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Besides CPK knives, whaddaya like?

Nathan the Machinist said:
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At least they didn't do the handle and a thumb ramp like the ABS Bowies where it positions the blade just right to stab yourself in the face...
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Bowies are lame (IMO)
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I’m not surprised. Trailing points too, I assume ?

Your mod looks almost like my other one:

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(They are both the same knife - the Bowie is a one time Busse Custom Shop mod of the above classic)

In any case, remind me next Thanksgiving, and I’ll take a video demo how the Bowie tip is easier to use when carving pumpkins. :)

Roland.
 
I'll buy one of just about everything that CPK is putting out.
In the airport yesterday I saw a sign "order now from CPK.com". I got excited, but it was some kind of pizza.
I don't want CPK to change, but the Bowie does hold a special place for knife lovers.
Knife shows and even Blade Forums has a Best Bowie contest, not a best Kephart!
I didn't realize until someone started emailing me trying to buy them, but one of Coop's photos of my Bowies made it into Knives 2022, which I thought was cool.
Even the coffin handle I made recently feels better in the hand than you might expect for something designed with no ergos in mind.
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These two just came from another US maker. I finished them myself which took a very long time, but I have enjoyed the process. It was a first for me to finish a knife myself, so I valued the experience and the skills I got as a result. The Blue one is in magnacut at around 63 HRC and thin half-height convex with micro (20dps) bevel. I will get the micro-bevel 15dps next time. I am using it in the kitchen and it works great so far! I dare to say it keeps its hair popping edge longer than the Z-Max mule! We are living in very privileged times as knife junkies! The one in yellow is in CruWear around 61.5-62 HRC with 10 dps main bevel angle and 12.5 dps micro bevels. Cuts like a demon! The spine thickness is around 2.5mm on both, so rather delicate work knives rather than sharpened prybars. Definitely not a one tool option :)

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ferider said:
(They are both the same knife - the Bowie is a one time Busse Custom Shop mod of the above classic)
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I think I was the first person to get a "bowie tip" Custom Shoppe mod of the TGLB, and it all went down hill from there. I remember having to talk Garth into it because he was worried it would overly weaken the tip. Perhaps Nathan had already gotten to him.

Should we start a petition for a SDFK bowie variant? I mean, it would un-American not to, right?
 
Brummie said:
I think I was the first person to get a "bowie tip" Custom Shoppe mod of the TGLB, and it all went down hill from there. I remember having to talk Garth into it because he was worried it would overly weaken the tip. Perhaps Nathan had already gotten to him.

Should we start a petition for a SDFK bowie variant? I mean, it would un-American not to, right?
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Just call it a swedge with a sharpened tip option.;)
 
Burke said:
I’d love a thread that was just Nathan roasting knife designs….
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I'm really really horrible. I mean unbelievably unbearable when looking at and evaluating people's knives. It's actually uncomfortable. I'm a real riot at knife shows, I have to be the most insufferable asshole in the room. It's a problem. I need to work on that.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
I'm really really horrible. I mean unbelievably unbearable when looking at and evaluating people's knives. It's actually uncomfortable. I'm a real riot at knife shows, I have to be the most insufferable asshole in the room. It's a problem. I need to work on that.
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absolutely! I love curmudgeons like you they always have the best advice
 
jus_gus said:
This one of favorites from Chris Osprey Knife & Tool Osprey Knife & Tool It’s thin, light, and sharp. I don’t know if it would be classified as a Bowie, but it has a trailing, sharpened harpoon tip. It’s CPM 154 with a Bog Oak handle.
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That one is great ! I have two Bowies from Chris as well, a Ferox and a lil’ Ferox.

At the risk of being banned, here is a lonely UF in a lot of bad company with the tip pointing in the wrong direction :)

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Note that is an older photo that I’ve shared on BF before. My current mix of carries includes several other CPKs.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
I'm really really horrible. I mean unbelievably unbearable when looking at and evaluating people's knives. It's actually uncomfortable. I'm a real riot at knife shows, I have to be the most insufferable asshole in the room. It's a problem. I need to work on that.
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Just my opinion, but you might not need to change. Fair criticism expressed directly is valuable and has a way of cutting through the noise of overly-sensitive language. The teachers who helped me the most were all like this even if they drove me crazy at the time.
 
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