Ya I bought that when I was 16 when I moved out on my own,it was bought at a second hand store along with a 40 pound steel silver fan which i still have.i think it cost me a hundred to furnish my first place lol.That's a great looking old tobacco tin too, bet that stuff hasn't been made for decades.
Someone's been looking through this thread, and posted a "like" for these pics!!!
(From 4 years ago) They are so nostalgic for me, I thought I'd repost them here; they show old Boiley, the first TC out of a tube, and one of its creative influences, the NYK, which I consider one of the most perfect, old Barlows!!View attachment 2401948View attachment 2401949View attachment 2401951
The mark side almost looks like wood! Must be the "cut", and the age! It is definitely changing over the years!! Here it is today!! I shoulda carved the pile side instead!! View attachment 2402035
I experimented with a forced patina, using hot cider vinegar. In the second attempt I soaked the whole knife!! It raised a grain/roughened the bone, so I had to sand it smooth - lightly!! What you see is was I got!! The hot bath spawned the name,old Boiley!!yes!!! that is a most apt description for it! almost a petrified wood like appearance. believed this were supposed to be amber sawcut right? looks almost smooth
I experimented with a forced patina, using hot cider vinegar. In the second attempt I soaked the whole knife!! It raised a grain/roughened the bone, so I had to sand it smooth - lightly!! What you see is was I got!! The hot bath spawned the name,old Boiley!!
So that bone handle when soaked in hot vinegar makes it look like the grain of an old oak tree or any wood for that matter.I experimented with a forced patina, using hot cider vinegar. In the second attempt I soaked the whole knife!! It raised a grain/roughened the bone, so I had to sand it smooth - lightly!! What you see is was I got!! The hot bath spawned the name,old Boiley!!
It already looked like wood - the "bath" just emphasized it a bit!!!So that bone handle when soaked in hot vinegar makes it look like the grain of an old oak tree or any wood for that matter.