coffin handle bowie query

[uduman]

Coffin handle bowies look really comfortable to use. I was looking at the Bark River Rogue and considering it. It is a beautiful knife. Can anyone recommend Coffin handle bowies made by other companies?

Thanks-

 

[uduman]

I am looking for something similar to the rogue--perhaps with a fatter handle.

 

[Jockohomo]

The Bagwell series of bowies by Ontario have coffin handles.
It's a good shape for a fighter as it acts as a wedge in the hand. That said, I don't find coffin handles to be the best for sheer comfort.

 

[HoB]

I am looking for something similar to the rogue--perhaps with a fatter handle.

You would have to have extraordinary large hands to be wanting a fatter handle than that of Rogue. The Rogue does not have a small nor thin handle. I like the coffin handle because it offers good control up front and offers good retention when chopping. For practical purposes I like a slightly more pronounced transition between blade and handle and BRKT was so kind as to modify my Rogue accordingly.

Very close to the perfect woodcraft knife is the BRKT Settler. Stunning piece! Also has a coffin handle that is a good deal smaller than that of the Rogue and to me it feels even more comfortable, and my hands are on the larger side of L, probably already XL, but not XXL (4.25" width as a loose fist and 8" wrist-to-tip of middle finger).

 

[Blue Sky]

For practical purposes I like a slightly more pronounced transition between blade and handle and BRKT was so kind as to modify my Rogue accordingly.

I'd like to see that if possible.

 

[HoB]

Certainly:

 

[Blue Sky]

A very subtle change, that one. Thanks :thumbup:

 

[HoB]

Yes, I really wanted to keep the traditional coffin handle look, but I felt that I wanted a tactile indication of where the handle ends and the blade/edge starts. This way it is much easier to choke up on the blade without looking and the Rogue blade works really well choked up, a bit like a kitchen knife. In terms of material removed, it is actually everything but subtle. In order to get the transition nice and even and to preserve the coffin handle shape, the handle had to be ground back towards the pommel quite some ways. Waaaaay to much material to remove with hand tools, so I was really happy and very, very grateful to BRKT that they were willing to do the job for me. All I had to do was provide a little drawing with the outline of the knife and another line that showed what I wanted. Excellent, excellent customer service :thumbup:.

The way it is now is actually also a very good woodcraft tool. It is on the large side but that offers the option of chopping (it has very decent chopping power for its weight), which is really outside the means of a 4-5" blade, and it still retains control for finer work. The Rogue actually has a very fine tip.

But I am rambling :foot:.