Anyone remember Barker Saws?

[chet]

I guy I know stopped me today.  ???   Said he had to tell me about a strange chain saw a logger buddy of his was tellin' him about. His buddy said a friend of his showed it to a bunch of loggers at da gas station last spring, was da d**mndist thing he ever saw. Was kinda like a small buzz saw dat had a lawnmower engine, and it even ran.   ;D  :D  :D  :D  :D          

[Oldgearhead]

Bit of an odd way to introduce one's self, by digging up an ancient thread, but here goes!

On doing a Google search for the old Barker Saw Co. rim circle saws, I came across this. Read it for a bit and discovered that Bro. Noble is none other than my grandfather! At least, the chances of another person having that name, hailing from Drury, Missouri, and claiming to be the grandson of W. I. Barker (my great-great-grandfather) are pretty slim!

Saw a few of the pictures posted which reminded me immediately of the originals he's got hanging on the various walls throughout the house. I've seen the handful of these old things he's got, still hanging about in the shop, along with a wealth of other equally fascinating machines (to include the aforementioned Mercury-Diston two-man saw). I'm a bit jealous, as I've never seen one running and working.

One of the pictures shows my uncle (mom's brother) operating one of the later mounted-engine rim circle saws. Wasn't there for that one, unfortunately. Think I'll need to make the trip from Idaho to go see everyone again! I'll see if we can't get some of the old machines fired up and running, and take some good videos.

[timber tramp]

Oddly enough I came accross this on Portland (Oregon) Craigslist just this morning EMAIL ADDRESS EDITED OUT [?] I'm pretty sure I've never seen one of these before.

[beenthere]

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[Jeff]

Oldgearhead I'm pretty certain Noble Barker would not be your grandfather, uncle perhaps? 

[timber tramp]

Whoops sorry about the bad URL, I'm real new at this, anyway if you go to Portland Craigslist in the farm and garden section type in "chainsaw" and hit search, there's an old Barker chainsaw. Glad I don't have to pack it around, looks like it's made of cast iron. Good pictures though.

[Bro. Noble]

I came across this. Read it for a bit and discovered that Bro. Noble is none other than my grandfather!

  GULP-----GASP

[Tom]

Has Tom got a brother, Br'er Noble? :D

What did you do in the War, Daddy? :D :D

[Jeff]

OK Noble, whats da story? :D

[Oldgearhead]

Oldgearhead I'm pretty certain Noble Barker would not be your grandfather, uncle perhaps?

Wow... that's embarrassing! I managed to miss the age. He'd be a little... young, considering my own age.

Yes, I do believe Bro. Noble would be an uncle to me. If he tells me that's him in the picture, messing with the old rim circle saw, then yes, though it'd mean I've been confused about first names for thirty years.

[Tom]

No need to be embarrassed, I'm of the opinion that Br'er Noble would make a dandy Grandfather, regardless of whose he is.  :D

[Jeff]

I like to think of him as mine,, even though he does llook a might peculiar ay this time of year. 

[Bro. Noble]

Wes,  Is that you?  I was getting a little nervous there for a while :D :D :D

Lets get a few things strait here.  First I don't think of Jeff as my Grandson-----naughty little stepbrother,  maybe ;)

Second,  'Oldgearhead' is evidentally my sister's son.  Welcome to the forum,  Wes.  Tell these good folks a little about yourself.  Your experience with Uncle sam,  maybe post a few pictures of your cars.  We've got lots of veterns and truck and car lovers on the forum.

Now on family names.  W.I Barker was not your GGrandad,  but his cousin.  They were co-owners of the saw company for a couple of years.  Your GGrandad was Noble A Barker.  Dad is Noble G. Barker whom you thought was the forum member.  I'm Noble G. Jr.  Due to the confusion with all the Nobles in the family,  the family always called me by my middle name (or various nicknames) and Dad by his nickname.

I'm sorry if I've dissapointed anyone with these clarifications :D :D

[beenthere]

Bro...what "clarifications"....??

Doesn't take much to confuse me... ;D ;D

[DanG]

Tell us about some of those various nicknames, Bro? ;D

[Bro. Noble]

Tell us about some of those various nicknames, Bro? ;D

Not likely :D :D :D

[Norm]

I will have to say that for a moment I thought this was going to turn into the best thread ever.....you know lost family maybe even new family. I'm still not sure Noble's giving us all the facts, anyone got Mrs' Nobles phone number. ;D

[Jeff]

Well I know one thing, it has the greatest two word response ever on the forum:

Gulp, Gasp.   :D

[Woodcutter_Mo]

 Sorry to dig up such a super old thread. Was doing some googling about these old barker saws after me and my dad had been talking about them. I was surprised to see that people still talk about them, or at least did back in '08...
  Arelative has or had a couple old barker saws, I remember looking at the when I was a little kid.

[thecfarm]

Woodcutter_Mo,welcome to the forum. I see you have a LT25. Been sawing long?  ;D

[Woodcutter_Mo]

Woodcutter_Mo,welcome to the forum. I see you have a LT25. Been sawing long?  ;D

Thanks, my dad bought the lt25 about 5 years ago. We don't use it a ton but just mostly use it for our own use. We cut for the neighbors sometimes. I like the machine but will probably add some hydraulics eventually  ;D

[countryhog]

resurrecting this old thread
PAny of the barker brethren still around here? I got a GT7 im trying to locate a manual and IPL for