All About Pocket Knives

This week I'm auctioning off three knives for Tank. Auction starts now, runs til 8 PM Central on Tuesday 5 June 2012. All proceeds go to Tank, shipping is already covered.

When the auction is complete, I'll notify the winner. I've made arrangements with Philco to handle getting the funds to Tank, so he will contact the winner to arrange payment. As soon as Phil tells me he has the funds, I'll send the knife out USPS Priority.

This knife is a Western 822 Barlow, probably made in the early '70s or so. Standard Barlow length--about 3 3/8"--with clip and pen blades. Carried a lot (note the dings in the bolsters from keys etc, and the chips/dents in the bottom of the pile-side scale) but seems to have seen little use. If it was ever sharpened it was done lightly. Half-stops, but the springs feel "soft" and the knife is slow to close. The joints are a bit crudded up with dried oil etc, and that may resolve with some flushing.

Feel free to PM or email me with any questions. Thanks!
Jim





close-up of bolster:

The last Barlows I got from Coffecup came out of his junk box, but I knew what I was doing. I sent them off to Muskrat Man and had them rebladed, then I put some serious elbow grease to them and got them looking good. They are still some of my favorite knives. Now, being a sucker for a Barlow, and a Western at that, I'm going to open bidding on this one at $25.00. It looks a heck of a lot better than the last ones, and it's to help out a friend at AAPK. So let's bid 'em up, guys.

Trail, of course this one is better--it has both blades, and they aren't even broken!

Trail we seem to all way get in on these auction like you said it for a good cause
I'll go $35.

Considering that it has both blades and they're not even broken, I'll bid $45.00.

Well, it is 8:06 PM here in Middle-of-nowhere, Nebraska, and it looks like Trail is the winner! Thanks to everyone! Trail, I'll contact you via PM shortly.

Jim

The check's in the mail, and I doubled the amount to help Tank and honor Coffeecup for his generous donation of the knives for this auction.