Etched Bowie

[mooser1111]

Built to customer specs....15 1/2" overall, 10" blade flat ground from 3/16" 01, deep etch, black oak burl, snakewood, brass spacers, nickel-silver guard & buttcap, brown alligator inlaid sheath.....

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Another great looking knife, but there is something that I just noticed, you don't put a false edge or sharpen the clip. I really like the look of the extra bevel that you get from a false or sharpened clip. Is there a reason you don't do this?

 

[mooser1111]

I guess there are a couple of reasons.....one, I personally don't like them except on fighter/tactical blades....two, none of my customers has ever requested one, although I have done a couple on smaller hunting blades....

bottom line I guess would be I'm lazy & not very creative, so I channel more of my energy into my handles, which can make an otherwise ordinary looking knife into something a little more individualized.....

 

[Keith Montgomery]

I hope you don't think that I was implying that you were lazy. It is just that the majority of Bowies I have seen have this feature and I personally like a sharpened clip. When I saw this one, for the first time I realized that you didn't seem to do it on your knives.