Custom Bowie

[raiderfan1890]

Thank you for the help. I looked at that bowie you put a link to, but I did not like the blade shape. I like a somewhat pronounced clip point. Not too pronounced though. The canal street you showed me was pretty close to what I was looking for. Ideally I would get the Outback Bowie, but there are too many horror stories here on the forums and elsewhere. Basically, if a custom maker could make a reproduction/in the same vein knife, that would be perfect. The only problem is once I pick something out and commit to it, I don't like waiting. I could roll the dice and buy the outback and hope I am one of the lucky few to get a great knife, but I also have read about a lot of CS complaints, so I really don't want to buy it for that reason as well. I actually don't really care about price that much anymore. I was going to buy another mountain bike but I just bought one last month so I will just use that money towards a knife. The most important thing though, is that I get a useable knife. Everything I buy, cheap or expensive, I put to use.

 

[meanwhile]

Thank you for the advice meanwhile. I do want to use the knife, so you think it would be best to forgo a custom and get a high end production bowie?

Yes. Custom doesn't necessarily mean good - some custom makers do positively stupid things in heat treament for example, and the real quality of a custom knife can be hard to assess.

I'd at least consider a Swamp Rat Rodent 911 or Scrapyard Psyko 911 (google to understand why.) The Rodent looks like this

- about $300 new on ebay. Less tradional than you want perhaps, but very high quality and an ironclad lifetime warranty.

 

[ron_m80]

Thank you for the help. I looked at that bowie you put a link to, but I did not like the blade shape. I like a somewhat pronounced clip point. Not too pronounced though. The canal street you showed me was pretty close to what I was looking for. Ideally I would get the Outback Bowie, but there are too many horror stories here on the forums and elsewhere. Basically, if a custom maker could make a reproduction/in the same vein knife, that would be perfect. The only problem is once I pick something out and commit to it, I don't like waiting. I could roll the dice and buy the outback and hope I am one of the lucky few to get a great knife, but I also have read about a lot of CS complaints, so I really don't want to buy it for that reason as well. I actually don't really care about price that much anymore. I was going to buy another mountain bike but I just bought one last month so I will just use that money towards a knife. The most important thing though, is that I get a useable knife. Everything I buy, cheap or expensive, I put to use.

Wow. Well good luck to you in the search.

 

[raiderfan1890]

Thank you very much. I really appreciate your help, and I am considering getting the canal street you showed me earlier.

 

[J W Bensinger]

I do a fair number of bowies- there's a page at www. Vermontbladesmith.com with some, and a fair number on the j w bensinger bladesmith facebook page (can't post pics here with my phone). Happy to do custom stuff too.
And if you break it, I fix it or replace it. (unless you decide to cut your bulldozer in half with it- that might require a conversation first)