Knife Review with a Side Trip to Mark Twain: Case Barlow (51009 1/2 SS)

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Don't let the title or the length of this video put you off!
If you are not interested in literature in general, and in Mark Twain in particular, stop this video at 5:15. The actual knife review ends there.
If you are not interested in knives but in Mark Twain, start the video at 5:15 for a literay analysis of the role of the Barlow knife in Mark Twain's novels „The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and „Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".
If you are neither interested in knives nor in Mark Twain but want to listen to a German butchering Mark Twain's language, also start the video at 5:15.
If you are neither interested in knives nor in Mark Twain but want to listen to an old American traditional, start the video at 12:32.
If you hate American traditionals and knives and Mark Twain and Germans butchering Mark Twain, don't watch this video at all.
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"Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot."
Mark Twain, "Notice" to "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

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@edgedweapon88 13 лет назад

Once again you have put out a top notch knife review. I could sit and listen to you talk about knives all day long. You include such interesting and relevant information into your reviews it is like a one stop shop! Thank you for all of your hard work and thank you for such a cool review on the Case Barlow knife.

@StefanSchmalhaus 12 лет назад

Thank you very much for your kind words! I'm happy my video was able to bring back some boyhood memories.

@oltenia12002 12 лет назад

The musician who opens with "Shady Grove" on this most informative video, Doc Watson, passed away today. RIP, Doc.

@terrillschneider3778 2 года назад

I loved this review and started collecting more Barlow knives after watching it

@StefanSchmalhaus 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@inquisitivewolf 13 лет назад

Absolutely fantastic video. The weaving of the music, the images, the written page, the illustrations, and your flawless (no apology necessary for the accent) readings of Twain, brought new appreciation for Huck and Tom's adventures. The historical perspective of the Barlow knife, was just icing on the cake.

@GeorgiaHawg 11 лет назад

I agree this is one of the best Knife reviews I have ever watched. I went out and bought a couple of Barlows because of this review.

@cactusbobaz 9 лет назад

Thank you. I loved your review of the Barlow. My Dad gave me a Barlow at a very early age and I have had one almost every day of my life. I will be 70 years old on my next birthday. This review made my day.

@GreatLakesKnivesandLanterns Год назад

Great content! That very cool that you integrated the knife with the story’s!!!!!! I loved every minute of it! Thank you

@Zastava_2021 2 месяца назад

Спасибо за видео! Приключения Тома Сойера одна из любимых книг детства! И хотя я родился и вырос в СССР, но все мальчишки знали и читали эту книгу. Но о ноже Barlow я узнал так подробно впервые!

@StefanSchmalhaus 2 месяца назад

Thanks for watching!

@StefanSchmalhaus 12 лет назад

@tattooraptor Thank you very much for your very kind words! And thanks for letting me know that my video inspired you in terms of knives and books.

@heynewgirl 13 лет назад

I just can't tell you how much i enjoy your videos and i love the history

@Bladereviews 13 лет назад

Charming video - from the Doc Watson to the Mark Twain. Very nicely done.

@trespasserswill7052 2 года назад

With love for Doc and Merle.

@StefanSchmalhaus 12 лет назад

Thank you very much for your kind words!

@v1nnyq 2 года назад

this might be the greatest knife review of all time. bravo!

@StefanSchmalhaus 2 года назад

Thank you!

@StefanSchmalhaus 12 лет назад

Thank you for your very kind words!

@tattooraptor 12 лет назад

Thank you, sir, for your excellent, in-depth, well-made and thoughtful reviews. Your video here inspired me to purchase not only a Case Barlow, but also a copy of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and begin reading it immediately. My Barlow is on the same frame as yours, with the secondary pen blade and jigged bone handles. Thank you again, and keep the reviews coming!

@jackdillon4467 3 года назад

What a very wonderful video!! Thank you!!!!

@StefanSchmalhaus 3 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@Guru1ofatl 13 лет назад

Another excellent video! I appreciate the background you provide in your videos, it really sets you apart from others here.

@backcreekbushcraft 11 лет назад

This is one of the best Barlow videos i've seen!!

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@Guru1ofatl Thank you for your kind words! Very much appreciated!

@mudhole9 11 лет назад

have this very knife in my pocket now, grew up with Barlow's, just want to share my appreciation to your knife videos, very classy, keep up the great work....sehr gut

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@inquisitivewolf Thank you very much for your appreciation of my work!

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@BladeReviewscom Thank you for your kind words!

@tennessee226 13 лет назад

Geat video, just amazing information! I have an old Case Barlo from the 80's. it also has stag handels, but they're smooth. it has three blades, and i love it! Thanks for an excelent video!

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@ATF6281914 I agree, the description is the best part of this video. LOL - Thanks for watching the whole thing!

