Sawhorse Kid Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Cowboy Knives ( designs that did of may have existed in the Old West ) Who has what in their collection ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 D Guard Bowie: Custom made from a file with wooden sheath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Coroner Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Hand forged “Dutch” Bowie from 310 Forge. Check his work out. Dutch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Coroner Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 22 minutes ago, PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L said: Just, wow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Probably a three or four inch Barlow folder is most authentic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 With the tip of the blade busted off because he kept using it as a screwdriver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 10" Case spear point Bowie with sambar stag scales. It had sat in the back of the knife case at a local outdoors shop for at least 15 years before I bought it. The old guy that owned the shop even gave it to me for the 1985 price that was on the sticker on the blade. Bought a matching (with sambar stag scales) Case Barlow from the same fellow about the same time. It had been around about as long as the Bowie and I think I paid all of $35 for it in '98 or '99. To tell the truth, I've always thought that he was just glad to get rid of them. I picked up a Damascus Wil Bromley 5" dagger at EOT'02, but I've never gotten around to taking a picture of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 32 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Probably a three or four inch Barlow folder is most authentic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Long knives I’m thinking, were probably the heaviest eight-inch (8”) or longer, butcher knife from the general store. But, the English exported A LOT of Sheffield-made Bowie-style knives to the US during the time of the Old West, and those were common, too. Cat Brules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 3 hours ago, PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L said: I never saw one with a Damascus-style blade before. That's all kinds of cool. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painted Mohawk SASS 77785 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 A bragging knife I had given to me by the maker 'Jackson Rose from Missouri when he & his wife came down-under last year. If I remember rightly it was made from a horse shoe file & has a different pattern on each side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South-Eye Ned Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 I like this thread! I have 2 Bowie’s and a Highland dirk, as far as big knives go. (This isn’t the place for swords). Anyway, the top is the “Iron Maiden” made In limited production (200?) by Generation 2 a few years ago. The larger Bowie, I had made by Wick Ellerbie from Florida. It’s based on the Musso Bowie. I had my initials, “SM” instead of “JB”. The dirk I have because. I do wear it for Sons of the Am Rev Color Guard activities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 22 hours ago, Cat Brules said: Long knives I’m thinking, were probably the heaviest eight-inch (8”) or longer, butcher knife from the general store. But, the English exported A LOT of Sheffield-made Bowie-style knives to the US during the time of the Old West, and those were common, too. Cat Brules As handguns got more reliable, knives got smaller. Throw in repeaters like revolvers an you weren't limited to a shot- or 2 or 3 if you carried a brace of pistols- and cold steel any more, so knives became more of a tool than a secondary weapon and big knives are just too hard to handle for more delicate tasks. A general use 5-7" blade makes more sense than toting a 14" pig sticker under those circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Hicks Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 On 6/10/2020 at 9:19 PM, Alpo said: With the tip of the blade busted off because he kept using it as a screwdriver. I was taught that is the biggest faux pas for any blade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawhorse Kid Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share Posted June 13, 2020 These would be the most accurate examples in my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Willie Nelson Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 maybe not historically accurate, but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blarney Kid Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 My Scottish Dirk, with a Walker Colt for size comparison. I where it as a boot knife . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawhorse Kid Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 On 6/15/2020 at 4:36 PM, The Blarney Kid said: My Scottish Dirk, with a Walker Colt for size comparison. I where it as a boot knife . I suppose that the Walker is just a ' Pocket Pistol' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 7 hours ago, Sawhorse Kid said: I suppose that the Walker is just a ' Pocket Pistol' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blarney Kid Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 It helps to have boots with 17 inch shafts. I consider my Walker as a light artillery piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raylan Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Two Jeff White knives and a copper bone handled barlow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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