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Barlow Knife - 12/2/2010 10:45:30 AM   
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Status: offline 		I ran across this the other day while cleaning up in my shop.  It's my Dad's old Barlow knife that he use to carry everywhere in his back pocket.  The bone handle has a redish/pinkish color.   It was well used from sharpening pencils, peeling apples, digging out splinters, etc.  Not worth a dime in its state, but boy there were a lot of memories that thing brought back when I saw it.  Just thought that L C and some of the knife guys might enjoy seeing it.  A Bower Barlow made in Germany from back in the 50s.




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RE: Barlow Knife - 12/2/2010 10:52:19 AM   
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Status: online 		Hello logueb;  Neat!!  I have my fathers jackknife and my grandfather's also.  To me they are just family pieces - so I have kept them.  RED Matthews

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RE: Barlow Knife - 12/2/2010 10:54:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		That's  great Buster!---i run across some of my dads tools at times--and the fond memories  come spilling back.   I  like old  knives  as much as bottles. Use to be and avid  collector-----Still  have a few  hidden  from my wife.  Fred.

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RE: Barlow Knife - 12/2/2010 11:45:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks Red Matthews and Mr. Fred.  I always thaought that a Barlow was just a Barlow.  I remember in my Dad's store that he would buy a card of  Barlow knives with different colored handles.  I considered them a cheap pocket knife that if you lost it no big deal.  But after Googling.  WOW!!!!.  Never knew so many different companies made Barlow knives. Never knew there was all this information  to research.  This one appears to be the real deal. One side of Tang stamped  Bower IMP Co. Germany.




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RE: Barlow Knife - 12/2/2010 11:48:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		The other side of the tang stamped Soligen 65.  Thanks again for looking.  Buster




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RE: Barlow Knife - 12/2/2010 11:59:31 AM   
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Status: offline 		Buster i think  that  Imp.-------Stands  for  Imperial

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RE: Barlow Knife - 12/2/2010 2:11:36 PM   
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Status: online 		I am glad you posted it logueb , I always like to see knives I do not have , as well as others . That was probably a pretty good knife if the blades were in better condition . The handles could be replaced with new ones by the right people with the knowledge to do so . Its a good keepsake regardless being it was your Father's knife

Here is a pic of my Dad's knife , a Case folding hunter with stag handles . When I was a youngster , the family would go fishing all day at a lake near us . Whatever we caught that day , we brought home , and that would be or supper that evening . I never liked cleaning fish , but my Dad would always make me clean them , or at least half of them before taking over . This was the knife I would clean them with . That was the only time I ever got to handle this knife , brings back good memories even if I didn't like cleaning the fish ! The knife is kind of big for carrying , never had a case for it , so Dad never carried it , he would just lay it up till it was needed for another chore .





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RE: Barlow Knife - 12/2/2010 3:01:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for sharing the pic LC.  Dad ran a country grocery store and never had the time to take us fishing.  It was hard to make a living with a small grocery grocery store/ gas station and every customer counted.  He would allow us to go fishing, but his rule was, you catch it , you clean it. He was raised during the Hoover days and did not believe in wasting anything. Dad would never let me or my brother get hold of his knife either.  Someone gave him an Old Timer sometimes in the 80s and he retired the Barlow.  I found the Barlow in a Cigar Box when we moved him to the Nursing Home, and have had it ever since.  Is that a Case XX.  I have an old Case XX somewhere at home. I'll try and post a pic if I find it.  Thanks again for sharing. Buster.

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RE: Barlow Knife - 12/2/2010 3:10:49 PM   
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Status: online 		Yes , it is a Case XX logueb . My Dad was a WW11 veteran , came out war and went to work where ever he could find emloyment . He never made a lot of money either , and those days of fishing was some times crucial to having supper on the table at times. He never took us a lot , we usually went many times by ourselves . But as stated , regardless of times of struggle , I still have a lot of good memories of those days gone bye .

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RE: Barlow Knife - 12/2/2010 7:53:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		I dont have any memories of my grandfather,only stories,but here is a knife he owned.I just thought it was cool and wanted to show you guys.I have always loved blades and own a few.

This 9 1/2" bone handled knife is a Union Cut.(Cutlery?)Clean NV. U.S.A.- Pat.Nov.8th 1907.It has a knife on one side and a fork with a bottle opener on the other and when you slide them apart,they are ready to be used as utensils.








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RE: Barlow Knife - 12/2/2010 8:48:18 PM   
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Status: online 		Thats not a knife.THIS IS A KNIFE!




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RE: Barlow Knife - 12/2/2010 9:00:56 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Wangan

I dont have any memories of my grandfather,only stories,but here is a knife he owned.I just thought it was cool and wanted to show you guys.I have always loved blades and own a few.

This 9 1/2" bone handled knife is a Union Cut.(Cutlery?)Clean NV. U.S.A.- Pat.Nov.8th 1907.It has a knife on one side and a fork with a bottle opener on the other and when you slide them apart,they are ready to be used as utensils.







[/quote Could it read  Union Cutlery   Olean N.Y. ?? Just Asking---that is ONE  Awesome  Set!!!----some  $$$$  there.

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RE: Barlow Knife - 12/2/2010 10:25:55 PM   
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Status: online 		That is a neat set of vintage cutlery , I have never seen one of them before . Looks to be in good condition as well .

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RE: Barlow Knife - 12/2/2010 10:29:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		Tim,...thanks for showing that...it's very cool, and would be useful as all getout....I remember carving a fork once, from a piece of driftwood, when we were canoe camping...




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RE: Barlow Knife - 12/2/2010 10:31:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		L.C, and Buster,....Case knives are made here in Bradford, and there are some cool ones....I used to have some different Barlows around and now I wonder what became of them...?

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RE: Barlow Knife - 12/2/2010 10:32:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Rick...IS that an "Italian toothpick"?

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RE: Barlow Knife - 12/3/2010 1:49:51 AM   
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Status: online 		I know they are Joe . Some time back I sent pictures of my wood Case knives to the Case Company in Bradford just for the heck of it . I was in touch with a fellow from the Case Company over the promotional part of the company at one point in time . He had asked me if I would consider making the Case Company a large wooden Case folding hunter knife with handles roughly five or six feet long for a promotional event of some sort down the road . I never committed to it being that is quite a project . I did go out in the shop and create a pattern for a Case Folding Hunter with handles five feet long , have never tried making it to date though . Will probaby never get to it .

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RE: Barlow Knife - 12/3/2010 2:12:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		L.C. Wow, that would be a project!...When I was a youngster Case cutlery had a Checker brand over length British green station wagon that they hauled visiting dignitaries around in...Had a giant true to life hunting knife mounted on the roof. (It (the knife) now graces their sign at the main facility.)

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RE: Barlow Knife - 12/3/2010 2:19:42 AM   
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Status: online 		I would bet that car was an attention grabber when driven down the road . The one thing I have seen today in the knife industry is that the quality of the steel used in making the blades is quite lacking in quality . I guess that has to do with the price of the product . If they used good quality tempered steel , the price of a knife would be much higher than what it is .

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RE: Barlow Knife - 12/3/2010 3:20:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		A shame,...I'd almost rather pay abit more and get good steel that holds an edge...(At least thats what I think of with good steel in a knife or axe.) Is that what you mean?

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