Southwest Bowie

D.Crawford

D.Crawford

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Here's a Southwest style Bowie knife with etched 1084 blade & heat blued fittings just about ready for leather.
Hope you like it. Comments welcome.






Thanks for looking.
 
Mr Crawford, that is a nice looking knife, but if I might, I will offer some of what I consider constructive advise.
Your blade and handle profile are lovely, and your grinding looks great, but if you are going to etch a blade, you should probably hand sand it or at least machine grind it to at least 600 grit before etching. Etching only emphasizes the scratch marks.
 
a little short for me, but all is beautiful very nice work
and the color of the steel sublime.
 
parfums95 said:
a little short for me, but all is beautiful very nice work
and the color of the steel sublime.
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I like a longer blade as well. This one was made to be legal for carry here in Texas where the max allowable blade length is 5.5".

Thanks to both of you for your comments.
 
I did not know the U.S. laws a state has the others are different. Notice that in France it is forbidden
 
D.Crawford said:
I like a longer blade as well. This one was made to be legal for carry here in Texas where the max allowable blade length is 5.5".

Thanks to both of you for your comments.
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Yep, I was thinking the same thing; about another 4"-5" to Blade for a SW Bowie.
But nice, just the same. :thumbup:
 
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