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[Dan Gray]

Don
in your avatar I see the knife looks a lot like the one I made here to look the age for the customer..
what's the story on yours pictured?
this one is a repro of a
George Wostenholm Bowie IXL from From the Jim Blackburn Collection

sheath by Chuck Barows

 

[Don Hanson III]

Hi Dan, this one just came from my head, I quit forging when I was pleased with the shape. I like long blades with a long clip and prefer the look of the older bowies. This bowie as a 12-7/8'' W2 blade, damascus fittings amber stag and is 18+ over-all. Here's a larger photo. I do like the one you did and you nailed the old look :thumbup:

 

[Dan Gray]

Hi Dan, this one just came from my head, I quit forging when I was pleased with the shape. I like long blades with a long clip and prefer the look of the older bowies. This bowie as a 12-7/8'' W2 blade, damascus fittings amber stag and is 18+ over-all. Here's a larger photo. I do like the one you did and you nailed the old look :thumbup:

thanks Don

it's amazing, now up close it looks so much different,, cool .. nice job..it goes to show, you have that bowie instincts, I guess would be the way to put it.
look at the clip on mine or I should say, the George Wostenholm, it is on two planes . it's tuff copying the originals from just a picture..but the customer commissioned me to make a lot of the old time bowies from the antique bowie book he has, he's a happy camper
so it worked out well for the two of us....
I haven't had a lot of chance to make one of my own design though, maybe some day..you'll think we'd have a wall full of them
wouldn't you.. thanks Don..

 

[Don Hanson III]

Thanks for the good words Dan. I think it's more difficult to reproduce an old knife than just making one from scratch. I started making bowies three years ago after a lot of years as a folder maker. Bowies or big forged blades are now in my blood