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Case Barlow Upgrade

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:56 am
by Elvis
From bone handles out of the box to this:
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Re: Case Barlow Upgrade

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 12:03 pm
by basser5
That is beautiful Bob, I love abalone. ::tu:: ::tu::




Tim

Re: Case Barlow Upgrade

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 12:04 pm
by philco
Wow Bob ! That is stunning! What a beautiful knife. ::drool:: ::drool:: ::drool::

Re: Case Barlow Upgrade

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 3:04 pm
by Tennessee Dave
Beautiful Bob! ::tu::

Re: Case Barlow Upgrade

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 4:27 pm
by orvet
Beautiful work Bob! ::drool:: ::drool::
The file work is very nice too! ::tu:: ::tu::

How was the abalone to work with?

Re: Case Barlow Upgrade

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 7:08 pm
by wazu013
Fantastic Looker and Outstanding workmanship ::tu:: I'm curious about the how it is to work with abalone as well. How many hours went into the file work? I love that knife Bob ::ds::

Re: Case Barlow Upgrade

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:03 pm
by Elvis
Thanks guys! Not counting breaks, I'd guess the filework took about an hour.
As for the Abalone, I'll take it over Mother-of-Pearl to work on anytime.

Re: Case Barlow Upgrade

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:24 pm
by tjmurphy
Really nice up-grade Bob. I really, really, really like the file work ::woot:: ::woot::

Re: Case Barlow Upgrade

Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:53 am
by wlf
Glad your eyes are evidently better with the showing of this artistry.

Re: Case Barlow Upgrade

Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 11:40 am
by reddirtknives
I like it too ::tu:: Great material choice for that pattern and the file work throws it WAY into the tasteful custom realm...

Re: Case Barlow Upgrade

Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 11:55 pm
by glennbad
That knife came out just beautiful, Bob!

Re: Case Barlow Upgrade

Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 12:28 pm
by jerryd6818
Holy smokes, Bob. Now it's worth a million dollars. What a great job. That's just plain gorgeous.

Re: Case Barlow Upgrade

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 1:53 am
by Elvis
jerryd6818 wrote:Holy smokes, Bob. Now it's worth a million dollars. What a great job. That's just plain gorgeous.
I'll make you one for half that price Jerry. :mrgreen:

Re: Case Barlow Upgrade

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:09 am
by jerryd6818
I'll have to think on that one. Maybe if I win Powerball Wednesday night...

Re: Case Barlow Upgrade

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 3:50 am
by 0078
Nice work bob, beautiful knife.

Re: Case Barlow Upgrade

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 12:52 pm
by jmh58
VERY Nice Bob.. ::tu:: ::tu:: YEP!! ::nod:: NICE!! ::tu:: ::tu:: John :D

Re: Case Barlow Upgrade

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 5:54 pm
by Quick Steel
A truly beautiful piece of work. Congratulations.