BladeForums BEST BOWIE - 2011 Edition - Voting CLOSED, Finalists Selected

Thanks guys - as voting has slowed, I'm inclined to leave it open until tomorrow morning and declare the finalists then. Anyone still scratching their heads, it's time to start typing.

Roger
 
I like my Bowies clean and not too fancy, so guess I should vote for the ones I own. Many, many more I would like to have!!


Ray Laconico Post 98 #2
Ray Laconico Post 98 #3
Bill Buxton Post 62 #1
Chuck Richards Post 62 #3
Mike Quesenberry Post 93 Don't own this one but I will be getting one very similar
Robert Dark Post 112 #4
Marcin Bona Post 113 #3
 
My Picks
post 83 #1 Kevin Casey
post 82 #2 Mark knapp
post67 Kyle Royer
post 10 #3 John Cohea
post 11 Dave Cole
post12 Dave Cole
post33 # 1 Gerhard Wieland
 
I agree with everyone so far.....this is an incredibly diverse and spectacular group of knives, and narrowing it to 7 means I am leaving out knives that I absolutely LOVE !:D:D
I've had to do what Roger did, and flip a few coins....

anyway, in no particular order

Post 2, #1 - DHIII ladder fighter
Post 2, #2, - Jason Knight Founder's Bowie
Post 2, #4 - Nick Wheeler/ Joe P fighter
Post 3, #5 - Mike Ruth Jr Ruthless fighter
Post 15, #2 - Dave Lisch feather/ball guard
Post 48, #1 - DHIII Green fighter
Post 7, #2 - Tom Ferry Widowmaker

Bill Flynn
 
Here is my selection:

Post 1 - Photo 2 - J.Knight - Founder's bowie
Post 1 - Photo 4 - N.Wheeler - Fighter
Post 18 - Photo 2 - K.Royer - MS test D-guard
Post 46 - Photo 3 - A.DesRosiers - Merovigian bowie
Post 48 - Photo 1 - D.Hanson III - Blue ivory bowie
Post 50 - Photo 3 - J.Fisk - NLT bowie
Post 62 - Photo 6 - A.DesRosiers - Ivory & damascusbowie
 
I just quickly went through it on more time. One thing that jumped out at me is that there were more similarities than differences. Having said that, there were many amazing knives shown.

#2 #2 Jason Knight Founders Bowie
#7 #1 Bruce Bump The Judge
#24 #1 Lin Rhea Commander
 
Here are my selections from all photos submitted:

Post #4 / image #1 – Russ Andrews Sub-hilt Bowie
Post #33 / image #1 – Gerhard Wieland Stag Handled Bowie
Post #33 / image #2 – John White Ivory & Damascus Bowie
Post #50 / image #3 – Jerry Fisk Engraved-Ivory-Damascus Bowie
Post #73 / image #1 – Bruce Bump, Steve Rapp, and Brian Hochstrat 2011 CKCA Benefit Bowie & Sheath
Post #73 / image #2 – Jason Knight Dressed-Up Founders Bowie
Post #73 / image #3 – Bill Moran Damascus ST-24
 
Post # 1 / Picture # 1 - Russ Andrews - Sub-hilt
Post # 16 / Picture # 1 - Rodrigo Sfreddo - Integral bowie with gold inlay.
Post # 30 / Picture # 2 - Lin Rhea - Blackwood subhilt
Post # 83 / Picture # 5 - J.R. Cook
Post # 83 / Picture # 8 - Brion Tomberlin
Post # 3 / Picture # 3 - Ron Newton – Damascus Spearpoint
Post # 48 / Picture # 1 - Hanson III
 
Choosing was painful. It took me an evening just to narrow it down to a mere 20 candidates. :|

Post# / Knife# / Maker

2 / 1 / Hanson
6 / 1 / Lynch
28 / 2 / Lamey
33 / 1 / Wieland
82 / 2 / Knapp
104 / 1 / Goo
112 / 10 / CAS

For someone who is not overly fond of stag handles, the fact that 3 of my 7 choices have stag handles is mildly amusing.
 
Greetings all. I’m going to call an end to voting at this time and declare the finalists. A new thread will be posted later today for voting on the final selection of BladeForums Best Bowie for 2012.

Some of the closest voting in the history of the event resulted in a 3-way tie for the final spot, with a net result of 7 knives advancing to the finals instead of 5.

Without further ado, your 2012 finalists in alphabetical order are:

Russ Andrews – Stag Subhilt Bowie

Adam DesRosiers – Damascus / Ivory Integral Bowie

Don Hanson III – Ladder Damascus Bowie

Jason Knight Founder's Bowie (Paranee)

Nick Wheeler Fighter (Paranee)

John White Legacy 3 Dogbone D-Guard Bowie

Gerhard Wieland Stag / Bronze Bowie

Thanks to all for your participation – many clearly struggled with the choices and I think that is reflective of the strength of the field. The closeness of the voting is another strong sign that many knives had very broad appeal.

Again – congrats to all the makers whose excellent work has spoiled us for choice.

Special congrats to Joe Paranee – who will be grinning like a maniac until he realizes that he now can vote for only one of his babies. :eek:

Roger
 
Man Roger you called that

I was sitting here smiling till I read your last sentence ....... Then I was laughing

Thanks buddy and thanks to everybody participating in this thread

Tons of fun and my fav of the year

Congrats to all the finalists

Happy New Year :)
 
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Well done everybody. I've thoroughly enjoyed holding this title for the last 2 years but it looks like I will need to pass the torch to another maker. There are so many high quality bowies this year it was bound to happen.
Congratulations Russ, Adam, Don, Jason, Nick, John and Gerhard.
 
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Roger -- can you edit the latest post of your to include the post and knife number like it was in the initial voting or will that be in the next thread with the photos of only the knives being voted on there? I forget what was done in the past -- old age you know!!
 
Congratulations to the finalists! My hat's offf to each and every one of you. I was just proud to be considered. Great job and interesting thread.
 
ha ha Joe : )
 
Hi Guys,

I saw with pleasure that someone of you liked the work of Sam, I just correct the name of the knife...;)

TSAVO by Samuel Lurquin...

 
Like the place in Africa where Colonel Patterson had his go with the lions :)

Btw I love that knife

Norbert is it yours ?
 
JParanee said:
Like the place in Africa where Colonel Patterson had his go with the lions :)

Btw I love that knife

Norbert is it yours ?
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Bonjour Joe,

That's it.. Approximately 140 workers killed by 2 lions in 1898-1899.....The man-eaters....

It is not my knife, I just had time to photograph it to Gembloux. "Belgium Blade Show"

I possess a little more than about ten of Sam's knives, only one "big" at this time..;)

But not whatever: the first one BlackOut Bowie...
 
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