Bowie knives

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Bex said:
If you're not concerned about traditional looks, get a Becker Knife and Tool BK9. All black and tactical looking, (which does nothing for me but is practical), very well made and a great knife for twice the price,(hope Camillus dont read this and get any ideas;) )
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I will second what Bex said. It isn't the pry bar that the AK Bowie is or the beautiful monster that the Cherokee Rose is, but is a great knife. Very hard to beat for the money. Not traditional looking by any means but a nice knife. If you can wait a bit they also have the Becker Extreme Line (I can't stand that name), which is the BK 7 and BK 9 in S30V. Which would be interesting.
 
Great info offered here Dave! My apologies to Seabee17 if I'm the only one that can't see his Ang Khola Bowie pix?? Figured I'd post a pix of the "mean chopper" I picked from Uncle Bill on sale awhile ago. Good luck on your bowie hunting, Dave! :D
 

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If you are looking for a chopper, hands down the AK Bowie beats anything else. The closest non khuk big knife that even comes close is my Eight Dollar Mountain Foundry smatchet.
 
I really like my MMHW White River bowie. However, The edge it came with was very obtuse. It took me quite a while to thin it down to the point where it performs well as a chopper. Even though the OAL is 18", it doesn't come anywhere near the chopping ability of a similarly sized khukuri. The clip point just removes too much weight from the tip of the blade.
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Josh Feltman said:
I really like my MMHW White River bowie. However, The edge it came with was very obtuse. It took me quite a while to thin it down to the point where it performs well as a chopper. Even though the OAL is 18", it doesn't come anywhere near the chopping ability of a similarly sized khukuri. The clip point just removes too much weight from the tip of the blade.
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I totally agree with you Josh. That was my experience. To me the original MMHW edge is kind of like a fat AK edge. Durable but no penetration. Too much shock to the hand and handle. After I thinned mine down it chopped great, but still my 16" bonecutter khuk or the BGRS had better cutting ability.I think it has to do with weight distribution.

Also I have a tendency to cut stuff on the ground with the end of the khuk. With the long point of the bowie it is harder to make a deep cut with the Bowie that way, cause the point of max impact is farther back. The end of the bowie is lighter
 
I'm glad I got one of the old ones. The last few YCS' (ou of prod) and the current Ak bowie have only the single small top fuller. I'm a fuller junkie, so I can't abide by these shortcuts.

I've gotten to compare the old and new AK Bowies side by side, and at least they slimmed the profile (thickness) of the new blades to keep the weight nice.

Keith
 
No more fullers?! It's too bad, they even look good on my mutant AK Bowie.

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munk said:
Guys, is it true today's HI bowie no longer has two fullers?





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The one that I got, then traded, only had one. One of the main reasons that I got it in the first place was because I like the double fuller look that it had. I would get another if they started doing it that way again.
 
Ontario's Helle's Belle gets good reviews.

Camillus' Fisk Bowie is also a nice one.

The AK Bowie is hard to beat, pound per $$....keep it sharp and you'll go far.
 
munk said:
Guys, is it true today's HI bowie no longer has two fullers?

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True, or at least not as a defined a second fuller, but in that regard it matches it's namesake the AK.

Mine looks very similar to the one Clydetz posted on this thread. It's hard to see, but there really _is_ an extremely shallow second fuller below the small top one, but it is unfortunately no where as deep as the second fuller on the older models. I also really liked the stylish look of those double fullers. However, as someone said, they have slimmed the overall blade down I think to keep the weight similar. Mine is 15" and 25 oz. while the website says that they are approx. 28 oz. and that was with the fullers.

About the only complaint I have on mine is probably easily fixed once I figure out what to use to fix it and how to do it: the left grip panel is longer than the right where it meets the front of the tang. No functional issue at all, it just looks a little odd when viewed from the top of the spine down. I just need to figure out the best way to carefully remove the extra 1/4 of horn that is on a bevel there, while keeping everything else in proportion.

regards,

Norm
 
Svashtar said:
True, or at least not as a defined a second fuller, but in that regard it matches it's namesake the AK.


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That is how I described it one time. More or less like the Kami made a AK and then just used the top half of the blade and made it into a bowie. Perhaps we could say that we wanted a Chitlangi Bowie and once again get the double fullers.
 
I want the old style two fuller bowie or nothing. I don't need a pig sticker anyway,and if I get one most the fun is in the 'look'.

At least make the Bowie a cleaver if you can't put on the fullers.




munk
 
HI's price is cheap for a custom made bowie like the Cherokee Rose. Yvsa really got it right. I haven't seen or handled any knife that is more true to the classic design or more suited for the intended uses.
 
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