@southerncountryboy8 13 лет назад

I really like all of your videos!!! very informative.

@teekay989 13 лет назад

Just came across your channel the other day, subscribed, and now find myself watching each video in turn. This one in particular captured my interest. What a wonderful job of research, narration, and video editing. Keep up the good work!

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@jimkressin Thanks for your support, James!

@ethanbox2010 6 лет назад

Excellent video. Thanks so much.

@ATF_CA 13 лет назад

I was LOLing at the description before I even watched. 'The Famous Brothers' wrote a song all about a knife, appropriately titled 'Swiss Army Knife'. I used a part of the song in my Vic Solo review. I couldn't help but watch the whole vid. Your vids are always so interesting. A couple years ago I saw Hal Holbrook in 'Mark Twain Tonight!' with my grandfather. It was pretty cool to see such an impersonator.

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@teekay989 Thank you for your very kind words!

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@heynewgirl Thank you for your kind words!

@AussieMark909 13 лет назад

Wonderful video, I loved it. Thankyou very much.

@pelahale 13 лет назад

Wunderbar Herr Stschmalhaus - this vid is like a work of art.

@mangojack1 4 года назад

Awesome video, enjoyed it much! Barlows are My favorite pattern 👍

@StefanSchmalhaus 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@terrillschneider3778 Год назад

One of your best

@StefanSchmalhaus Год назад

Thank you!

@preacherjayk 4 года назад

I've watched this video many times, your accent reminds me of my Grandfather, he also had a great love for both Mark Twain, and the Barlow knife, which is in my very own knife collection to this day, the knife being some 60 plus years old,, He migrated with my father from East Berlin to the US in 1958, but he never lost his accent,

@StefanSchmalhaus 4 года назад

Thanks for sharing this story! Which brand is your grandfather's Barlow knife?

@preacherjayk 4 года назад

@@StefanSchmalhaus It was an ulster made in USA, I beilieve it was purchased around 1960's it along with his pocket watch were always in his pockets if he wasn't sleeping or taking a bath, he used to say those were the only times a man should be without either Item,

@knifeaddiction2011 13 лет назад

Awesome vids man your vids are top shelf.

@StefanSchmalhaus 11 лет назад

Thank you!

@PavlovSandor 13 лет назад

mark twain was a genius. he had such a sense of humor. you can see it in his novels. my first knife was a plastic handled schrade i think with two blades. a clip point and a pen blade. i broke the tip off the main blade in the basement wall practicing my throwing skills. i think my brother still has it. i hope so anyway. ill get another one day.

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@knifeaddiction2011 Thank you for your kind words!

@sam2cents 6 лет назад

I was so impressed with your video about the Black Cat knife that I've found myself looking at others, all of which are superb, but I really loved this one, it was fantastic.

@StefanSchmalhaus 6 лет назад

Thank you! My video style has changed over the years. How do you like my newer videos?

@sam2cents 6 лет назад

I have to admit I never really paid attention to the dates of upload until you mentioned it, but I can see you have changed the visual style a little, but you have a consistent quality. I don't collect knives myself, but I think they are fascinating and very probably mankind's first true invention, and I really love history and your cultural references and the considerable amount of detective work you put into your chosen subject. I know as a collector knives are your thing, and they make an excellent 'McGuffin', but I strongly suspect you would have a knack for making anything you are interested in interesting. Brilliant work, Stefan! It's an addictive channel.

@StefanSchmalhaus 6 лет назад

Thank you for your kind words!

@porkfat8109 4 года назад

That was great...thank you.

@sae1095hc 13 лет назад

The first knife I was allowed to purchase with my own money was an Imperial Barlow. The local hardware store sold them next to the cash register for $1.99. The clip point seemed especially wicked and designed for stabbing. I was stabbing a tree trunk when the main blade snapped shut on my index finger. I probably should have had stitches, but trip to the doctor would certainly have nixed my knife privileges. So we kids patched it up with tape and played it cool until it healed. Nobody noticed

@keepermovin5906 2 года назад

I’ve still got a scar on my palm from my first knife shutting on it. Taped it up then superglued it back together at the house. Nobody noticed mine either. Time is a flat circle I suppose.

@fredde90210 13 лет назад

You make very good videos...Thank you sir.

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@DickPoleman Thanks for watching!

@mayo470 5 лет назад

Always enjoy your reviews, this time with a wonderful history lesson as well. Very well done, researched and thoroughly enjoyable. I'm looking up the audiobooks now. Thanks for that. Great, great video.

@nothingnewtome1 9 лет назад

love long videos. here to learn

@dictamnus100 3 года назад

tolles video Stefan! ich hab als jugendlicher auch die Mark Twail bücher auf deutsch gelesen, erinnere mich aber nicht daran, dass von einem Barlowmesser im text die rede war. weisst du, ob das bei der übersetzung ins deutsche verschwunden ist, oder ich mich mich nur nicht mehr erinnern kann?

