Yep...it's long and wicked. I don't have the specs and I did't measure, but if you figure that the hunter is around 8 inches total (maybe more) you can get the scale and I figure the bowie for 18"+ with about a 11"+ blade. At the guard, it is about a 1/4 " wide and the distal taper starts shortly thereafter--- I chalk it up to testimony of what a talented blademaker can do with a forged blade.
I think Jim is getting pretty handy with that engraver. What I like is that Jim builds a great knife first and foremost, to his own uncompromising standards, THEN he gets to work on the extra touches that improve on the beauty. From what I understand, this bowie is a reproduction, and extension, on one of the designs he did for one of the bowies he made for his famous "Dueling Bowies".
I hasten to add that the hunter is no slouch of a knife either. It is made for the field and, because I know the guy that it was made for, I know that it will actually be used out in the field by a guy that shoots about 10 animals a year. Like seeing Blake Snowden use his knives on his elk, I always like to see someone actually using these knives for what they are meant for.
I just realized that I also posted a pic of the folder Jim finished some time ago. It's a beauty, also; though the picture is crappy. everything on it is handmade, right down to the screws. He made it for someone and they didn't come through with the sale, so he still has it and is looking for someone to buy an $1800 folder. Jim doesn't make many folders, so I liked seeing this one. The steel is one that probably won't be made again-- he calls it "Butterflys on Burritos" (actually, I think Wayne Coulter came up with the name, now that I think of it).
