Most accurate currently available Bowie knife

When you guys mention an Imperial bowie, are you talking about this one?

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If so, I've owned four or five of those in the past. I lost them or gave them away. As I recall, back in the 60s they cost about five bucks each. Now, I saw one on ebay for more than $100. They were good knives, all right, but nothing to get excited about.
 
I'm basically a gun nut and not a knife nut. One thing I have learned is that most gun nuts seem to have a lot more money than I have or at least less conscience about how much money they spend on hobbies.

It seems to also be true of you guys on this site.

It hurts me to think of spending $100 for something that is purely a "want" with no practical application. Spending $200 would probably lead to my early demise.

No way I'll ever spend more ethan that, unless I win the lottery. If I were spend more than two hundred, it would be buy a Laredo Bowie. Right now the Russell Bowie is in the lead, stricktly because it meets my basic criteria and is cheap. I would prefer a nine or 10 inch blade, however, so I'm still looking.
 
B.U.T.T. good luck with your search, but I suggested the Russell Bowie because it really doea fit the bill, for what you said you needed it for.

I own a Camillus OVB/Fisk Bowie, a Cold Steel Trailmaster Bowie with stag handle and a custom made Bowie from Max Burnett all bigger than the Russell. The Russell is more knife than most people need. Besides it's a great looking knife and did I mention it's really friggin cheap. :eek:

Here's my Bowie from Max, it's based ona a Daniel Winkler Bowie.

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I forgot I have a Tah Chee Bowie from PJ Tomes that isn't as big as the Russell.
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brownshoe said:
You are searching for something that does not really exist. Nobody knows what Jim Bowie's knife was really like. It's all speculation and marketing hype. Many historians say there wasn't one knife but several that changed over time.
Well, yes and no. There are many manuscripts from persons whom have met Bowie during vairous times in his life and have described the knife he had on him in good detail that exist to this day. These alone give us a good idea as to what blade he carried, and were often used as a blue print to design 'Bowies' during the mid to late 1800's. As with anything, though, deigns change with the times...

WYK
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Big Ugly Tall Texan said:
When you guys mention an Imperial bowie, are you talking about this one?

imperoabowie.jpg


If so, I've owned four or five of those in the past. I lost them or gave them away. As I recall, back in the 60s they cost about five bucks each. Now, I saw one on ebay for more than $100. They were good knives, all right, but nothing to get excited about.
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No, the Imperial Weapons Bowies are the following:
http://www.imperialweapons.com/knives/Ip-201.html Now sold out, and:
http://www.imperialweapons.com/knives/Ip-202.html The one that they are currently selling.
 
Well, mine is not for sale. You might want to haunt the Knives for Sale-Individual" forum for a while to see if one turns up. The problem is that only 200 were made and, like the Burgundy Calypso Jr, the demand seems to keep growing. I love mine and so do the people whom I know to have bought them. Yvsa and others over in the H.I. Forum have had great things to say about their Imperial bowies.

By way of notice, Imperial plans on making a total of 4 different historical bowies. I cannot say what the last two are, but I can say that they are of great interest to me and that I am awaiting them with great anticipation.
 
Do you see the sexond from the right in the top photo? It is called the Sportsman's Bowie and that is the one that I bought for $25 in 1961 and my poor parents were horrified that I had paid that much for a knife!
 
Hi everybody,

This is my first post after lurking for a couple of months. Since nobody has mentioned the Boker 547 Bowie, I will. It is a very well made and stylish Bowie, and is definately a serious knife. I just got my Atlanta Cutlery "Primitive" Bowie yesterday, and I couldn't be happier with it. I decided that it does qualify as a "real knife", but just barely. I'm delighted to hear that it was the knife used in "The Alamo" and that it is a replica of the Musso Bowie. There is no deneying that properly sharpened and properly used it could be a fearsome weapon. I plan to have mine sharpened. I'd do it myself, but I'm afraid it would wear out my Lansky or me before the job was finished. Bowies are cool, and I'm surprised I don't see more mention of them on this forum. Enjoy!

DougT
 
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