@StefanSchmalhaus 3 года назад

Das kann ich nicht beantworten, weil ich mich ebenfalls nicht mehr erinnere. Es ist aber so, dass früher viele Klassiker, die als vermeintliche Jugendbücher galten, in den Übersetzungen für Jugendliche gekürzt und in der Sprache vereinfacht wurden. Dabei fiel so manches Detail unter den Tisch.

@mrmonkeyman50 13 лет назад

Herr Professor Doktor Schmalhaus: you've outdone yourself on this video. I've run out of superlatives!

@slick_slicers 6 лет назад

I realise you made this video a long time ago, but I’ve only just watched it. I really enjoyed it and it’s inspired me to re-read Tom and Huck’s adventures. I last read them nearly 40 years ago, but I carry a Sheffield made, Taylor’s Eye Witness Barlow every day.

@freedoomed 13 лет назад

Great video as always! I'm going to have to get the audio books you recommended.

@mikeeygq 5 лет назад

Phenomenal video

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@tennessee226 No problem. A three-blade Barlow would be very unusual.

@flintlockDave 10 лет назад

GREAT video and 2 of my favorite books thanks. Great song from Mr.Doc Watson

@MrRampro 12 лет назад

Great job! Good luck!

@rob8198 2 года назад

Wonderful!

@KnifeChatswithTobias 7 лет назад

Excellent review of the Case Barlow and great job with the Twain information.

@librarianrobert7426 5 лет назад

The stag handle is awesome! Case just reissued the Barlow this year (2019), and I ordered one in the yellow synthetic handle--which I like, but I don't think it equals the stag. The Barlow I ordered has two blades, the clip and a small pen blade.

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@doomcannon445 Thanks for watching!

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@sae1095hc Thanks for the hint! I will definitely check this out.

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@fredde90210 Thanks for watching!

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@An0nEeMouse Thank you very much!

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@pelahale Wow! Thank you!

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@SharpAirsoft I see. We have a similar show on German TV.

@StefanSchmalhaus 12 лет назад

That's a very interesting thought!

@mayo470 5 лет назад

I've ordered a couple Case Barlows as they will soon "disappear back into the vault." Hopefully Case will devote a little time to the finishing of these special revivals instead of today's unfortunate sloppy grinds, bad centering, blade rub and uneven cover finishing. I'm not holding my breath as 50% of my Case collection is not held to standards of what Case used to be, but that said, to my knowledge these Case Barlows are only rivalled by GEC-- which are at least double the price (or triple on the secondary market). Case finishing is worlds ahead of other such offerings from Schrade or Imperial, but GEC is worlds ahead of Case (if you have exclusive knowledge and reserve your knife as soon as GEC thinks of secretly making the 5 knives they come out with every 13 years)...

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@ristin59 Thank you! - You will probably also like my review on the Case Eisenhower. ;-)

@nothingnewtome1 9 лет назад

this was fantastic

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@zeltarstormrun Thank you!!

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@tendollarword Thank you!

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@freedoomed Thank you!

@ats6136 13 лет назад

@stschmalhaus Yes it is. Its a show where people bring in antiques and the historians/experts on that item appraise it. Its pretty cool!

@zeltarstormrun 13 лет назад

Another good video I love history especially american history, nice touch connecting a knife to classic american novels.

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@SharpAirsoft Is this a TV show? (Sorry, as a German I'm not familiar with American TV shows.)

@DESERTDIPL0MAT 12 лет назад

Very interesting video. Thank you. And your English and accent are wonderful. If only I could recite Goethe as well as you honor our Mr. Twain I would return the favor. Keep up the excellent work.

@StefanSchmalhaus 11 лет назад

I don't own the Case Hobo.

@MrBobagrigg 7 лет назад

I enjoyed your video although I didn't get a Barlow Knife when I was growing up. My first folding knife I believe was a Buck 110 lockback.

@rlbennett 8 лет назад

I went to one of the last concerts by Doc Watson a true southern gentleman his passing was sad. I received as most boys at that 6 or -so a pocket knife. I had a Kabar trapper my buddy a Barlow those some matches and a .22 rifle we were ready for anything mostly fun

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@edgedweapon88 You are welcome, Keelen! It was a lot of fun to get all the information together and to develop the concept for this video. So I wouldn't call it hard work. ;-)

@zujostix 13 лет назад

Man I'm loving these traditional folder reviews. As much as I like the modern designs there's jsut something special when using one of those timeless classics

@ristin59 13 лет назад

Thank you for the outstanding review and history lesson. It's sad that a lot of Americans don't respect their history as much as other people respect our history.

