Bagwell Style BOWIE by Claude Bouchonville

[rabanwelsch]

News!

A Bagwell Style "KILLER"-BOWIE by Claude Bouchonville !!!

BTW. This Bowie is not a copy, ITS a tribute to Bill Bagwells GREAT work.



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Claude is a Belgian bladesmith....Mr. Bowie from Belgium !!! ;-)



Inspired by my "new" Bowie book, a correspondence with Claude or just because I like Bowies very much ....

.....a new Bowie by Claude is "on the way" !





It should be a little bit like the legendary Bill Bagwell Hell's Belle.




And the first pic of the forged Bowie.....YEAHHHHH!!!








AND now: Claude has finished the Killer Bowie....:-))))

That Bowie is awesome, fantastic, fabolous, sensational !!!!!

[kamagong]

Beautiful. Do you know the specifics on this particular knife?

[jdm61]

Very nice and still very recognizable as one of Claude's knives.

[rane-dig]

I'm digging that guard.

[Maddogg774]

His work is beautiful! What steel and handle material is that?

[rabanwelsch]

Beautiful. Do you know the specifics on this particular knife?

Sorry for the delay.

@all
Thanks for your comments.

Here are some specs:

Blade length 12" (30,5cm)
Spring steel
Desert iron wood handle
Over all 17,5" (45cm)
Thickness 0,28" to 0,04" (7mm to 1mm) to the tip
Weight 1,65 lbs (750g)
A classic Bowie Sheath by Claude.

It’s a DREAM and my GRAIL !


Enjoy more pics….

[ptgdvc]

Really well done, a very handsome knife.

[Steve Randall]

sweet looking knife. I like the guard goes great with the style of the knife.

Steve

[JParanee]

Love the color of the steel

[rabanwelsch]

Thanks !

I love this old skool stuff......BOWIES!!!

[RogerP]

That's a terrific knife. You can clearly see the Bagwell inspiration, but the maker has rendered his own interpretation. Very, very nice.

Roger

[rabanwelsch]

Thanks, Roger.

Its indeed terrific.

[jdm61]

Roger, i have told you and the other forged knife guys before that you really need to take a trip to the Gembloux show at some point.

[RogerP]

Joe - you're so right - and I haven't been across the pond in many years.