Damascus Bowie SOLD

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I'm listing this here because I don't want to clutter the custom knife area. ;)

This could be a pretty nice Bowie with some TLC. I don't know where the blade was made. (India?) It has a nice pattern. Some time it it's history it was allowed to collect some rust spots. I think that they are visible in the photos. The handle looks like some type of tropical hardwood. The blade is 7 1/2" long, 1 1/2" wide and 3/16" thick. The OAL is 12" There is no sheath.


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How's the balance? Distal taper (pics?)? Have you cut with it at all, so idea on steel characteristics?

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It feels pretty light in the hand. It looks like it has the original edge. I have not tried to cut anything with it, but I am pretty sure that it will do a good job on a stick of butter at room temperature. I ran the edge over a steel and the blade is heat treated and fairly hard. I made no attempt to sharpen it.

Distal taper? This is the best I could do.

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That looks like the work of Charlton Company. They used to import Damascus knives and had a pretty good rep for their steel and construction.
 
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