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The "Barlow" is a classic design...even mentioned by Mark Twain.
(edit) "The Barlow knife is a type of pocket knife that has a long bolster and an oval handle. It is a two-bladed knife with both blades on one side of the knife. The blade or blades are attached at the small end of the handle. The Barlow knife was first made in Sheffield, England in the 1600s, but it was made by several American shops soon after and has become just as American as “apple pie” 1. George Washington was known to have a Barlow knife, and Mark Twain referred to a “real Barlow” in his Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in 1876 1. Barlows have long been gifts, treasured by young American boys. At least one song was written about the Barlow knife."
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Last edited by pwd72s; 09-16-2023 at 06:07 PM..
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