Liteweight Damascus Carry Bowie

Greg Covington · Jul 4, 2005

I decided to spend the weekend of the 4th squishing around a remnant of a 180 layer billet and see if I could come up with something respectable in size.

The piece I had left over was 180 layers of 1095, L6, and some 15n20.....the piece was about 5/16" thick and 2" square. I welded the chunk to a piece of rebar and drew it out with the press and forged in a tang with the drawing dies. All this talk about presses recently made me want to squish some steel

I then handforged the tip,bevels, and ricasso into a Bowie blade that measures about 6.5" long and resulted in a blade 3/16" thick. The guard is some raindrop pattern that I hadn't used before. It is JB Welded in place. (note here that I used one of Uncle Al's guard soldering fixtures and they are GREAT!). The handle is a nice Sambar taper that had a big bump on the side (not a Bruce Bump)....I ground that away and then gave it some color with brown shoe dye. The handle has a single NS pin and it is finished off with an ebony buttcap.

The sheath is heavy pigskin.

The knife ended up being a nice light carry Bowie and dear God is it sharp!

Ron Claiborne · Jul 4, 2005

looks great Greg ,still got that part you and blue gave me and Larry ,think of that often that sure was funny -- but you had to be their
Bowie

LongRifle · Jul 4, 2005

Greg, that knife is easily my favorite of the knives you've made. Great damascus, stag, guard, and profile, everything looks outstanding.

Matt

NickWheeler · Jul 4, 2005

REALLY good looking piece Greg!

-Nick-

rhrocker · Jul 4, 2005

That's classy Greg!! I like everything about it, even the pigskin! Good going guy!

anvilring · Jul 4, 2005

that's just plain cool........

mitch

Will52100 · Jul 4, 2005

Very cool, I realy love the damascus pattern, nice combination.

B . Buxton · Jul 5, 2005

Very nice Greg, great shape, flow and materials.

Bill

J. Neilson · Jul 5, 2005

Very nice Greg. Overall a very cool piece. Lines, steel, stag...all great.

Raymond Richard · Jul 5, 2005

Looking good! 7 days and counting till the press gets here.

dfarmerknives · Jul 5, 2005

That is a nice looking knife. The damascus is beautiful.

blgoode · Jul 5, 2005

is that one mine?

Looks GREAT!

R APPLEBY · Jul 5, 2005

Pretty Little thing isnt it, Looks good

Sweany · Jul 5, 2005

Very Kewl

Laredo7mm · Jul 5, 2005

Looks darn nice to me. I just got done using my press today for the second time. I built it myself, but I am still amazed at how nice they are at sqashing stuff.

Again very nice knife, I absolutly love the gaurd and the profile.

Greg Covington · Jul 5, 2005

Thanks for all the compliments!

I have always liked Bowies where the stag handle goes into the guard more narrow than the blade ricasso. Problem it that is it is tough to find a good Sambar taper anymore.

I feel like a kid at Xmas everytime I pull that blade out after the first etch....the patterns are like magic....that is why I love random patterns and cable so much.