I got this USMC Bowie today.
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I got this USMC Bowie today.
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technically thats not a bowie, its more of a indian (dot not arrow) fighting knife, I think that style was also big in Thailand.
Nice kukri!
Here is one I made, technically not a bowie, but similar shape (full tang). 1095 steel with tapered tang, carbon fiber handle with copper bolsters. The sheath is made using copperhead skin I killed and tanned. Copper bolsters, copperhead...get it? :)
https://i.postimg.cc/PN4Px59w/20161029-182713.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/w3H1gmfz/20161029-182932.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/bD0d1yv4/20161118-195627.jpg
The top one maybe?
The bottom a little wide in the blade.
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A Turk waiting to be finished.
This is a Bowie knife. 12" blade, bone handle. A drunk cowboy traded it to me for a pint of Wild Turkey long ago and far away. Handmade, probably in Pakistan or some such place. My daughter owns it now.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f9013168ef.jpg
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Just a pint! :shock: I would have held out for a fifth! :grin:
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May not be a Bowie Knife but it is my pride and joy.
Yes it is a real USMC K-Bar
I'm no knife expert by any means, but the KaBar has always looked like a Bowie to me, 2A-Jay.
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I have my KaBar I brought home over 50yrs ago. It is a good knife and holds excellent edge but is on the big side for most field dressings.
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Some that I re-handled & made sheaths for (the table tiles are 6"x6")
https://i.imgur.com/tzRilNzl.jpg
My San Francisco gambler's bowie with ebony grip & German silver & leather sheath (w/Cold Steel dagger)
https://i.imgur.com/iIYltkTl.jpg
My "scalper" pattern w/stag grip
https://i.imgur.com/KkMaiq2l.jpg
My re-handled (exotic wood) Blackjack Tartan Dirk
https://i.imgur.com/vTVX0r3l.jpg https://i.imgur.com/DfnaZrom.jpg
My re-handled (bone) Texas Bowie
https://i.imgur.com/SQDGB8bl.jpg
It seems that about any clip point knife style made these days is tagged as a Bowie knife for some odd reason including my CRKT Bowie which I certainly wouldn't call a Bowie knife... though I really like the knife:
https://www.crkt.com/minimalist-bowie.html
While I am no expert, my understanding is that the Bowie knife had certain characteristics:
- a large clip point blade often sharpened on the back/top edge
- a cross guard
- a coffin shaped handle being a common feature
Wikipedia definition:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowie_knife
On that basis I'd figure the Ka-bar would certainly qualify along with Texas by god's pic (a classic Bowie style) and several of pietro's knives with the bottom pic again being a classic Bowie style.
However, just my opinion. Different strokes and all.
Longbow
The one I have that is a Bowie is made by Western knife.
original first post picture is a KUKRI.
skull splitter fer sure!
I thought I might as well show three of my knives. Attachment 256895 Attachment 256896. The Gerber was bought in 1991 at Smokey Mountain Knife Works. The factory rep. Was there and I talked myself into a lower price on it. It is worth a lot of money these days. I finally did something right for a change.
I think from memory Bowie is famous for having only one knife, I may be wrong sadly the Bowie name seems to get the credit for everything from a nail file to a chainsaw.
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Not quite as fancy as what you fellas have be posting but something I beat together out of a broken car spring I found along the road.
Made it many years ago.
The sheath was given to me.
Attachment 256901I like it elmacgyver0. A honest, no nonsense fighting knife. Car/truck springs make good knives, but so does lawn mower blades. I have a used lawn mower blade in my reloading room and it just might turn into a couple or 3 knives. I just haven't made up my mind as to what kind yet. I have made a few knives in the past. The one pictured below I started around 1976 and there is a small flaw in it and I just can't bring myself to finish it yet. It just bugs the heck out of me. I don't have any power equipment so I have to work with hammers, files, and it is a slow process. The pictures will be added in a few minutes. Attachment 256902 Attachment 256903
Keeping it gun related, I have this civil war era navy Plymouth rifle. It uses a Bowie knife bayonet designed by Admiral John Dahlgren. I fearsome thing it is.