K-BAR 14 1/4 bowie

Is the blade 14 inches long, or is the whole knife 14 inches? Since it's made from 1095 would a knife like this hold up well to batoning and other hard use?
 
The steel is 1085, and the blade is 9 inches long. Ive used this knife pretty heavily and its held up just fine.
 
Azrael31 said:
The steel is 1085, and the blade is 9 inches long. Ive used this knife pretty heavily and its held up just fine.
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Looks like Knifecenter.com needs to make a correction if you guys are right:

Specifications:
Steel: 1095 Carbon
 
I made a 10-minute video this morning of the knife in action. I posted it on youtube.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufZwCma-te8

The video starts with:
Splitting 4x4s
Being pounded into plywood
Drilling holes through the plywood
Cutting a Pringles can (to demonstrate it is still sharp)
Hacking wood.

The video is unedited. It goes by fast.

After all this. The blade is in perfect shape there are no chips in the edge
The tip is undamaged. The blade is true.

I can write words all day but the video speaks for itself.

I leaving for the wilderness today and plan to work the knife over. I’ll post the results when I get back.

Hope you enjoy the video. It was fun to make.
 
I arrived home from my trip yesterday. (A 10-mile hike through the wilderness)

I said I would post the results of my K-Bar 14 ¼ Bowie knife for those interested in buying this knife.

I worked the knife extremely hard chopping firewood. I routinely chopped into 2 to 3 inch branches. Chopping performance is excellent the large handle really makes it comfortable for all day use. The edge held up very well never chipping. There was a slight edge roll on the curve near the tip it was easily removed with a DMT fine folding diamond stone. I would rather have the edge roll slightly than have the edge chip away.

The knife is made out of 1085 carbon steel with a RC hardness listed at 55/57. I think this is a great hardness range on a large working knife of this type. It is hard but not too hard.

I split quite a few 3-inch logs for a fire batoning the back of the blade. Again the knife held up just fine.

The finish also held up very well it never chipped or flaked off. It’s a little faded where it did the heavy splitting but that is to be expected.

The sheath also held up just fine. It severs the knife and user well.

The best part of the knife that I really like is the handle. It’s the best handle on a Knife I have ever used. The only comparable handle is on my Gerber predator (no longer in production)

Overall: I can’t find anything wrong with this knife and I did my best to. It is a very solid performer. The steel is also very easy to re-sharpen and holds an edge very well. This is one knife I don’t like leaving in the sheath. I want to constantly find a use for it. At 50 bucks you just can’t go wrong. I will put it up against any 200-dollar knife anytime.
K-BAR came up with a winner.

I already ordered 2 more to keep one in all my vehicles at all times.

Check out my video of this knife in action. (Before I went on my hike)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufZwCma-te8
 
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