Find the missing part

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Many of us have received or at least looked at plans of the Musso Bowie and no doubt most of us have thought about making it.

While looking for pictures of finished Musso Bowies I came across this one by J.R. Cook which looks wonderful, but can you find the deviation from the plans? (assuming he used the same plans we all have)
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Jason
 
There is another very important deviation. The original is hollow ground for the first two inches, then blended to a very slight convex. The original does not have a pommel, or plate. Just a hole when something was. On the one above, the quillons do not taper enough, and the blade heel is too acute. The one below was from that Musso drawing. All measurements are true within the width of his pen lines. Lastly, I would add, that although this is a monster knife in size, you will be amazed at how well it handles. It is not the clumsey beast it appears to be. The original weighs only 1 Lb 12 oz. Mine came in at 1 lb 11oz, but I believe my scale was off. In the hands of an experienced knife, or sword fighter, it would be a truly formidable weapon.

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You guys do know the original Bowie knife looked nothing like the Musso bowie?
 
The "original" Bowie was designed and made to Resin Bowies specs. No. It looked nothing like the Musso, but James and Resin owned many knives in their lifetimes, and had many made from different makers such as Shively, Searles, and apparently even James Black who is credited with making the Bowie "#1", the Carrigan knife, and a few more similar Carrigan styled knives. The Musso knife has yet to be proven a fake. There are a few much like the Musso that have been declared to be faked, but the workmanship of these do not fit into the same class. Musso himself has never presented the claim that his knife belonged to James Bowie, only that it may have, and that he believes it most likely did. Until further lab testing is done on the knife, or more evidence turns up, no one can say for sure either way as to it's authenticity. At this time, it cannot be catagorically dismissed as being a fake.
 
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