Let's cut to the chase...

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

Considering adding a knife to my SASS outfit.
Haven't spent much time looking at actual knives, except at the local flea market; however, they did not have one that appealed to me. 
I have done some research online, but again, nothing that made my heart pound.
Closest I've come was this one online.

Would like it to be a period replica.
What do you carry and where was it obtained.?
Hopefully your suggestions will make my heart skip a beat! 

[Alpo]

You want something period correct?

 

 

https://www.iverybers.com/product/old-hickory-7-in-straight-edge-butcher-knife/?msclkid=c81df1c9c0321bb04b5d99d7a3435d0f

 

$6 at this place. You got to make a sheath but, I'm sure you can get a sheath for less than the $93 extra that the canoe knife would cost you.

[Rip Snorter]

Check Etsy - I have a couple and might part with one if you don't find what you want.

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

7 minutes ago, Alpo said:

You want something period correct?

 

 

https://www.iverybers.com/product/old-hickory-7-in-straight-edge-butcher-knife/?msclkid=c81df1c9c0321bb04b5d99d7a3435d0f

 

$6 at this place. You got to make a sheath but, I'm sure you can get a sheath for less than the $93 extra that the canoe knife would cost you.

 

I could then use the extra savings to have my local leather guy make me one.

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

Can you show me what you use and what do I look for to make sure it has the appearance of an Old West period knife?

For example would this one I found on

 

(as @Rip Snorter suggested)

be an option?

[Black Angus McPherson]

I think any of the above would look fine.  I'd find it kind of hard to spend $100 on a knife just to hang it on my belt, tho.

 

BTW, I have a couple "Old Hickory"s in the knife block.

 

Angus

 

[Rip Snorter]

To me, the issues are that the knife is made with materials available in the timeframe and with design features common at the time and before.  Both of these leave a great deal of open territory.  Anything from Spanish daggers to Bowies, to butcher's knives will work, if to your taste.  I haven't competed in years, so can't tell you what is currently popular.  I began collecting knives as a boy, many decades before SASS even existed, so I had a variety to choose from and swapped according to mood and the gun leather I was carrying.

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

Add Band-Aids to your range kit 

[Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428]

Look in the Bud K catalog.  A lot of pure crap in there, but they have some bowie type knives that look period.  Some of these come with really not period looking sheaths but some arent too bad.   You can get a cheap knife that will look just fine as part of the outfit.

 

 

[Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428]

These look good to me, but the sheath isn't real period.   

[Rip Snorter]

A quick trip to Tandy Leather - anyone can make a sheath!  You are not gonna be betting your survival on the knife, basically a prop.  All it has to do is look good in SASS.  If you need more - you have to pay more.  SMKW is another possible source site.

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

I have a similar knife to this one, except the grip is blackened, that rides in a boot sheath. It's made by Frost Cutlery with the brand name Chipaway. It's nothing great, but it serves the purpose. 

And I have one something like this one that sometimes rides on my belt. Frost makes cheap knives, but just as an accoutrement they're fine. As for making a sheath, yes, it's about as easy as any leather project you can do. 

[irish ike, SASS #43615]

The first knife you show is period correct.  It was offered by many of the trade companies. It was easy to make and durable, Think weight, bowie knives aren't light. The fancy pearl grips and finely made blades an average cowboy wouldn't wear or afford. My $5 qorth.

[Rip Snorter]

2 minutes ago, irish ike, SASS #43615 said:

The first knife you show is period correct.  It was offered by many of the trade companies. It was easy to make and durable, Think weight, bowie knives aren't light. The fancy pearl grips and finely made blades an average cowboy wouldn't wear or afford. My $5 qorth.

Whatever - it is only a game.

[Whitey James]

+1 for the Old Hickory

I have one and plan on making a sheath for it.

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

I have two Bavarian style belt knives, one is a 2 1/2" stag handled knife that my grandfather brought back from Switzerland in 1893.  The blade was broken so I reshaped it into a 2 1/4" neck knife.  The sheath didn't survive.

 

The second is a 4"Linder that I bought about 40 years ago.  I sewed the sheath into a beaded buckskin outer shell and it now rides on my shooting bag.

 

I also have a Linder 8"'Bowie style that has a buckskin sheath decorated with conchos, brass beads and tacks, horn pipes, tin cones, and horse hair.

 

All three of these have genuine stag handles or scales in a Dixie Gun Works beaded sheath.

 

My "bag knife" is a Green River 5 1/2" butcher knife with black walnut checkered scales.

[Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L]

Had this one made for me a number of years ago. Don't carry it anymore - too big!

 

[Sawhorse Kid]

Something like this perhaps.

 

James Black design:

[MizPete]

Larry Page knives.  He's in SC.  That is all.

[Boggus Deal #64218]

I quit carrying one because I didn’t need it for the category and it was extra weight in the way to haul around while shooting. 

[Eyesa Horg]

When stuck in my back pocket, it helps keep my holsters from falling off my flat arse!

[irish ike, SASS #43615]

22 hours ago, Rip Snorter said:

Whatever - it is only a game.

Would like it to be a period replica Well he asked for period correct. And call me crazy but cowboys didn't carry bowie knives and fancy dan knives.

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

This is the knife Cullen used in "Hell on Wheels".

 

 

 

 

Edited Sunday at 10:32 AM by Father Kit Cool Gun Garth

[Texas Joker]

Period correct.

 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_knife

 

 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

On 5/9/2025 at 8:08 PM, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

I have two Bavarian style belt knives, one is a 2 1/2" stag handled knife that my grandfather brought back from Switzerland in 1893.  The blade was broken so I reshaped it into a 2 1/4" neck knife.  The sheath didn't survive.

 

The second is a 4"Linder that I bought about 40 years ago.  I sewed the sheath into a beaded buckskin outer shell and it now rides on my shooting bag.

 

I also have a Linder 8"'Bowie style that has a buckskin sheath decorated with conchos, brass beads and tacks, horn pipes, tin cones, and horse hair.

 

All three of these have genuine stag handles or scales in a Dixie Gun Works beaded sheath.

 

My "bag knife" is a Green River 5 1/2" butcher knife with black walnut checkered scales.

Only one is "Bowie:" style but the others are all period correct for camp or costume to use for everyday carry needs.

[Cypress Sun]

When is the last time that you actually participated in a match?

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

1 hour ago, Cypress Sun said:

When is the last time that you actually participated in a match?

Pre-COVID.

Ann & I recently checked on renewing our membership to the Eustis Gun Club and found out that we could not automatically get renewed as prior members, but had to go through a training class first. Has to be on a particular Sunday of the month if I recall.

Will be attempting to renew this summer so I can get back into CAS.

[Brazos Bottom Bill Miller]

Find a Barlow folding knife.

[watab kid]

mine is a small custom made stag scale knife thats attached to my holster on one rig , a slightly larger walnut grip scale mounted to my belt on the other , i tend to smaller lighter and not all that conspicuous items , both are razor sharp tho and very well made , i got them from a friend , these are on my main match rigs , 

 

i do have a third backup rig that has a slightly different maple gripped damaskas blade - also custom made that i won at a shoot years ago , its larger that the other two so it went on the less used set , 

 

i just dont want to carry extra weight these days , so all of these are smaller and lighter items but all would function as needed if needed , i never saw the need to carry a great big knife , but i get some do , more power to ya , carry all the weight yall want to on your body 

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

You can never have to many knives.