Best Bowie for $100? suggestions please

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looking for a 8"-9" Bowie style $100 camping knife give or take a few dollars.

I'm looking for the best quality steel I can get on my budget and I need a serrated edge. I plan on using this hard, so leather handles are out. (capable of being used as a field hammer etc.)

Anybody out there have anything in mind?

knives iv'e been looking at
SOG Tigershark (SOG-S5)

I keep seeing AUS-8 is this a good blade steel for this type of knife?
 
I'd consider a Becker BK-9 for that price range. AUS-8 is good stuff, and often under rated in my opinion, but....I'd still rather have a good carbon steel for a chopper.

Other Bowie type options would be Ka-Bar and Ontario knives.
 
Go for the TigerShark or the SOG Tech Bowie is also very nice blade. Here is a picture for comparison. I purchased my Tiger for $89.00 on Ebay but its a big knife. The Tech Bowie is on the bottom

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Heres another vote for the bk9. Great knife and handles abuse well.

Or if you need the serrations the becker tac tool:thumbup:
 
To be guaranteed of good quality, I would say your choices are limited to the Becker BK9 and the Kabar Bowie. Ontarios have inconsistent quality control.
 
Are you totally set on the bowie/serrations thing. I think you can get an RD7 from Ranger Knives for about $100 dollars and I love mine. The sheath is great, the pocket is just large enough to hold a swedish firesteel, plus a swiss army knife or small leatherman to handle finer cutting tasks.

http://www.sagecreekoutfitters.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=SC&Category_Code=RK

Check out this link. It's where I got mine. If you order the second one from the top, with the black blade instead of satin it comes out to just under $100 with shipping. However, I also have a BK 9 and it's a great knife as well. A whole lotta value for dollar there. Also, the handle scales are hollow and can be filled with small survival items.

Lagarto
 
Keith Montgomery said:
Sorry, I missed that you wanted a serrated blade. I'm not sure if you can get a Swamp Rat with a serrated blade.
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there are no serration options for swamp rats.

I fail to see how a bowie knife benefits from serrations, but I am not a fan of them.

I don't think the beckers have serrations.

If you need them, SOG might be the best bet.
 
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