1911 Tactical Bowie

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1911 Tactical Bowie - Black Toe Knives​

Please comment. I welcome all comments, good or bad. I build knives for you, the knife lover. I love knifemaking first and foremost. I want to know what you as knife lovers want! I don't want to build knives that you might buy. I want to build knife that you want!

I built 2 of these. Are these keepers?

Blade is 1095 High Carbon Steel 4 1/2 Blade, 9 1/2 O.L.
Full tang construction.
Knife is flat black professionally powder coated.
Grips are actually removable 1911 colt grips.
Comes with a leather sheath.

I Guarantee this knife for life. Thank you for looking.

175.00 Conus Free shipping. paypal welcome. Sold Both

Thank you for looking.

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Interesting idea, using the grips in that way. Since you asked, I think that knife at that price does not represent a good value compared to other knives we see on these forums.
 
BlackToe Knives said:
Thank You for you comment. Please elaborate?
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he is just saying that in compairison to other knives on this forum and elsewhere that the price is a little high.

1095- good steel easy to work, but not expensive to buy
new maker-
no sheath-

over all you can get a lot of knife for $250 and this might not be at the top of the list for some one looking spend that kind of money.
 
I have seen Wilson Combat knives with a similar layout. It is a great idea to have the ability to take a knife and match it to your pistol you are carrying. One thing (this may be just a personal thing for me). I would like to see the exposed tang ground back to the level of the handle scales. I like my tangs flush with the scales (I know some makers like Cris Reeves do some of their knives with extra tang beyond the top and bottom of the scales). I think it makes it more comfortable on the hand for chopping, or battoning, etc when the tang is flush with the handle scales. 1911 grips are already tall enough from top to bottom (or I guess you could say side to side depending on how you look at it). It would also make the knife easier to hold, and make the overall balance look more proportional. It will make the blade seem larger.

Also, what thickness is the spine? 3/16? or thicker? I would like to see the primary grind go a bit higher to make for more efficient slicing (that would depend on the thickness of the knife).
Making the scales easily removable and interchangeable is a good idea, lets you match the knife to what ever scales you have on your different guns, just get an extra pair of grips for every gun to match.
 
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J-siah said:
he is just saying that in compairison to other knives on this forum and elsewhere that the price is a little high.

1095- good steel easy to work, but not expensive to buy
new maker-
no sheath-

over all you can get a lot of knife for $250 and this might not be at the top of the list for some one looking spend that kind of money.
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He has captured my sentiments exactly. I might suggest you look through the sales posts from other makers here and compare prices of their work to yours to get a better sense of the market and your competition. I don't know what those scales cost, but IMHO that is maybe a $100 knife.
 
Some jimping would be nice.
I'd go with a standard leather belt sheath, but that's just me.
I think the idea has potential. I'd lower the price on these, develop the knife a bit more, offer a leather AND a kydex sheath option(kydex is popular for some strange reason), and then the price might be in line with the overall package.
Maybe a bit of work in the hand-guard area too.
 
resinguy said:
He has captured my sentiments exactly. I might suggest you look through the sales posts from other makers here and compare prices of their work to yours to get a better sense of the market and your competition. I don't know what those scales cost, but IMHO that is maybe a $100 knife.
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Thank you.
 
stabman said:
Some jimping would be nice.
I'd go with a standard leather belt sheath, but that's just me.
I think the idea has potential. I'd lower the price on these, develop the knife a bit more, offer a leather AND a kydex sheath option(kydex is popular for some strange reason), and then the price might be in line with the overall package.
Maybe a bit of work in the hand-guard area too.
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Thank you.
 
I think it is an interesting idea and @ $175 I think it is reasonable priced compared to other knives posted here. Just my 2 cents
 
I think it has a lot of potential, and might find a market as a less expensive version of the Ryan Wilson D2 version. You may want to add some finer lines to the knife itself, as it seems very streamlined - almost too much so. I look at the picture, and I just see a dark blade in which all the lines blend into each other - which means that my eye isn't really drawn to anything particular, nothing about it really jumps off the page. That's just my personal reaction, and many others may not agree, but you may consider adding some sharper lines, either to the grind, guard, or the handle (ie: I would agree with the others about making the tang even with the 1911 grips, or relatively so) just so that it doesn't look so flat.

I would also suggest pictures of it with different style grips on it, ivory/bone on a black blade would look awesome and would really give a buyer a sense of the potential that the knife has.

All in all, good job, and I look forward to see where this goes.
 
Jim, you've gotten some very honest answers here. :) I hope you take them as constructive criticism and do NOT get discouraged.

I agree that it would look better with more refined grind lines and a higher main grind.
 
..just a minor thing.. ..I'd align your screw heads so they were both in the same direction.. ..probably going w/ the length of the blade..
 
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