Looking for a folder with Bowie style blade

[Woodcamo Nut]

Clip Point blade shaped folder is what OP is looking for. A real "Bowie Knife" has a clip point and it was a fixed blade that Jim Bowie first used in the Alamo era.

Clip Point folders are just "Bowie Style" blade shaped, A real Bowie is a fixed blade that was used as a fighting knife.

 

[Insipid Moniker]

Clip Point blade shaped folder is what OP is looking for. A real "Bowie Knife" has a clip point and it was a fixed blade that Jim Bowie first used in the Alamo era.

Clip Point folders are just "Bowie Style" blade shaped, A real Bowie is a fixed blade that was used as a fighting knife.

Not to offend, but there just isn't any standard definition of a bowie knife and there's a fair amount of debate about what Jim Bowie's knife even looked like. It's a term that's incredibly broad and I don't see any reason to exlude folders, honestly.

 

[DShiflet]

What size blade is that one? Looks like they come in 3,4, and 5 1/2"?

The blade on that one is 4 inches. It's a Recon 1, there's also a 5.5 inch Recon 1 XL. The Voyager lineup comes in 3, 4, and 5.5 inches. The Espada line comes in 3.5, 5.5, and 7.5 versions. The Recon and Voyager lines are available plain edge, combo edge, or full serrated. The Espada line is available in plain G10 or polished G10 with aluminum bolsters.

Recon 1/Recon 1 XL Clip Point:

Voyager Clip Point by size:

Espada by size, polished version:

Espada 5.5 G10 version:

Due out later this year, the Cold Steel Broken Skull lineup, also available in orange, pink, white, brown, and OD green handle scales:

Some non Cold Steel:

Buck 110(you can also get your own version at the custom shop, with different steel and handle material options):

Ontario Spec Plus Folder Clip Point(available plain or combo edge):

Spyderco Schempp Bowie:

Kershaw CQC-1k:

Emerson CQC-13BT(available plain or combo edge):

 

[Ruggdogg87]

Wow lots of good stuff! Well just ordered a Recon 1! I may also get the Ontario but the Recon looks great. Thanks for your help!

 

[Ruggdogg87]

I also ordered a 110, that should hold me over!

 

[tltt]

That is very interesting. Any photos or links to such old folding bowies would be appreciated.

Here's an old pre Civil War model -

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Post Civil War English -

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1880's - present Saufanger type Folding Bowie popular in German/France/Italy, and a brief period England -

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Reasonably modern German, Spainish, and Pakistani -

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As for the use of Bowie style or Bowie point to describe a clip point? It happens, and has probably happened since the Bowie became popular. It's not the most technical of terms, and probably would've annoyed cutlers, but merchants like(ed) it. It seems to have caught back on in the last decade, probably because it sounds cooler than "Deep Clip", "Deeply Clipped', or "Aggressively Cipped" which were sometimes used to describe that type of clip.

 

[Kwon Kwang]

Wow lots of good stuff! Well just ordered a Recon 1! I may also get the Ontario but the Recon looks great. Thanks for your help!

Smart move. :thumbup: One of my favorite folders. Often carried, often used.

 

[T.K.C.]

You should get an XM-18 with the Bowie blade.

 

[Brusiedmeat]

 

[epetrillo]

Not under $200 but I was wondering if this would qualify as a Bowie?

 

[Insipid Moniker]

Not under $200 but I was wondering if this would qualify as a Bowie?

Bowie knives are so ill-defined that it could if you wanted it to. Personally, I'd call it a California clip point as that's a bit clearer.

 

[ragnerok]

Awesome looking folder!:thumbup: What is it?- please tell some more. Thanks in advance.

 

[epetrillo]

Awesome looking folder!:thumbup: What is it?- please tell some more. Thanks in advance.

If you're talking about mine it's a Ferrum Forge/Bladejunkee Oppressor V2. It is one of twenty-five made and I think each one was different cosmetically.

 

[Texas Steel]

Cold Steel Lone Star Hunter. 4 inch blade. Built like a tank. Tri Ad lock. Discontinued, but still available. $25.
BOOM

 

[strategy9]

Bowie knives are so ill-defined that it could if you wanted it to. Personally, I'd call it a California clip point as that's a bit clearer.

But would it be a northern caly clip? Or would you consider it more of a Bay Area style?
(It's obviously not the So. Cal variety)

 

[Dallas T]

I use a Fray Check to put an end to that situation. Helps a lot.

what's a fray check?

 

[Ruggdogg87]

I found it. Now my favorite knife. The Benchmade 15080-1 Crooked River

 

[ThePeacent]

Recon 1 is definitely a nicely shaped bowie.

The Broken Skull is a longer, slimmer design, but I like it much less aesthetically.

The AK47 is kind of a bowie, but more like a drop point, and I think it's the most versatile shape, even though not as beautiful as the agressive clip on the Recon.
Hope you enjoy yours!

 

[Comeuppance]

The Benchmade Crooked River has caught my eye more than once. What a handsome folder.

 

[Daniel Dorn]

Almost traded for a Crooked River BM this weekend at a gun show. It was still too new, and they weren't budging on the price at all.

May just wait for the knife to be around a while and let things settle down a bit, but I WILL have one!