Fireside Confession: My Therapy Knife - AW&S Barlow, What This Little Knife Means to Me.

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Fading Margins: Over the Back Fence.

8 ай бұрын

Coming home, coming down, how a humble Barlow helped me adjust to coming home.

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@RedswedeOutdoors 8 ай бұрын

It's a beautiful knife. Mine rides in my pocket every day and it's my go to in the camp kitchen these days and reminds me of a conversation by the campfire that I still treasure even if it didn't last nearly as long as I would have wanted. Lovely story, cheers mate!

@fadingmargins 8 ай бұрын

Well mate, there is always next time - better preparation on my part - bit of camping...where there's will.

@thekelpayton 8 ай бұрын

Very sweet thank you! From Colorado!

@fadingmargins 8 ай бұрын

We stayed in a lovely cottage in Colorado Springs, up and down Ute Pass for coffee and breakfast - good times!

@stevenwhiting6744 8 ай бұрын

Confession is good for the soul! Great stuff mate. Keep it coming😊

@fadingmargins 8 ай бұрын

Cheers Steve!

@jack_batterson 8 ай бұрын

I've a small Case Barlow that is a wonderful knife for the pocket. True delights, the Barlows are.

@fadingmargins 8 ай бұрын

I love em but I wish someone would do one with more blade, not lots more but a bit - am I wrong?

@jack_batterson 8 ай бұрын

No, you're not wrong at all. I'd like a 3" or 3.5" version. Still, one gets by..... @@fadingmargins

@vinniesdayoff3968 8 ай бұрын

Good story telling there Steve👍

@fadingmargins 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Vinnie, high praise indeed!

@davidkurle5418 8 ай бұрын

This was an awesome video, my friend!

@fadingmargins 8 ай бұрын

I am grateful - many many thanks!

@zanedclark 8 ай бұрын

You really deserve more subscribers. Great knife, great chat. zane

@fadingmargins 8 ай бұрын

Zane, you're too kind - don't know what to do it, besides I really like the crowd I have got - all first rate!

@GenWivern2 8 ай бұрын

Enjoyed that, thank you. We are a nation of gardeners, not ranchers, and hunting anything that can't be brought down by a catapult or a dog is not supposed to be the preserve of the common man. For those reasons, never mind our foolishly drafted laws, old pocket knife patterns like the Barlow, sheepsfoot and Ettrick are highly appropriate and useful in this country.

@fadingmargins 8 ай бұрын

They are indeed! You know, true confession, I have never tried an Ettrick...

@kirbycreekmo 8 ай бұрын

You are rightfully proud of your nation and culture. Let us hope that isn't something that is only found in a museum one day. Many of America's cutlers and knife traditions are rooted in Sheffield. Even the stockman pattern that is ubiquitous in American ranching culture traces its origins to Sheffield. I'd bet a large share of the American population has some ancestral connection to Britain as well. That being said there is a certain appeal to being feral. I'm certain that regardless of how were equipped during your adventure, there was no danger because of it. In fact, I would argue that because you had tools that made you capable of more tasks there was a net increase in safety and productivity where ever you were. The Bark River knife is stunningly beautiful knife, form and function. I can completely relate to the need to re-acclimate after to having that at hand for a while.

@fadingmargins 8 ай бұрын

Mo, so much common sense right there! Being "feral" is fundamental for a lot of us!

@sixgunslingin 8 ай бұрын

Glad you made it home. Glad you got to experience freedom most of those states are legally able to carry a gun as well for what it's worth but all you really need most of the time is a handkerchief and the handy little slip joint.

@fadingmargins 8 ай бұрын

It is comforting to know that there are still places where liberty and common sense still prevail over fear and hysteria.

@sixgunslingin 8 ай бұрын

In New Mexico depending on where you camp you got a good chance of running into a mountain lion or a bear and now they have started relocating wolves here. Some of those States you went to have even bigger Critters .

@desertfoxxx98 8 ай бұрын

Nice video Steve, I'm currently carrying a Chris reeve small inkosi not a Barlow or a slip-joint but it's still nice but I still prefer a traditional.

@fadingmargins 8 ай бұрын

Well that's something very special and about as far from a little Barlow as you can get - do you like it!?

@desertfoxxx98 8 ай бұрын

@@fadingmarginsyeah I like it, the steel I'm not a fan of though (s45vn) I have a sebenza on order in magnacut that I have to wait 18 to 24 months for.