Modern Bowie Knife

justjed said:
My only issue with the Natchez, or most modern interpretations, is the lack of a sharpened clip. Same with the SOG S1. It is my understanding that the knife use in the Sandbar Duel was a large butcher knife with a sharpened clip ground into the blade. Rezin Bowie commissioned many different styles of genuine Bowie knives, from several different makers, evolving the design. But, all of the examples I have seen have had a sharpened back edge, whether a clip or a swedge, such as the knives made by silversmith Daniel Searles, of New Orleans. It's my opinion that this was the most important criteria for a Rezin Bowie-designed Bowie knife.

All that being said, I understand the lack of this feature on modern commercial bowie knives. Liability concerns, over accidents, or even use as intended, makes for nervous bean-counters, as well as upper management.

The only way to make something idiot-proof is to keep it away from idiots. Not an easy task these days.

Stupid SHOULD hurt! It always did for me....
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Regardless of historical designs. I feel a sharpened clip is manageable on longer blades but on shorter blades it can be problematic. The smaller piercing tip of the clip point is for facilitating an easier insertion. So a sharpened clip would be useful but if you need to put your hand on the spine of the knife and push. The sharpened clip could be dangerous on shorter blades.
 
This was made last year, does that make it modern?

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ChrisLee said:
You have a Down Under Outback. Do you find the hook shape of the guard gets in the way sometimes?
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For me, it has not.

That being posted, I've harmed myself enough with large knives, around the campfire or wood pile, that I've tried to "train" myself to wear a decent pair of work gloves when using 'em.



*I wanted to add...

The "Outback" gets a lot of undeserved hate (*in my very humble opinion) on the internet. However, it really is a fun "Bowie".

I've used it to split wood to get the campfire going, "coin" Kiolbassa sausage links for a drunken/late-night campfire snack, and to sharpen limbs for S'mores. (*for the kiddos) I'm around a lot of Hunters during "Whitetail" season, and they and their kids can't wait to get their hands on it around the campfire.

I have a lot of knives that I consider much "better", but always throw "The Outback" in the truck for entertainment purposes. "That's not a knife. THAT'S a KNIFE..."



 
Kettleman said:
I don’t know if it’s considered “ modern” or even what that would be referring to wether material or features or…But when I think Bowie knife made today I always think of the Buck 124.
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Admittedly I never really thought of the 124 as a modern Bowie before I'd held it, to me it looked more like a modern Leuku.

Then I got one, and as soon as I held I realized it really is just a modern Bowie knife. Not in the fighting knife / sidearm sense, but in the Jeremiah "Liver Eating" Johnson sense.
 
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