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I’ve been messing with this one a long time. The blade went easy but the guard and handle didn’t.
I put way to much thought in it and nothing seemed to work so I threw them in the pile and just done it my usual way.
Don’t think, have fun!
The Cowboys Bowie is my interpretation of mid 1800′s blacksmith/farrier made blade/guard
and any Cowboy could finish it and sheath with what would have been available on a good chuck wagon.
The blade was part of a ’40′s era truck spring, forged in charcoal, hot filed and quenched in salt water.
The guard is obviously the end of a file and the handle is a chunk of maple stump, burned onto the tang and
filled with pine pitch glue.
14″ overall, blade is 8 1/2″ x 2 1/4″ by a 1/4″ thick.
The sheath is a cross draw made from horse hide, a saddlers scraps traded for. The fringe is garment leather
from a bag and the whole thing hardened with hot water and sunshine.
My usual finish of dirt, grease and shellac.
I like the way it turned out. Have to quit thinking so much…..Randy
I put way to much thought in it and nothing seemed to work so I threw them in the pile and just done it my usual way.
Don’t think, have fun!
The Cowboys Bowie is my interpretation of mid 1800′s blacksmith/farrier made blade/guard
and any Cowboy could finish it and sheath with what would have been available on a good chuck wagon.
The blade was part of a ’40′s era truck spring, forged in charcoal, hot filed and quenched in salt water.
The guard is obviously the end of a file and the handle is a chunk of maple stump, burned onto the tang and
filled with pine pitch glue.
14″ overall, blade is 8 1/2″ x 2 1/4″ by a 1/4″ thick.
The sheath is a cross draw made from horse hide, a saddlers scraps traded for. The fringe is garment leather
from a bag and the whole thing hardened with hot water and sunshine.
My usual finish of dirt, grease and shellac.
I like the way it turned out. Have to quit thinking so much…..Randy
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