Big Bowies..

Mikael W said:
The 10" Fällkniven Nortern Light series #1 Tor!
Here with custom Stag Crown.

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Regards
Mikael
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That's a looker!

Nice stag handle on that beauty.

I used to have a trailmaster in their laminated steel, and was thinking about having it rehandled in stag.
 
Bigfattyt said:
That's a looker!

Nice stag handle on that beauty.

I used to have a trailmaster in their laminated steel, and was thinking about having it rehandled in stag.
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Thanks Bigfattyt!

That knife sure turned out very well and it's the centerpiece in my collection.

The Staghandled Bowie is a true American Classic and there's a certain magic to a nice stag handle!
A Trailmaster or a Tor, are perfect choices for staghandles.
They both make good large Campknives.

The Marine Raider in stag or bone is also a winner.
A few months ago, someone here, showed a Marine Raider rehandled in bone.
I was impressed as it sure was a looker.

So, a stag- or boneproject is something I can recommend for any collector of fine knives!


Regards
Mikael
 
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The 1917 Frontier Bowie by Cold Steel looks pretty awesome indeed. I wonder if it's full tang, though?
 
Well, if you're just looking for pictures, here's a few to check out!

NRA Limited Edition (my Dad gave this one to me many years ago):





Indian Ridge Trader (another two from my dad's collection):


 
Marine raider I found to be garbage. Threw it into wood a few times from a 1/2 turn away and the blade literally bent at about a 8 degree angle. No misses, just a few solid thunks and i look and the blade is crooked, guard is loose. Sure throwing isn't the best thing to do with a knife but it was literally from a few feet away with no chance of a miss. I've never had a knife do anything like this from this kind of throw. It was a huge disappointment.

bowies I would recomend
fighting bowies
laredo bowie
western 43 (if you can find one)
nachez bowie
ontario bagwells (if you can find one)

utility bowies
fallkniven thor
cold steel trailmaster
 
Here are mine Busses B10
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My next one(not my pic) swamp rat M9
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This one is my favorite, Fehrman extreme judgement big, thick slab of 3v.
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Will Batayte said:
Marine raider I found to be garbage. Threw it into wood a few times from a 1/2 turn away and the blade literally bent at about a 8 degree angle. No misses, just a few solid thunks and i look and the blade is crooked, guard is loose
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Any pictures? I only ask because there are tons and tons of people have put the SP10 through all KINDS of abuse with no damage at all, so your story seems a little contradictory to the experiences of, well, pretty much every other review I've found, as well as my own experience with the knife.
 
Will Batayte said:
Marine raider I found to be garbage. Threw it into wood a few times from a 1/2 turn away and the blade literally bent at about a 8 degree angle. No misses, just a few solid thunks and i look and the blade is crooked, guard is loose. Sure throwing isn't the best thing to do with a knife but it was literally from a few feet away with no chance of a miss. I've never had a knife do anything like this from this kind of throw. It was a huge disappointment.
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Pics or it didn't happen.

And cutting/chopping knives aren't meant to be thrown.
 
Oh I didn't include the extreme judgement or the busse fbm since they weren't bowies. But if we're just going big knives then sure add em in along with the junglas
 
Now sure throwing a knife isn't exactly the best use but I didn't miss and I never threw it farther then 3 feet. You know what I mean, like you finish chopping or batoning and standing directly above a log you throw it right in. Who hasn't done that? Now this bowie is a full 1/4" thick. It's ridiculous to think it should fail from that.


My western 49 (when I said 43 in my first post it was an error.) Has also done the same task tons of times. It's just over an 8th of an inch thick, same blade profile (except a visable full tang) and no issues whatsoever. And now my western 49 got the marine raiders sheath as a prize lol. So how can virtually the same knife only 2x as thick have such a big failure? My guess is either a bad heat treat or a little tiny tang. I haven't removed the handle to prove this but maybe I will for kicks. If I do I'll post pics of what I find. Since this happened though I stay away from any of the spec plus line. Just some food for thought the western 49 was given to me by an older friend and it was their father's knife. the marine raider was brand new.

So anyway maybe I got a bad one or maybe not but there's too many better blades out there to waste my time trying to find out.
 
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Will Batayte said:
Marine raider I found to be garbage. Threw it into wood a few times from a 1/2 turn away and the blade literally bent at about a 8 degree angle. No misses, just a few solid thunks and i look and the blade is crooked, guard is loose. Sure throwing isn't the best thing to do with a knife but it was literally from a few feet away with no chance of a miss. I've never had a knife do anything like this from this kind of throw. It was a huge disappointment.

bowies I would recomend
fighting bowies
laredo bowie
western 43 (if you can find one)
nachez bowie
ontario bagwells (if you can find one)

utility bowies
fallkniven thor
cold steel trailmaster
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Nachez has the cable tang -- have you thrown, chopped with that one as well?
 
I've chopped with a laredo bowie with no problems, I don't throw knifes that aren't built for it.
 
jac_solar said:
Yeah, those types are awesome, and that one in particular is incredible. A bowie with a wide blade.. yeah, that's sweet. Are there any other makers who do these kinds of bowies?

I do know of the Hibben Alamo bowie, but the steel in those blades are pretty subpar, are they not?
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If that is the style you like.

Ruana
Behring Knives, might do a longer Southwest Bowie.
Randall

They come to mind as some of the bigger names, making big bowies.
 
The natchez I have as a weapon/collectors piece. The marine raider is balenced and designed more towards a chopper style. That beint said I have no doubt in my mind that the natchez and laredo would easily handle what that marine raider didn't. Cold steel may not be a high end company but I've never had an issue with any of their knives. In fact I've thrown the hell out of a lot of cold steel knives including the cold steel bowie machete and its still 100% true and the stock is super thin.

I know people don't like that cable tang on the laredo and the natchez but I'm yet to see one fail.

One way or another we can argue if my tossing that huge bowie into a log a few feet away was abuse or not. But I dont think it hit any harder then I could of stabbed it in. Even if it did it's A FULL 1/4" THICK. come on guys. If this was an mtech or a bear grylls everyone would be right with me calling it trash. But since its a popular company people tend to blame the user.
 
I wasn't blaming the user, Ontario has had issues with heat treat before it could be just a bit soft. Throwing knives are in general quite a bit softer so they bend instead of break. I just don't throw knives that aren't designed for it.
 
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