Barlow knife

Barlow knife

The barlow knife is a type of slipjoint pocketknife, generally consisting of an elongated oval handle with two blades.Harvard reference | Surname=Emerson | Given=Ernest R.| authorlink = Ernest Emerson|Title=Grandpa Gave a Part of Himself With That First Knife | Journal=Sporting Knives 2003 | ISBN= 0-87349-430-X | Year=2003 | Page=54–59 ]

In fiction

*Tom Sawyer, of Mark Twain's "Adventures of Tom Sawyer" owned a barlow knife:

References

External links

* [http://www.barlow-knives.com/history.htm Barlow-knives]
* [http://www.barlowgenealogy.com/Edson/barlowknife.html History of Barlow knives]


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