Musso Bowie

[JamesG]

This is my version . The blades is made out of buggy axle steel.The guard and the butt cap is wrought iron.Handle is figured mesquite wood . I cold blue the blade.For the guard i forged the wagon wheel wrought iron the slotted the guard marked where i wanted my bends then hot forged them in for i can have the wrought iron flow better.

 

[LRB]

Good looking blade James.

 

[lonehunter]

Very nice! :v

 

[longshot one]

Really nice James! I sure like the looks of that mesquite handle.

 

[Flint311]

Very nice! :hatsoff:

 

[William O.]

Outstanding! I really dig the figure on that mesquite.

 

[hawk]

:thumbsup:

 

[HAMMERSCHILD]

I dont know how far Fritch is from Houston but if your down our way i run a forge ring at my forge. Always happy to have another hammer at the anvil.

 

[pc.knife]

very nice work :thumbsup:

 

[JamesG]

Thanks for the offer hammer, I need a friend in Killeen to do some hammering when i vistie my brother and his family thank for the offer and all the nice words from everyone.

 

[jimmytheshank]

NICE!!!! :bow:

Whats the measurements on that knife James?
Great job! :thumbsup:

 

[Troy Allen Christianson]

Absolutely top-notch! Everything in all the right places. :hatsoff:

 

[JamesG]

Blade length.13 3/4
clip point. 5 3/16
wide.2 5/8
handle is.5 5/8

Thanks for the nice words.

 

[LRB]

That's very close to the original blade. Only 1/8" more in width. Nice blade.

 

[HAMMERSCHILD]

Thanks for the offer hammer, I need a friend in Killeen to do some hammering when i vistie my brother and his family thank for the offer and all the nice words from everyone.

only know of one smith up that way. Dale Pulling. He may be dead now. He was old when I started out. Dont remember him makeing many blades. He enjoyed "horseshoe" art and stuff like that. He was more interestd in stading by the cooler and talking about smithing tha actually swinging a hammer.Like a lot of folks Im afraid. :grin:

 

[JamesG]

Thanks wick I got a to scale drawing from another forum member. Thanks for the hammer.

 

[Rick Callison]

Looks great, I really like that mesquite handle!