As title suggests, what is this style called? Not trapper, is it a Barlow? I thought those generally have a secondary small blade also….
Old Timer Generational 5OTG Bruin
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Gentlemen lockback
Absent the bolster and lock it would look like any other Sodbuster style knife to me. They are also known as peasant knives and farmer knives, and the style came to America from Germany where it’s called a Hippekniep (possibly “goat knife” but it’s from old German dialect so no one seems to really be sure)? or Notschlachtmesser (“emergency slaughter knife”).
Again with the bolster and the lock this does differ from most Sodbusters which are usually slipjoints, but to me it still is essentially a Sodbuster.
i’d call it a buck, but i think that might be a specific brand. i dunno, i always think of those old timey back lock knives with nail indents as buck knives.
So weird I was just wondering about this very thing (literally yesterday) and couldn’t find a real answer. You could say it’s a traditional lockback but that isn’t very specific. I know all the Schrade brands (Imperial, Uncle Henry, Old Timer) call it a Bruin. I had started to think that might be the pattern name but seems like it’s just for those brands
A Barlow is a very specific type of jackknife (a knife with both blades pivoting from the same end). Arguable it is the oldest kind, dating back to the late 17th century. It has a long bolster that extends about 1/3 the length of the knife, usually two blades (sometimes one) and no bolster on the ‘butt’ end. [A Barlow looks like this](https://reddit.com/r/SlipjointKnives/s/dnluYy2MYT)