Dead River Bowie

TK Steingass

TK Steingass

Knifemaker - Buckeye
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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Greetings All:

Just finished this Dead River Bowie with some interesting Koa - all comments welcome.

TK
.200" CPM 3V stock
HT to Rc 59-60
12" OAL
7" Flat ground blade
Hand rubbed satin finish
1 1/2" Blade width
Stabilized Koa scales
Black liners on tapered tang
Stainless furniture
Unsharpened wedge
Pinned/soldered double guard

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Clean as a bar of soap which is nothing new from you. May I ask why you call it the "Dead River" Bowie? The reason for titles (if any) always interest me.
 
Darrin Sanders said:
Clean as a bar of soap which is nothing new from you. May I ask why you call it the "Dead River" Bowie? The reason for titles (if any) always interest me.
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I'm gonna guess it's named after the Dead River, in Maine. My way-back ancestors were some of the first colonial settlers in the Dead River Valley. A few years ago a relative found a trunk that contained a no-nonsense, first hand written account of building up a homestead there. It was interesting that they understood the importance of nitrogen-fixating plants and trees in farming, though of course they didn't use that term.
 
Darrin Sanders said:
Clean as a bar of soap which is nothing new from you. May I ask why you call it the "Dead River" Bowie? The reason for titles (if any) always interest me.
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Hi Darrin - Thanks for the kind feedback. I try and name some of my knives after local land marks - we have the Dead River up here in Maine. The Sleepy Creek and Tomahawk Run Bowies were named after streams in West Virginia where I lived for 13 years. The Wildlands Bowie is named after a wilderness area up near Bucksport, Me.
 
Mecha said:
I'm gonna guess it's named after the Dead River, in Maine. My way-back ancestors were some of the first colonial settlers in the Dead River Valley. A few years ago a relative found a trunk that contained a no-nonsense, first hand written account of building up a homestead there. It was interesting that they understood the importance of nitrogen-fixating plants and trees in farming, though of course they didn't use that term.
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You are spot on! I named it after the Dead River - my wife actually kayaks on the Dead River up near Bucksport, Maine
 
TK Steingass said:
Greetings All:

Just finished this Dead River Bowie with some interesting Koa - all comments welcome.

TK
.200" CPM 3V stock
HT to Rc 59-60
12" OAL
7" Flat ground blade
Hand rubbed satin finish
1 1/2" Blade width
Stabilized Koa scales
Black liners on tapered tang
Stainless furniture
Unsharpened wedge
Pinned/soldered double guard

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This is beyond beautiful.
 
just went on your site and see that it's sold...damn!.....beautiful work, none the less!....I'm enjoying the Patriot Chute I bought last Summer....another gorgeous knife!
 
Shannon3865 said:
just went on your site and see that it's sold...damn!.....beautiful work, none the less!....I'm enjoying the Patriot Chute I bought last Summer....another gorgeous knife!
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Shannon: I appreciate the kind words - that Patriot Chute is definitely one of a kind with great Siberian mammoth ivory. :)
 
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