schrade that started life as a scrimshaw. I like the fancy bolsters and thought this would be an excellent knife to re-work.
The handles are amber bone stag, (bone jigged to look like stag) and I filed an eagle in to the backsprings.

I enjoy working on Batlows.

Nice barlows & great job,Dale.

Some great lookin' Barlows,and ""awesome craftmanship"',Dale !!!!!!!!!! Here are a couple of mine !!!!! The second one ,is one of the "Art in Stone"" knives,that I got from Mike, @ redrummdknives.blademakers.com

http://stores.ebay.com/ArtInStone?_trksid=p4340.l2563

Nice ones Monk.
Mike does some nice work in stone.

I shouldn't be trying to take pics inside at night , but here they are anyway . The 1 blade raz tang mark is C over MADE IN USA over '91 . Any info on this mark would be appreciated .

Bob

Actually I think I have enough old Barlows to start my own web site. When someone shows up at the door and uses the words Barlow and trade in the same sentence my wife hides the kids under the bed. I have looked high and low for one of these old saw back Russell's and came across this one, Not too pretty, but functions well and is 100% original and that is saying something anymore.

Bob

Kabar 1013.

I love how this thread keeps resurfacing again and again.

Great bunch of BARLOWS folks. Not a bad one in the bunch.

Who else has a few to show us ?

A recent purchase, a Bower barlow. Strongest back spring of any knife I own. (Sellers photo.)

Here's a few store counter cards and some hollow ones.

....... Joe