I have a regular Bushman I got for cutting apples off trees at the u-pick, and got the Bowie version just for fun. In a recent move, I wound up with about a hundred corrugated boxes to break down and pulled out that Bushman Bowie for the job.
It outperformed my expectations. I thought the handle would get slippery with sweat, but it was perfectly fine. The edge stayed sharp through the whole job, the nice long blade sliced through the corners of the boxes to the ground with one or two strokes, and I only had the blade bind a handful of times. Other than that, you could tape these boxes up and use them again. I think the fatter belly of the Bowie gives it an advantage over the flatter standard Bushman.
It was well suited for the job.
It outperformed my expectations. I thought the handle would get slippery with sweat, but it was perfectly fine. The edge stayed sharp through the whole job, the nice long blade sliced through the corners of the boxes to the ground with one or two strokes, and I only had the blade bind a handful of times. Other than that, you could tape these boxes up and use them again. I think the fatter belly of the Bowie gives it an advantage over the flatter standard Bushman.
It was well suited for the job.
