Big Bowie

[hotfxr]

I picked this Bowie up because they guaranteed me it was bigger than anything Red Badger owned. Not a bad blade for the price.

The 8 1/2" X 11" is of course the size of the paper for reference.

[Hanshi]

That's a very nice Bowie and it's more better than mine.  Mine is a good solid one though.  Wish I still had my Klingon Boy Scout knife; now THAT was a knife!  By the way, I'd always heard that Badger wasn't allowed to have sharpened blades due to his habit of getting cut fingers and other boo boos. 

[beowulf]

that`s not a knife !  this is a knife !   

[hotfxr]

that`s not a knife !  this is a knife !   

Yes that is a knife! I am looking to find a full tang classic Bowie over 20" long, but me being me, I want it for less than $50.

[beowulf]

do what I did , make your own ! if you can build a cannon , a bowie should be a walk in the park !

[hotfxr]

do what I did , make your own ! if you can build a cannon , a bowie should be a walk in the park !

That is the plan. Went to a local pawn shop yesterday and scored a heavy duty portable band saw. I have springs from a 67 Camaro and some cold rolled 1/4" steel to play with. Have a couple of friends with small milling machines to help out if needed. Whatever I do, it has to be cheap, really cheap, but sturdy and useful.

[beowulf]

good luck with the project !  you will keep us informed on the progress ?  that 1.4 inch cold rolled m makes for good fittings , I` use it for guards and sometimes butt caps ! leaf spring will make a nice blade 

[Hanshi]

Those two Bowies have good, he-man blades.  Mine has a good, heavy blade also.  I think mine is carbon steel.  It has rust and very minor pitting on the blade but a few tiny shiny spots here and there.  Carbon steel, guys?  I've worked on the blade a little but still have a good bit of sanding (then sharpening) to do.  The sheath is fairly "cheapy" and says Western on it.  A good, tough knife but nothing authentic.

[beowulf]

Those two Bowies have good, he-man blades.  Mine has a good, heavy blade also.  I think mine is carbon steel.  It has rust and very minor pitting on the blade but a few tiny shiny spots here and there.  Carbon steel, guys?  I've worked on the blade a little but still have a good bit of sanding (then sharpening) to do.  The sheath is fairly "cheapy" and says Western on it.  A good, tough knife but nothing authentic.

if the bowie has "western" stamped on it , you have a fairly valuable piece ! they`re going for over $300.00 and those carried in vietnam can go for considerably more !

[Watauga]

hotfxr sadly I do not have a Bowie    (Yet)    But,..I do have a "Rifleman's Knife" and a "Hunting Sword" or "Small Sword" that is actually a "Epee du soldat" a French Solders sword of the 1720-1820s? +/- Time frame? The Sword is 35 inches long with a 29 inch blade. And the Rifleman's Knife is 16 1/2 inches long with a blade of 11 3/4 +/- inches...   About 10 years ago? Crazy Crow was having a sale on the "Rifleman's Knife" for $29.00...and I bought the "Hunting Sword" from Danial Boone of Kentucky at Mississinewa 1812 5 years ago? for $60.00   They are both Carbon Steel but were polished like chrome.. So I blued the Sword Blade and used steel wool to take it back to a light gray,..A much more Correct looking French Gray look.  The "Rifleman's Knife" was even more Chrome/Stainless steel looking and the Horn Scales looked almost like plastic...after consulting with an old reenactor friend, I buried it in the garden for a week! I then dug it up cleaned and "0000" steel wooled it and blued it as well... Between the work I did and the patina of time,..They look much better now (Well to me at least) than when the India / Pakistan smiths made them...They did nice work,. they just love to polish steel I guess?? 

[hotfxr]

I like them both. The beauty of being "on the cheap" is the willingness to modify our implements to suit our needs.   

[Hanshi]

if the bowie has "western" stamped on it , you have a fairly valuable piece ! they`re going for over $300.00 and those carried in vietnam can go for considerably more !

Seriously, beowulf?  It's a bit old but i thought it was a "knife for the masses" like the Bucks and some others.  I'll have to check into this; I like the knife but I need the money more.  I also have a Puma "White Hunter" I bought (ordered) it for a low price when I was a kid.  Quality knife with a well made leather sheath and stainless blade.

[hotfxr]

if the bowie has "western" stamped on it , you have a fairly valuable piece ! they`re going for over $300.00 and those carried in vietnam can go for considerably more !

Seriously, beowulf?  It's a bit old but i thought it was a "knife for the masses" like the Bucks and some others.  I'll have to check into this; I like the knife but I need the money more.  I also have a Puma "White Hunter" I bought (ordered) it for a low price when I was a kid.  Quality knife with a well made leather sheath and stainless blade.

I'll give you $30 for it. But you have to pay the shipping. 

[Watauga]

if the bowie has "western" stamped on it , you have a fairly valuable piece ! they`re going for over $300.00 and those carried in vietnam can go for considerably more !

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Well Hanshi I know the old "Westren" Boy Scout hunting  or sheath knife's are going for good money so it makes sense that a bowie would be quite valueble...



Seriously, beowulf?  It's a bit old but i thought it was a "knife for the masses" like the Bucks and some others.  I'll have to check into this; I like the knife but I need the money more.  I also have a Puma "White Hunter" I bought (ordered) it for a low price when I was a kid.  Quality knife with a well made leather sheath and stainless blade.

[Red Badger]

I picked this Bowie up because they guaranteed me it was bigger than anything Red Badger owned. Not a bad blade for the price.

The 8 1/2" X 11" is of course the size of the paper for reference.

That is larger than anything I carry as I am a true mountain man and not a hollywood one... True mountain men were in the mountains in 1800 - 1840 and would have only heard about the issue of the Texicans when they came down the mountain to retire.     I carry a standard kitchen butcher knife just as the original mountain men did and do not use my knife for fighting, that's what my tomahawk and rifle/pistols are for.  And in case of last resort My teeth and overpowering fierceness that leaves mortal men cowering in fear.... Immortals like hanshi I just leave alone :)