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Red River Bowie - Buffalo Horn Handle - Buffalo Hide Sheath by Butch Hanby - $285 (or name your price)
This is a nice classic Bowie with a big clip point, a solid brass guard. The handle is buffalo horn from Butch's buffalo ranch in Arkansas. The sheath is 9 ounce buffalo hide is form fitted and hardened using Cherokee Indian techniques that Butch learned from his elders. The sheath is secured with solid brass harness rivets.
The name your own price is because there is a slight flaw in the blade. Butch accidentally ground a spot on it. It does not affect the cutting edge, and is less than 1 cm long and 3 mm wide. It is not deep, but it is there and it is visible. I included 2 pics that show the flaw in the right light. It is a shame because this is still a really nice bowie, but it is imperfect. So name your price (within reason) and it is yours.
Knife Maker - Butch Hanby
Knife Style - Bowie
Blade Style - Clip-point
Overall Length - 12.75
Blade Length - 7.75
Cutting Edge - 7.5
Width (widest) - 1.5
Weight - 9.875
Sheath Weight - 4.25
Construction - Full Tang
Handle - Buffalo Horn
Pins - Brass
Guard - Brass
Sheath - Buffalo Hide Leather with Brass Rivets
Country of Origin - United States of America
Note on the type of steel:
About a year and a half ago, Butch Hanby got a cut on his leg which got infected. It was one of those things that came out of nowhere. The infection got so bad that the doctors thought he might lose the leg. He didnt lose his leg, but the treatment and recuperation ended up taking about a year. When all of that started, he had a variety of materials and knives in progress that he was working on. None of it was labeled because he knew what it all was. But after being yanked out of the game for a year, he found that he couldnt remember what was what.
Here is what he told me when I asked him about the steel:
As for the type of steel used : 90 + % is 440-c ----- However, some of the steel I have, I didn't get marked before I got hurt last year ( I was out of service for over a year ) but it is all stainless---either 8A or a high carbon cutlery steel similar to 440-c.
When I am positive of which steel it is, I list it ------they are all good blade steel and I've used them for years.
This is a nice classic Bowie with a big clip point, a solid brass guard. The handle is buffalo horn from Butch's buffalo ranch in Arkansas. The sheath is 9 ounce buffalo hide is form fitted and hardened using Cherokee Indian techniques that Butch learned from his elders. The sheath is secured with solid brass harness rivets.
The name your own price is because there is a slight flaw in the blade. Butch accidentally ground a spot on it. It does not affect the cutting edge, and is less than 1 cm long and 3 mm wide. It is not deep, but it is there and it is visible. I included 2 pics that show the flaw in the right light. It is a shame because this is still a really nice bowie, but it is imperfect. So name your price (within reason) and it is yours.
Knife Maker - Butch Hanby
Knife Style - Bowie
Blade Style - Clip-point
Overall Length - 12.75
Blade Length - 7.75
Cutting Edge - 7.5
Width (widest) - 1.5
Weight - 9.875
Sheath Weight - 4.25
Construction - Full Tang
Handle - Buffalo Horn
Pins - Brass
Guard - Brass
Sheath - Buffalo Hide Leather with Brass Rivets
Country of Origin - United States of America
Note on the type of steel:
About a year and a half ago, Butch Hanby got a cut on his leg which got infected. It was one of those things that came out of nowhere. The infection got so bad that the doctors thought he might lose the leg. He didnt lose his leg, but the treatment and recuperation ended up taking about a year. When all of that started, he had a variety of materials and knives in progress that he was working on. None of it was labeled because he knew what it all was. But after being yanked out of the game for a year, he found that he couldnt remember what was what.
Here is what he told me when I asked him about the steel:
As for the type of steel used : 90 + % is 440-c ----- However, some of the steel I have, I didn't get marked before I got hurt last year ( I was out of service for over a year ) but it is all stainless---either 8A or a high carbon cutlery steel similar to 440-c.
When I am positive of which steel it is, I list it ------they are all good blade steel and I've used them for years.