@sae1095hc 13 лет назад

Oh yeah, if you're interested in the kinds of pocket knives available at that time, check out the knives recovered from the 1856 Missouri river wreck of the Arabia. Just search: "steamboat arabia knives"

@freedoomed 13 лет назад

Also if anyone is interested Ken Burns did an awesome documentary on Mark Twain's life.

@uptonsavoie 5 лет назад

There is an old American fiddle tune called "Barlow Knife," and you can find versions of it on RU-vid. It has three parts, with a verse to be sung to each: "I've been a-fiddling all my life, and all I've got is a Barlow Knife." "Barlow handle and a Barlow blade, best old knife that ever was made." "You can take my dog, you can take my wife, but you can't take my Barlow knife."

@rupertmcnaughtdavis3649 3 года назад

I am learning the names of the parts of a knife from a German speaker!

@StefanSchmalhaus 3 года назад

I hope you learn them without my German accent. 😉

@JulianZeezer 12 лет назад

It's my impression that when Mark Twain refers to the "loafers" whittling with their barlow knives, he's commenting on the mens' commonness. In my experience, Barlow knives were general-purpose knives suitable only for children or adolescents. By adulthood, most people acquired one or more specialized knives, depending on their occupations. By mentioning that these grown men were (still) using barlow knives, Twain is subtly commenting on their prospects in life. Of course, I could be wrong.

@StefanSchmalhaus 13 лет назад

@sae1095hc Great story! Thanks for sharing!

@ats6136 13 лет назад

You should work for antiques roadshow.

@joshuawiley7200 8 лет назад

+Stefan Schmalhaus No apology necessary for the accent. I wish I could hear you narrarate the whole lot of Twain's writings. excellent videos. thank you.

@heynewgirl 13 лет назад

@cheeseshoes I was thinking the exact same thing.

@victorinoxlove 9 лет назад

hello stefan. i want to buy a rought rider barlow but i dont know if is good. i like case but i dont found a barlow right now so i order a large case stockman from u.s.a. so my next knife is a rought rider white barlow from u.k but i hear they heave a very bad construction. whatr do you say to buy it or no ? thanx

@StefanSchmalhaus 9 лет назад

+Alin Musat Stay away from the cheap Chinese stuff! You may want to look into GEC knives. They have some nice barlows as well.

@victorinoxlove 9 лет назад

yes i know...i found in your video one barlow shefield...is mine. :) thank you. tomorow i send a order to buy one frome shefield knife.

@Eurotrash4367 6 лет назад

It should me noted that during the 19th century in America any inexpensive small folding knife was often called a "Barlow" knife regardless of the actual pattern or manufacturer of it. The style that we know today as a Barlow knife was not established until the 1920's.

@CritterRidders 5 лет назад

No, the pattern was already established before then, though the name had become synonymous with small affordable pocket knives during the 1920s.

@StefanSchmalhaus 11 лет назад

LOL Thank you! Did you buy Case knives?

@tennessee226 13 лет назад

Sorry two blades, my mistake.

@cheeseshoes 13 лет назад

@mrmonkeyman50 its not weather they know grammar its the fact that the internet has always been informal due to they laziness of typing. i grant there are a few who dont know but majority especially in america read tom sawyer and huck fin when they were in elementary school. and now as a 15 year old's perspective you dont have to learn anymore it used to be learn or sleep and get detention/hit now its learn or text and play games on your iphone during class. motivation is the problem.

@cheeseshoes 13 лет назад

@mrmonkeyman50 i am clean i am a former German current American in an American public school system located in the American heartland where the curriculum is as required 2 novels a year in a high school English class with 4 years of English classes to be accepted into any state college and i do have memories of not that long ago when i was forced to read TomSawyer in 5th grade then forced to read the Giver in 6th grade which was a little harder but still comprehensible if you wanted to learn

@cheeseshoes 13 лет назад

@mrmonkeyman50 my speaking is wonderful and moving its just when i type that i find difficulty. i do not think it is you carrying me but the children that carry you, regardless of my difficulties in english you must agree that when these people reach the age of 18 you're screwed

@cheeseshoes 13 лет назад

Did you read my last comment? I said that due to the informality of the Internet, grammar is typically not proper. I do believe that I should be worrying about my peers motivation, seeing as I have to cooperate with them as a community in the near future. I would also say I do have motivation due to the fact I am trying to persuade others to take their culture seriously. Thus making your sense or irony questionable. By the way Tom Sawyer is 5th grade reading level and a part of most curriculums.

@mrmonkeyman50 13 лет назад

@cheeseshoes First off, the first 3 words of your comment are "It's not whether..." That's 2 errors in just 3 words! Instead of worrying about others' motiviation.... :o) which is ironic given your complaints about others. By the way, the majority of elementary school children do not read Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer. Cheers!