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A "Bounty" of Barlows (?) Time to put your 'thinking caps" on and have some fun.
I had all of my Barlow knives out for a Photo Opportunity with the latest arrival and I was trying to come up with a collective noun that would describe them.
Sure we could simply say a "Collection" of Barlows but that is pretty boring.
We have some very creative collective nouns such as a "Parliament" of Owls, a "Murder" of Crows, or here in Aussie a "Mob" of Kangaroos.
I kicked around a few first going with the alliteration ... "Bevy" of Barlows ... A "Bounty" of Barlows ... or a "Huckleberry" of Barlows ....
Throw your ideas into the ring ... we have plenty of creative minds here at iKC ... let's hear your suggestions. No prizes - Just Some Fun!
Also, I notice there is not (unless I missed it) a Barlow Pattern Group? Is there room/need/demand for one?
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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on
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I have to say, giving the credit to Tom Sawyer...A Huckleberry of Barlows
Some beauties in that Huckleberry !!
There is a barlow section in the knife pattern collectors group here Barlow Knives
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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Doug Webber on -
Since the barlow is teardrop shaped, I looked for words to do with crying.. Scanning through different articles I came across one in Womens Life Magazine by Louisa Peacock. One line read something like this... so most of us girls have had a good bawl at work every now and again. Well, a "bawl of barlows" didn't quite do it for me. Reading on I came across this...."Every woman knows you simply cannot blubber at work in front of colleagues". So, for a group of barlows I submit "A Blubber Of Barlows" ....it just sort of rolls off the tongue.
DISCLAIMER: I am in no way suggesting that only women cry, or that all women cry or anything that could irritate or get me in trouble with the female gender.
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How about a Band of Barlows?
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Permalink Reply by Syd Carr on
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I think it could appropriately be a "bevy" of Barlows, (bevy is a large group of people or things).
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I laughed so hard when I read this! and blubber IS better than bawl!
Doug Webber said:Since the barlow is teardrop shaped, I looked for words to do with crying.. Scanning through different articles I came across one in Womens Life Magazine by Louisa Peacock. One line read something like this... so most of us girls have had a good bawl at work every now and again. Well, a "bawl of barlows" didn't quite do it for me. Reading on I came across this...."Every woman knows you simply cannot blubber at work in front of colleagues". So, for a group of barlows I submit "A Blubber Of Barlows" ....it just sort of rolls off the tongue.
DISCLAIMER: I am in no way suggesting that only women cry, or that all women cry or anything that could irritate or get me in trouble with the female gender.
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Permalink Reply by John Bamford on
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I had heard the term Huckleberry but was unsure of what was meant so have just looked it up .
Bilberries we call them , haven't seen fresh ones for years . When I was young the greengrocer , an old chap called Harry, used to come to the house on a Saturday night in a van . I was often sent out with a list to get the fruit . I loved the wooden box's full of bilberries , what a nightmare of a job I have lived in the north where they grow wild and there are very few fruit on a plant .
For a moment I could remember the smell of them , so therefore I am in favour of ,
"A Huckleberry of Barlow's" .
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Permalink Reply by Derek Wells on
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Well now I have learnt something John I did not know there was such a thing as a 'Huckleberry' or "Bilberries" - I assumed Huckleberry was just a fabrication of Mark Twain's considerable imagination.
Mark Twain did talk of a "Barlow" Knife
"Mary gave him a bran-new "Barlow" knife worth twelve and a half cents; and the convulsion of delight that swept his system shook him to his foundations."
"There was empty dry-goods boxes under the awnings, and loafers roosting on them all day long, whittling them with their Barlow knives; and chawing tobacco, and gaping and yawning and stretching - a mighty ornery lot."
So I just plucked "Huckleberry of Barlows" out of the air - 'tipping my hat' to Mark Twain.
(PS I re-read both Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn a couple of years back and thoroughly enjoyed them.)
John Bamford said:I had heard the term Huckleberry but was unsure of what was meant so have just looked it up .
Bilberries we call them , haven't seen fresh ones for years . When I was young the greengrocer , an old chap called Harry, used to come to the house on a Saturday night in a van . I was often sent out with a list to get the fruit . I loved the wooden box's full of bilberries , what a nightmare of a job I have lived in the north where they grow wild and there are very few fruit on a plant .
For a moment I could remember the smell of them , so therefore I am in favour of ,
"A Huckleberry of Barlow's" .
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Colonial and Imperial? Two fantastic barlows
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Correct on both counts Jan! The Colonial at the back is actually longer than the Imperial but the angle of the photo doesn't show that ... It is about the equivalent of a GEC #77 Pattern.
And (This is show my muddled mind) In my haste to get the "Family Photo" of my Barlows I missed several. No wonder we Knife collectors end up with doubles when we cannot remember which ones we already have. I will correct the omission with a new Group shot later today. :-)
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