[Re titled] Designing 2 custom Bowie's to be built

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What is the absolute best Bowie on the market today, production or custom, made purely for fighting?

Some requirements for suggestions:

Must be high quality materials and construction (you'd bet your life on it without second thought)

Must have at least a 9" blade

Must have a top and bottom guard (dual guard?)

Can have a false edge but not sharpened (single edge)

And we will just say price is no issue for the sake of suggestions. I want to know the BEST !

Please share which blade you think is king below!

EDIT: I'm designing my own Bowie(s) now. Feel free to join in with any comments or criticism.
 
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Also the Randall Model 14 Attack. I think it can be had with a 9 inch blade.
 
And I bet Charlie Mike will chime in here sooner or later with some suggestions.
 
Title should be "Best Fighting Bowie". The best fighting knife is double edged & symmetrical. Dagger, smatchet.
 
ExtraBaconPlease said:
What is the absolute best Bowie on the market today, production or custom, made purely for fighting?

Some requirements for suggestions:

Must be high quality materials and construction (you'd bet your life on it without second thought)

Must have at least a 9" blade

Must have a top and bottom guard (dual guard?)

Can have a false edge but not sharpened (single edge)

And we will just say price is no issue for the sake of suggestions. I want to know the BEST !

Please share which blade you think is king below!
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I've asked a similar question to myself, and most research I've done leads to a 7" blade, 12" overall.
A Bagwell would be amazing though..
Bark river has some big fighters if I remember
 
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Riz! said:
Also the Randall Model 14 Attack. I think it can be had with a 9 inch blade.
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That will be a RMK 12-9 in 14 grind.

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My grail fighting bowie will be one of the Jason Knight bowies. They are one fine piece of art.



Don
 
This has everything but the dual guard... and it is called the Gunfighter... And BTW Don, that RMK is absolutely beautiful!

Lon Humphrey's Gunfighter Bowie
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Here it is taking a 60lbs pig apart. Let me tell you, it carved all night, hacked through tendon and bone, popped joints, and when we took the head off, I pried open its mouth and hacked the head in half right through the jaw joints. It's no joke.
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That hat still smells like bacon.
 
Thanks for the input everyone. I've got lots more research to do before I make my mind up on something but will hopefully share the result when I pull the trigger on something.

Cheers
 
Here are a couple :D
 

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The construction of the knives in question works just fine for the intended purpose of the blades.
 
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