Man I love my kabar bowie

SpookyPistolero

SpookyPistolero

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I know there are several others who also have this blade, I believe it was folks here who turned me onto this a long while back. Just wanted to start a 'shout out' thread so others who have this blade could electronically high-five over it. :D

I had a large amount of firewood delivered today (our new place has a fireplace!), and I needed to start splitting some of it into kindling. Hatchets aren't ideal for this, so out came the workhorse!

Found a stout and around piece for a 'baton' and went to work. Ended up thinning out a little over a half-dozen pieces, the Heavy Bowie slid right through it all. My edge has been slightly convexed over time and there hasn't been a lick of edge damage through the work.

Sorry there aren't pics at the moment (though I'll post an old one- just cause all threads need pics). The reason is on my last piece of wood I got sloppy and very nearly gave myself a less functional right first finger! Very clean and deep cut, I was lucky that it was a weak/half-assed chop only meant to start the blade into the wood. Had to drop my activities for a bit of a first aid session.

Another good reminder to take your time and use your head when out in the wilds! As we all know wound cleanup becomes a more important and even trickier issue out in the wilds. But at least there are no stitches today!

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I like the Kabar line. I have 3 over them and they can take a ton of work with ease!

OUCH! I did the same thing last year testing a new knife. You should have seen my son's face when I walked inthe house and ordered him to get over here and get me a bandaid! Glad you aren't hurt.
 
Thanks Rocky! Me too.

It does remind me though, how useful some leather gloves can be out in the woods. It'd provided a nice extra layer before hitting tissue!
 
I have been Eyeballing these for a while can you tell me a little bit about it.
Is it a full tang knife ? Is it made in the USA ? what kind of sheat ? How does it resharpen & what kinda steel ?
Thanks
 
Hi coaldigger!

I believe the steel is actually from Taiwan! But it's flat ground 1085, takes and hold an edge (and beatings). Handle is that thermomolded rubber, very comfy. Hidden tang though, 'feels' like it extends pretty far though.

It's a very reliable blade, and one of my favorites bar none!
 
Nice picture of your Bowie! I have the 14-1/4" model and use it in the kitchen a lot. Cut up a Honey Due mellon just a few minutes ago. Have also used it in the woods. Good knife.

coaldigger, it's made in Taiwan out of 1085 carbon steel and has a Kraton G handle. The sheath is Curdura and holds the knife.

Heber
 
Thanks for the info guy's I think I'll hold off, I like a full tang on a full size knife for hard use :D Nothing against the knife !
 
In the destruction tests on knifetests.com it shows the bowies tang, fairly substantial and I do believe is goes past the tang. The videos are all on youtube, just search heavy bowie destruction test.

These big Ka-Bars have to be one of the better deals on the market, even though made in asia, they are high quality and hard to beat for performance. I find they are easy the easiest of my blades to sharpen, and hold the edge for a long time.
Heres my cutlass after battoning through a big old chunk of maple,cutlass.jpg

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Right off the bat it bent in the grain, and it got worse and worse, I almost gave up but it was way to hard to pull out so I just kept going, took all the abuse and asked for more.:D
 
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Heres a pic from knifetests. I would call it a beefy stick tang.
Just so you know, it took a lot of abuse before that happened, those unfamiliar with the site should know an early stage of testing is chopping cinder blocks and the like.
This blade performed better than most.
 
The transition from tang to blade is really ideal on these, there are no stress risers. As much as I would prefer these made in the US, the Taiwanese have some of the best manufacturing facilities and techniques in Asia. Unlike mainland China, most of Taiwan's plants were originally set up by American/European/Japanese companies. They actually know what they are doing!
 
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