KiltedClaymore
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same again. my computor just hates your knife i guess.. 
Bowie knife thread
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Easy to say. Not so easy to do. If you've ever handled one you'd understand how difficult it might be to make a knife with a 12-16 inch blade feel weightless in your hand.
Not knife, knives. You're missing out on seeing three different big bowies from three different custom makers.
KiltedClaymore
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..rub it in.....
..rub it in.....
One's damascus with stag.
KiltedClaymore
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WOW!
first link worked, second didnt. but it's cool.
first link worked, second didnt. but it's cool.
KiltedClaymore
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yup!
KiltedClaymore
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found out who makes my dads bowie. its made by a company called "WESTERN"
here is a picture
here is a picture
Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow
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A very good deed nevertheless, JS - now if a trooper got the Damascus steel Breed - THEN you'd a Saint. Great pictures all. I'll get a pic of my junk large fixed-bladers this evening to put up against these beautiful high-quality ones - it'll be good for a laugh.
hso, I can't see your pictures (within the thread) either, though I can see all the others. When I click your link, it says "you do not have permission to access that page" - maybe I have to re-login to see....
ahhh, ok, now I see. The top one is just beautiful. The bottom one is nice, but the termites have been after the base of the blade a bit.
PS,
There's the picture of the Wheeler all by itself. It is a sole authorship forged damascus subhilt with stag. Gary said the blade just wanted to be big so he let it. It ended up over a foot long.
Then there's the picture of the Dempsy and the Breed together. The Breed is forged tool steel with stag. The Dempsy is a stock removal knife of 154-CM with maroon micarta.
Not sure what you mean by "termites" though unless you're referring to the "Spanish Notch". In that case the termite had diamond toofers.
John has handled the Termite Bowie. John wouldn't you say it's "lively"?
There's the picture of the Wheeler all by itself. It is a sole authorship forged damascus subhilt with stag. Gary said the blade just wanted to be big so he let it. It ended up over a foot long.
Then there's the picture of the Dempsy and the Breed together. The Breed is forged tool steel with stag. The Dempsy is a stock removal knife of 154-CM with maroon micarta.
Not sure what you mean by "termites" though unless you're referring to the "Spanish Notch". In that case the termite had diamond toofers.
John has handled the Termite Bowie. John wouldn't you say it's "lively"?
CK
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I am sort of particular to knife maker in my area called George Tichbourne.
http://www.tichbourneknives.com/index1.htm
I was in his workshop two weeks ago, having my knife sharpened, and he showed me his damascus steel bowie. Would love to have one of those. A really nice guy.
http://www.tichbourneknives.com/index1.htm
I was in his workshop two weeks ago, having my knife sharpened, and he showed me his damascus steel bowie. Would love to have one of those. A really nice guy.
KiltedClaymore
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Im partial to D-gaurd bowies meself.
KiltedClaymore
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^no one is disputing that^
Yes, it does.
The Dempsey is "heavy". The grip is great, but the knife isn't lively. It has that sharpened bar of steel feel to it. (Yes, I know it is a sharpened bar of steel).
The Wheeler has more mass than the Termite Bowie, but it also is lively.
Kim suggested to Gary that he didn't need to make the bowie a working knife since it was so pretty it would just end up on display, but Gary insisted that he wanted it to be able to do it's job if I had to reach out for something in an emergency. So it's a live blade instead of a safe queen.
What is it about these SF guys and their screwy ideas about even pretty knives working when they need to.
Regolith
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That's good to hear. Ka-Bar is a good fit for them.
Yeah, I didn't mean to imply that they didn't sell well, just that the military contracts failed to materialize. There are a lot of folks who liked the Becker knives, and they were a pretty good value for how well they were made.
I always meant to get a BK11, but by the time I had money I was willing to spend on it production was shut down and everyone ran out of stock. Guess we both had the same bad luck right after Camillus closed shop.
Here's a Searles type Bowie like the one in the Alamo presented by Resin Bowie to a Captain Fowler of the USMR. From Dixie GunWorks
A Sheffield type by Katz Knives
A James Black pattern Ontario Marine Bowie that won't break the bank account. 1095 carbon steel and extra sharp
A Sheffield type by Katz Knives
A James Black pattern Ontario Marine Bowie that won't break the bank account. 1095 carbon steel and extra sharp
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KiltedClaymore
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i like that sheffield
Mike Sastre
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KiltedClaymore
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i was just yankin' your chain with the armwarmer comment 
Bob R
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BK&T Combat Bowie. A very heavy knife, in case I need to lop the head off of a goat or something along those lines.
This is a group of others.
From top to bottom:
Blackjack Mamba 7-l made in IL.
Benchmade Delta Raider
Cold Steel Black Bear Classic
bob
This is a group of others.
From top to bottom:
Blackjack Mamba 7-l made in IL.
Benchmade Delta Raider
Cold Steel Black Bear Classic
bob
KiltedClaymore
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that black bear is one looker of a knife. and how can they call a knife a combat classic with no hand guard!?!?!
Bob R
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The Black Bear is a beauty of a knife, and for me fits my hand very well. It is one of the best balanced knives I have ever played with, like an extension of your arm, it is just there.
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