here is a big Bowie knife for you

[bdmicarta]

The town of Bowie, TX has a new monument:

And BTW the people that live here pronounce it like "buoy".

 

[silverds]

Can you provide specs?

Steel?
Dimensions?
Weight?
Handle Material?

 

[blade dude]

How long does it take to sharpen? What angle is the edge? Hollow or flat ground? Is it an even grind?


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[zzyzzogeton]

Spec I have found so far:

Blade - Stainless steel (type unknown at this point)
Hilt/Handle - wood
Guard - Brass
Length - 20 ft 6 in.
Weight - 3000 lbs
Cost - estimated cost about $170K, all from private donations, the largest being $100K

I found a schematic diagram, but it is too small to read. Any enlargement at all results in a lot of blurry lines and blobs.

Hopefully, additional details will show up later.

 

[22-rimfire]

Now THAT is cool!

 

[hank_rearden]

only Texas can provide that many cows to make the sheath.

 

[bleedingfinger]

It's steel ,brass,and wood!? Wow,that's awesome.Its a real knife!

 

[Hickory n steel]

Wow😱 that's the biggest western w49 I've ever seen .
But it's stainless Steel, so I guess it would actually be a bear&son gold rush Bowie
( basically a stainless copy of the long gone w49 )
Looks like Paul Bunyan dropped his knife 😁

 

[bladefixation2]

Check out the guy on the right, in front of the crane. Isn't that Doc from Back to the Future?!

 

[d762nato]

Nice!! and it doesn't have some big stupid choil on it.

 

[odd]

...but can you BATON with it?!?

 

[Revolverrodger]

...but can you BATON with it?!?

You could baton a tree... Or even a car with it

 

[knoefz]

I don't think my waterstones are big enough to sharpen that

 

[the-swexan]

looks to be sitting on its whetstone, i have made a few monster bowies in my time but i have been 1 uped , figgers a texan would do it

 

[22-rimfire]

That one should be stropped to put a fine edge on it.

 

[Bufford]

Kinda heavy for the belt, what kind of suspenders would be best for distributing the load?

 

[zzyzzogeton]

Wow😱 that's the biggest western w49 I've ever seen .
But it's stainless Steel, so I guess it would actually be a bear&son gold rush Bowie
( basically a stainless copy of the long gone w49 )
Looks like Paul Bunyan dropped his knife 😁

You were right the first time.

Western made them in stainless from 1967 to 1972ish. Model S649. Later, after Camillus bought the brand in 1992, around 1995 or so, they started making the W49 in stainless.

 

[DocT]

The town of Bowie, TX has a new monument:

And BTW the people that live here pronounce it like "buoy".

That is the way we pronounce it down South, y'all. We are not Britishers and so pronounce it Boh wee. Jim Buoy (Bowie) and David Bohwee (Bowie) are different animals altogether.

 

[Wolf7]

In immortal words of Crocodile Dundee: "that is not a knife, THIS is a Knife!":thumbup:

 

[Czechmate]

Imagine that monster "bu-oy" IWB?.... Concealment fail LOL...



At least this one is practical:

:foot: