Curly maple bowie

Brett Gatlin

Brett Gatlin

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Here is a bowie I just finished. The blade is 10 1/2 inches of 5160, fittings are 416 stainless and the handle is curly maple stained with Maple Magic. The maple is finished with Birchwood Casey Tru-Oil. Thanks for looking.

Brett

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Well, that's another nice one Brett. I like the somewhat more steeply-angled clip. I can tell you guys that Brett's handle design is VERY comfortable as well as attractive.

Here is another one of his bowies that I was far from alone in admiring. ;)

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Roger
 
i like the clean lines of your knives! this one is no exception! a question: is there a specific reason why you mainly use 5160? advantages/disadvantages of 5160 in your opinion?

thank you!
brightred
 
that's strange and i am bit confused: i just found out that a dealer described two of your hunters as made of 1084 steel. the same knives are shown on your web site and it says that they are made of 5160. :confused:

brightred
 
I'd love to handle that Beautiful Bowie..Super Clean and some incredible grinding and contouring goin on...congratulations on a fine piece!
 
Another beauty Brett! I'm really impressed with the work you've been turning out lately.
 
I'm really enjoying your work Brett. Once again you've done a great job. Nice and clean. :)
 
the classic bowie, will look as good in 100 years as it does today, fantastic work.
 
Brett,

Really nice work. I know the word gets used a lot, bit your knives are ...clean. Crisp lines and nice satin finishes are easy to look at, but not easy to achieve. You have both.
 
that is another nice Bowie... I still need to take a photo of the trailing point Bowie you made for me, the handle is very comfortable and the balance is excellent. I've taken it on a hike through bear country, didn't have to use it though :D
 
Thank you for the comments.

brightred, I started forging knives of 5160 and 1084. 1084 has become scarce so I simply stuck with the 5160. It works well for me. As far as the confusion on the dealers website, I would say that my website is accurate.


Thanks again everyone,

Brett
 
Thanks for the pic of the S.O.S. Winning Bowie Roger.Once again I get to say:It's Mine Now :cool:
 
Beautiful Bowie, I need to add a Bowie to my collection, one of these days.
 
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