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

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my golden ratio is also 7:5 on a 12" overall
 
Here's what I'm thinking for the big one....

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Specs read:

18" OAL
12" Blade
6" Handle
2 3/8" Wide Blade
2" Wide handle at guard
1 1/4" Wide handle near butt/pommel
5.5" Guard

Porpotions slightly out of whack in this pic as it was just a quick sketch.

Design is obviously not final. Still playing around with a few things, mainly the belly and clip point.

Cheers.
 
Cheers Ebbtide, wonderful Bowie you have, sleek and majestic.


Bacon, I made the 7.5" version before I noticed you post about the lock in. Every time I come into the forum today someone here drags me away, so I'll post this now before they do again.

I tried stretching the entire length of the blade but the point becomes a little too long and thin for my liking, almost like a squared nail in the first half inch in from the tip. So I stretched the part near the ricasso where all three lines of the blade run parallel with each other.


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Download the template here:

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I'll have a look at your large Bowie.
 
Looking good EB!

Do you have a local maker in mind, or will you go with one in the USA??
 
Looks great Coke, i'll check that one out for shits and gigs but I'm pretty happy with the 7" blade. We'll see.
I can't wait to see the 12" Bowie all sketched up. I'll provide the updated specs for you in just a second.

Karoi, I had plans a long time ago to have Will Morrison make me a Bowie. His work is amazing. Unfortunately I cancelled my spot on his wait list in 2015 due to financials. I contacted him a few months ago and he is no longer taking custom orders, instead making whatever he pleases and selling them. Upsetting but it is what it is. I'll likely have someone in the US make these for me.
 
Preliminary sketch, your thoughts Bacon, and anyone elses are welcome before I go further on it.




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12" Blade Bowie revised specs:

18" OAL
12" Blade
6" Handle
2" Blade Width
Approx 2" Handle Width with at guard (flared out from the handle)
1 1/4" Handle Width and near pommel
4 1/2" Guard
4" Belly
7" Flat cutting edge
1" Choil
5 1/2" Clip Point
6 1/2" Flat Spine

Hope that is coherent.

Cheers Coke!!
 
Looks great, Coke. Thanks mate.

Give me a few to print it out, make adjustments etc etc Don't go any further on it mate, just to save yourself time.

I'll likely post those changes tonight, about to head down to the shops for a bit.

Back soon!
 
These pics are just for the basic profile, they are NOT TO SCALE. Which one of the 3 do you prefer? Then I can take it to scale.
 
ExtraBaconPlease said:
Karoi, I had plans a long time ago to have Will Morrison make me a Bowie. His work is amazing. Unfortunately I cancelled my spot on his wait list in 2015 due to financials. I contacted him a few months ago and he is no longer taking custom orders, instead making whatever he pleases and selling them. Upsetting but it is what it is. I'll likely have someone in the US make these for me.
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That's a pity! I've noticed that a few guys in the US have also stopped taking custom orders, but obviously there's a lot more out there. I'll be interested to see which maker you end up going with and what type of steel you're wanting these to be in.

I drew up something in CAD a few months ago and still making revisions to it, so hopefully I'll make up my bloody mind sometime this year, then get it made in either CPM 3V or CPM 154.
 
Karoi said:
I drew up something in CAD a few months ago and still making revisions to it, so hopefully I'll make up my bloody mind sometime this year, then get it made in either CPM 3V or CPM 154.
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LOL!!! The eternal question... to be or not to be?
 
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