Winchester Barlow lockback Knife -- a Blackie Collins improved design for Sale

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Winchester Barlow lockback Knife -- a Blackie Collins improved design:
$32.95

WinchesterBARLOW LOCKBACK

WinchesterBarlow Lockback Knife

3\" closed lockback.
2” ANSI 440 Stainless spearpoint blade
Red Wood handles with lanyard hole.
Designed by Blackie Collins.
Made by Gerber Legendary Blades.
The Barlow knife was invented by Obadiah Barlow at Sheffield, England, around 1670. He observed that boys liked to dig in the dirt with their knives so he added the elongated front bolster and called it the “Boy’s Knife”. Obadiah\'s grandson, John Barlow, joined the business around 1745 and was responsible for exporting the Barlow knives to America. Blackie added his own special features to this knife, adding the lockback and changing the blade shape to a highly penetrating spearpoint.

I am often asked how I know that thisknife was designed by Blackie Collins and made by Gerber, sinceneither name appears on the knife or packaging. When I entered thecutlery trade in 1990, Blackie was the chief knife designer at Gerber.He had gotten homesick and moved his workshop to North, SouthCarolina. Gerber gave him Carolina Knife & Tool Company as amarket for his designs. My distributor noted as a preface to the CK&Tlistings that the company was a division of Gerber. Eventually,Blackie moved to Texas and joined Myerco as a partner. Myerco knivesare still made by the same factory as Gerber.

Blackie had designed knives for dozensof knife companies by this point but he began to get commissions fromgun makers at this point. All Winchester & Mossburg knives ofthat era were Collins/Gerber designs.

BLACKIECOLLINS -You may know the name as it is famous in the industry. Walter\"Blackie\" Collinsheldover 60 patents on knife mechanisms as well as many design patents.He was a member of the Cutlery Hall of Fame, founding member of theKnife Makers Guild, and founding publisher and editor of BladeMagazine anda world renowned knife maker who worked as a designer for all themajor knife manufactures including Case and Gerber. While at Gerber,he designed most of the most popular knives made by the firm,including the Gator series and the Gerber Tool. Blackie left Gerberin the mid-1990’s to become a partner in the Meyerco firm.

Hewas the first designer to see the practicality and utility ofusingsomething other than the standard bone or wood and complicated steelassembly for folding knives. The first design, the Gerber L.S.T.(Light, Strong, Tough) has sold three million so far and is still astaple in the Gerber catalog 40 years later.

“Thatwas the first molded Zytel handle,” Collins said. “Now, it’sthe most copied knife in this century in the United States.

Itcomes with an interesting story.

“PeteGerber handed me a knife in their line and said, ‘Give it somemoxie,’ ” said Blackie of the 1983 meeting. “I asked what elsehe wanted and he said, ‘Make it easy to manufacture,’ and I tookit from 26 parts to six parts.”

Healso was the first to use Cordura sheaths rather than the usualleather.

Althoughhis strength was knife design — he designed for more than 20manufacturers — Collins also had other innovations. Hedesigned a trigger lock, called Cease Fire, that fits nearly allrifles except some lever actions, and he designed a shooter’sscrewdriver that is selling well, but knives were his living.

About the steel: 440 has been called \"the industrystandard\" and \"The ideal compromise\" between ease ofsharpening and the ability to hold an edge. 440 is hardenough to hold an edge, but soft enough to sharpen easily with acommon whetstone. Unfortunately, the other knife companies likeBuck®, Case®, and Gerber® have chosen to switch to the lowercarbon steel 420HC. The reason is that 420HC costs less than 440.This knife can be hard to sharpen with an Aluminum Oxide or ceramicstone but holds its edge much longer. A diamond stone is recommended,OR use our E-Z Sharpener. The Tungsten Caroffere blades easilysharpen this steel and center your edge, eliminating the main reasonpeople complain about being unable to sharpen a knife.

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Oldstore stock. Packaging is shopworn but knife is new and in -perfectcondition.

Lastone available. Last chance to buy at this low price