Western W49 Bowie - BladeForums.com
2012年3月24日 · Actually there are two options out there for a Western Bowie in stainless steel. The easiest to find with be the Camillus made W49. The blades on these are marked WESTERN/W49 U.S.A.. In 1968 Western introduced a knife with the stock number of 649S. It looks like the W49 with a stag handle.
Bowie Knives - BladeForums.com
2005年5月17日 · Most "experts" would agree that it was a large (9+ inch, and probably much longer), double-edged blade. The whole clip-point thing probably came afterwards. Yes, many of our modern Bowie knives owe their design to the knives of the late-1800s. But let's not forget that Bowie didn't live in the late-1800s.
The ever controversial Musso Bowie knife | BladeForums.com
1999年6月29日 · 20,297. Jul 15, 2020. #1. The Musso bowie is one of the most controversial knives for knife collectors and historians. Joseph Musso claims to have purchased the knife during the early 1970s at an antique store and later to have discovered the initials JB marked on the knife. He then has the metallurgy examined and receives a lab report, which ...
A German made Bowie that I've always desired, but had never bit …
3,988. Aug 10, 2022. #1. I placed an order in today for a vintage Bowie knife made in Solingen, Germany that was imported and sold/marketed under the 'Romo' brand name. It's a unique blade style that I have seen being sold under quite a few other brands besides the 'Romo' over the years. Some of these brands were, Carl Schlieper, Linder, Edge ...
What was the Western W49 Bowie based on? | BladeForums.com
2008年8月26日 · The W49 could have based on someone's memory of the WW2 Marine Raider knife, but tailored to look like something Cowboy ish or and with the 1849 Gold Rush period. Maybe W49, was Western 49er. Few people know when the Cowboy cattle drive period started, which was post Civil War.
Bowie knives? - BladeForums.com
2017年10月15日 · Also Cold Steel bowie machete for about $20. Bowie style, made in South Africa of 1050 steel. It's tough but won't hold an edge like a real knife of course, because it's a small machete. The 15$ marbles is made by imicasa who also owns and makes condor so that's definitely something to consider when price is a factor.
"Bowie" with brass strip along back spine | BladeForums.com
8,326. Sep 22, 2007. #12. fudo said: The idea of the brass strip on the back of the bowie knife is that an opponent's blade would dig into the soft brass and not slide off, giving you a moment to act while your opponent's blade is hung up.I never heard of any instance where that actually worked though. That is true.
Historical bowie knife pictures - BladeForums.com
2000年8月8日 · I'm looking for pictures of historical bowie knives, trying to decide on a pattern to have made. Unfortunately when I try to google up "historical bowie knife" or "antique bowie knife" I get loads of pictures of things that are obviously neither historical nor antique (unless you want to count 20 year old pakistani abominations in that category).
Freerk Wieringa Commissioned Bowie - Whole Process w/pics and …
2018年6月6日 · I’ve always wanted an awesome big Bowie knife but made the way I wanted. In my searches I came across this maker named Freerk Wieringa (has a pretty cool YouTube channel). After some emails and conversations he said he would be glad to make my blade and my wait began. He says it’ll only take a month. Anyway, I’m just stoked for my first ...
Wostenholm's 'end of days' IXL Bowie Knife... - BladeForums.com
2013年8月4日 · Nov 24, 2021. #1. This is my recently acquired IXL Wostenholm Bowie knife. It was manufactured towards the end days of the Wostenholm & Son Cutlery firm, (the end days as it pertains to it still having been a stand alone company). The Joseph Rodgers & Sons cutlery firm purchased Wostenholm during 1971, but that merger was not able to stop the ...