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I was just looking through some of my favorite websites and was delighted to see the 1855 Hunting Bowie offering by BRK&T. Blade = 7", thick 0.225" 154CM SS blade and two handle styles (coffin and saber). I couldn't find a description of the tang of this knife.
Visual comments: Handle looks like the usual BRK&T perfection. My preference is the saber handle with its smoother contours. The blade looks overall similar in shape to the SOCOM-7 with nice clean lines which appears to be really brought to the fore by the hollow grind. I really like the design of the guards, they seem like they are small enough to not get in the way, yet look like they offer good protection. The guards are more along the lines of a Chute knife rather than fighting knives like the SOCOM. This looks like a great, larger sized, wilderness knife offering.
I'm sure there will be some critics that do not like the hollow grind and would prefer a carbon blade to SS. I'm a little curious why BRK&T went the route of 154CM myself as it seems like a departure from their usual steel offerings. However, my first thoughts on this knife is that it looks like a real winner and adds significantly to the growing historic bowie collection that BRK&T is offering. I couldn't find a description on the Bark-River website for this knife although they usually seem behind on their descriptions relative to actual knife offerings.
http://www.knivesshipfree.com/Bark-....html?osCsid=2ec732db420ca4975e2af3ecf3eb025d
Apologies if this topic already came up before. I wish I could provide a review of the knife in hand, but that will have to wait. It is definitely going on my wish list though!
Visual comments: Handle looks like the usual BRK&T perfection. My preference is the saber handle with its smoother contours. The blade looks overall similar in shape to the SOCOM-7 with nice clean lines which appears to be really brought to the fore by the hollow grind. I really like the design of the guards, they seem like they are small enough to not get in the way, yet look like they offer good protection. The guards are more along the lines of a Chute knife rather than fighting knives like the SOCOM. This looks like a great, larger sized, wilderness knife offering.
I'm sure there will be some critics that do not like the hollow grind and would prefer a carbon blade to SS. I'm a little curious why BRK&T went the route of 154CM myself as it seems like a departure from their usual steel offerings. However, my first thoughts on this knife is that it looks like a real winner and adds significantly to the growing historic bowie collection that BRK&T is offering. I couldn't find a description on the Bark-River website for this knife although they usually seem behind on their descriptions relative to actual knife offerings.
http://www.knivesshipfree.com/Bark-....html?osCsid=2ec732db420ca4975e2af3ecf3eb025d
Apologies if this topic already came up before. I wish I could provide a review of the knife in hand, but that will have to wait. It is definitely going on my wish list though!
