Couple more projects

[Jim Bowie]

Some more knives I've been working on. One is CPM s30v and the other is CPM 3v. Hope you like them!

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

Very nice work.

 

[Jim Bowie]

Thank you ! They kinda grow on you, dont they?

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

Thank you ! They kinda grow on you, dont they?

I have a couple with the same lines/style as the first version.
That larger one has a very classic sweep to the blade and I really like how you did the handle.

 

[bannockburn]

Jim Bowie

You do nice work! Like the lines of the larger blade.

 

[Jim Bowie]

Thank you bannockburn! That knife is starting to feel real good in the hand. Im going to drill the (cocobolo) handle for the pin and send it off to Peters' soon.(after a little more touch up) . Then I will do the final fitting and shaping of the handle once it's all put together.

 

[bikerdoc]

I can see the painstaking detail you did.
Looks great.
Inspired me to finish a similar D2 blank that has been on my bench a long time
Thanks!

 

[If1HitU]

Very nice work of knives.

 

[Jim Bowie]

Thank you!

 

[Jim Bowie]

All done!

 

[hso]

Blade length on the bolsterd knife?

 

[Jim Bowie]

Six inches from "bolster" to tip! 61 HRC ,CPM S30V,brass ,copper and rosewood...

 

[rust collector]

Beautiful!

 

[Jim Bowie]

Thank you rust collector!

 

[Brin]

I like the bolster knife a lot. where did you get the bolster?

 

[Jim Bowie]

Made it myself. I rarely buy parts besides mosaic pins and corby bolts. I make all my knives from "scratch"

 

[Jim Bowie]

You guys are calling it a bolster,but it's really more of a guard without the guard part of it ,sort of,or maybe it is a bolster ...hmmm...

 

[Jim Bowie]

 

[rust collector]

Another term could be a ferrule, as seen on some old tool designs. Kept the wood from expanding or fraying from rough use. Guards are usually to protect the hand or prevent it from moving forward. The swell in the middle and the flare at the butt eliminates any need for a guard, but the brass is certainly pleasing to the eye. I'm not a big trailing point fan, but whoever designed this one had a keen eye.

 

[hso]

maybe it is a bolster

Fixed blades can have bolsters like folders. Folders can have guards like fixed blades. The difference is the form/function. Ergo, it's a bolster.

 

[hso]

Another term could be a ferrule

Or collar.

 

[bannockburn]

Jim Bowie

Very stylish with nice clean lines! I like it!

 

[Jim Bowie]

Thank you bannockburn ! I like it that you like it !