Finished up my Bowie knife.

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Finished up my Bowie knife.

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I think it came out pretty good! :) Thought I would show it off! :lol:


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That's a right fine Dagger U have there.
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Truly beautiful.....I couldn't make a 2x4x4 if I started out with a 2x4x8 :lol: :lol:

That leather really sets it off perfectly :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Now THAT'S a knife!! Nice work.
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WOW :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Meant to say that is Beautiful, you have talent, great work :D :D
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Wow! That is REALLY nice!! Did you do the leather work as well? The knife is just gorgeous.

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That's a very beautiful knife! The scabbard looks very well made also. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Beautiful knife, the whole rig is awesome. 8)
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VERY nice ! !

The workmanship of the entire rig looks outstanding & I especially like the blade profile...... 8)




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Some of the talent the members of this board have is amazing ---- great looking knife sir
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Like the knife, and like the holster it lives in. Do you have any construction photos? Would like to see how that knife came to be..

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Thanks for the comments, gents. :) First, let me be clear that I did not forge this blade. I purchased it as a blank from Dixie Gun Works, along with the other component materials from a couple of knife making suppliers. This is the second one of this style I have built. The first was stocked with buffalo horn - this one is stocked with black linen micrata. The tang runs through the one piece micata handle, and the brass pommel is threaded and glued. All metal to metal connections are silver soldered. All told, it took about a week to get all components fitted, shaped, polished and finished up.

DGW sells a ready made, version, BTW, but it was more $$ than I would spend, and it was a bunch more fun to build it myself.

The leather is the result of the combined efforts of myself and a buddy who has a leather sewing machine. He did the heavy lifting and I did the stampings and finish work. The Mexican double loop design matches the gun rig.
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Thats very impresive sir 8)

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Really nice!
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Man that came out beautiful!!!!!
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Just fine in every way!! :mrgreen:
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I love the leather work, and the toothpick ain't bad either.
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That knife looks very much like the one I saw displayed at the Alamo last Sunday. Nice work.
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Very nice. I'm impressed.
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octagon wrote:That knife looks very much like the one I saw displayed at the Alamo last Sunday. Nice work.
It is indeed. It is a Searles pattern blade.

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Pitchy wrote:Beautiful knife, the whole rig is awesome. 8)

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Paladin wrote:
Pitchy wrote:Beautiful knife, the whole rig is awesome. 8)
+1
+2 :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Whenever I do something like that, it looks homemade!!! Rather than a beaurfully crafted piece!
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Sweet!

I just love Bowie knives... 8)
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