Bowie and a pipe hawk

[JamesG]

A frend wanted me to make a Bowie knife for a trade, then the pipe axe was also mention. The handle is white tail deer antler guard is wrought iron,the blade is leaf spring.The pipe axe is made from covered wagon axle.The stem is ash with file branded handle .

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[davy]

Very nice James! :thumbsup:

Davy

 

[FSCGunslinger]

Nice pipe hawk, but that bowie REALLY caught my eye! Simply beautiful! How far does the tank go into the antler? How'd you secure it? Is she a "user" or a "looker"? :bow:

 

[JamesG]

Gunslinger the bowie tang is about 3 or inch long. there is 2 welding rod steel pins in the antler. that for the nice words and is either or . it made to be used

 

[50cal.cliff]

Both turned really well James! :thumbsup: Whats the demensions on the Bowie? I take it yo did the forge work on the two! Looking good,looking good!

 

Is any large knife a "Bowie", or am I missing something in the design that sets it apart from every other large knife?

 

[fatboy]

Real nice James

 

[Charles D. Prokopp]

Those are really nice work, James. Here in my neck of the desert, that sort of rough+ready looking forging is called Neo-Tribal.
As for the question on what makes a Bowie knife a Bowie knife...that's a good question. Kind of like Art: you know it when you see it.
The earliest knives referred to as Bowies looked like what we now call French chef's knives and were about as fancy. The big clip-point jobs that we all think of seem to have originated in Sheffield, England and were marketed here as "Bowie Knives". Alas, there aren't very many blades that can be reliably traced to the gentleman from Lousiana.

 

[JamesG]

Thanks for the nice words.

 

[FSCGunslinger]

I just shot you an email, James.

 

[freeonthree]

I like them .
good job.

Tom