The Venerable Old Barlow

[chickenman62]

A couple of German barlows.
1. A.W. Wadsworth & Son
2.Bower Big Daddy

[DM11]

Picked up the Case from Charlie Compagna and his private pile. Looooooooooooooooooove the saw cut bone and the red bone. Nice condition too. The Drake Well Queen from another seller at the OKCA show. Loooooooooooooooove the Queen Saw Cut bone too. And man did Queen put together some sweet Drake Well commemorative knives in 1972. Cannot say enough about these knives.

Couple nice Barlows buddy!

[JohnR]

Added a pretty nice unmolested Case Tested barlow this week, love the Tested era green bone.

[Waukonda]

Great knife, nicely presented

[doglegg]

Added a pretty nice unmolested Case Tested barlow this week, love the Tested era green bone.

Very attractive photos and knife.

[galvanic1882]

Nice John

[Lama]

Here are three interesting more recent Barlows. The first is a stag re-handled Camillus. Second is a Shapleigh Hardware with a Heinz pickle stamped on the bolster. These two came from an estate auction that had several re-handled and re-built knives. The third is a Northwoods, either unfinished or a second. These were indirectly obtained from the Queen liquidation auction. It doesn't have a finished edge. The stag handle also doesn't feel finished.

[Ivoryman]

Lama, love the Heinz Barlow. Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet.
JohnR, that's another sweet saw cut bone beauty. And great pose on the old weathered wood. Knife photography at it's best.

[Ridgegrass]

Can't remember if I ever posted this here. 2-1/8" scrimshawed white bone. National Blade Co.,USA made in Japan. Cute little well-made knife.J.O'.

[JohnR]

Latest old barlow pick up. Walden Knife Co with fluted bolsters, pick bone, flush and square joints and a very faint "Cherokee" etch. Pretty sure this one is late 1800's.

[btrwtr]

John, I'd say your knife meets the Webster definition.

venerable
adjective
ven·​er·​a·​ble ˈve-nər(-ə)-bəl ˈven-rə-bəl
Synonyms of venerable
1
a
: calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments
a venerable jazz musician
broadly : conveying an impression of aged goodness and benevolence
encouraged by the venerable doctor's head-nodding
b
: impressive by reason of age
under venerable pines
2
: deserving to be venerated —used as a title for an Anglican archdeacon or for a Roman Catholic who has been accorded the lowest of three degrees of recognition for sanctity
3
: made sacred especially by religious or historical association

[Ivoryman]

Latest old barlow pick up. Walden Knife Co with fluted bolsters, pick bone, flush and square joints and a very faint "Cherokee" etch. Pretty sure this one is late 1800's.

Nice one, great bones and the bolsters, the condition. Mmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

[JohnR]

Iman, Wayne, thank you.

[edgy46]

. Hope this works

[JohnR]

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That's a really hard to find barlow Bill, I've only seen a few with the spey blade. Looks to be in good condition, very nice.

[edgy46]

Thank you John

[JohnR]

Picked up a little bit of Case barlow history. During the XX era Case had contract barlows made by Ulster and possibly Utica. Found one of the Ulster made ones, bolster stamping and tang stamp look exactly like the Case stamps of the era, interestingly the Ulster stamps both bolsters where Case only stamped the mark side bolster.

[Ivoryman]

Picked up a little bit of Case barlow history. During the XX era Case had contract barlows made by Ulster and possibly Utica. Found one of the Ulster made ones, bolster stamping and tang stamp look exactly like the Case stamps of the era, interestingly the Ulster stamps both bolsters where Case only stamped the mark side bolster.

Oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyy that is sweet. That hue of color is fabulous, the saw cut beautiful, the blonde bone magnificent. Wowwie.

[JohnR]

Picked up a little bit of Case barlow history. During the XX era Case had contract barlows made by Ulster and possibly Utica. Found one of the Ulster made ones, bolster stamping and tang stamp look exactly like the Case stamps of the era, interestingly the Ulster stamps both bolsters where Case only stamped the mark side bolster.

Oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyy that is sweet. That hue of color is fabulous, the saw cut beautiful, the blonde bone magnificent. Wowwie.

Thank you Iman, I really like the long pull with a nice swedge on the Ulster made knife also.

[New_Windsor_NY]

This pocket knife arrived in a large lot or group of pocket knives that I purchased. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also becomes the latest example to be added to my general pocket knife collection. I did NOT buy the group or lot to obtain this particular pocket knife. However, as it turns out, it is most definitely a keeper. It is an Imperial, two blades, one tang stamp, two bolster stamps, 3 3/8" closed, two springs, "BARLOW" pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says "Imperial (crown) (over) PROV. R.I. USA (vertical) " The main blade has a crisp opening and closing snap. The secondary blade also has a crisp opening and closing snap. Overall, this pocket knife is in EXCELLENT+ condition. It needed absolutely NO cleaning at all. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

[Ivoryman]

One of my faves in the Barlow dept.

[doglegg]

One of my faves in the Barlow dept.

I like it's blade.

[Ivoryman]

One of my faves in the Barlow dept.

I like it's blade.

Thank you bud, glad you like seeing them.

[Ivoryman]

Blade Forums GEC 86

[Ivoryman]

The James Bond 007 GEC 25 spear, one of my faves