Steingass Defiant Bowie - Tactical Grade **SOLD**

[TK Steingass]

Gentlemen:

For your consideration is this Defiant Bowie in CPM-154/Black G-10. The primary grinds were hollow ground on a large radius platen - the slightly curved swedge was hollow ground on a 3" wheel to near zero prior to sharpening....wicked sharp. For its size, this is a fast bowie. The tang extends 2/3 of the way into the handle and is set with a 3/32" stainless pin and G/flex marine grade epoxy. The blade is hand rubbed and finished off with 400 grit pull strokes - the furniture is mirror finished. I hope you like it! The first "I'll take it," PM, or email gets it. $525 delivered CONUS. Paypal preferred to tksteingass@frontier.com. This bowie is also listed on my website. Thanks for viewing and your comments are welcome.

V/R,

TK

.210" CPM-154 stock
HT to Rc 59-60
12" OAL
7" Hollow ground recurve blade
Hollow ground sharpened swedge
Hand rubbed satin finished blade
Mirror finished stainless furniture
Scalloped double guard
Black G-10 handle
Black G-10/stainless spacers
8-10 oz leather RH vertical sheath

 

[Scott Hanson]

Double guard and hidden tang is my favorite style knife, very nice work as always!

 

[S. Clark]

Killing it TK!

 

[on_the_edge]

Very sweet knife. May I ask--does the convex part on both sides at the front of the guard serve a particular function or is it aesthetics?

 

[Idlewild]

Outstanding...beautiful work!!

 

[TK Steingass]

Very sweet knife. May I ask--does the convex part on both sides at the front of the guard serve a particular function or is it aesthetics?

Hello Chris.

If I understand you correctly, I believe you're referring to the concave scallops on each side of the guard? They serve a function - thumb placement. In a knife fight sometimes the knife is held horizontally to thrust it between the ribs of the opponent. If it's held vertically with the spine up, the blade edges get stuck between the ribs and penetration is not as deep. Hope this helps,

TK

 

[on_the_edge]

Hello Chris.

If I understand you correctly, I believe you're referring to the concave scallops on each side of the guard? They serve a function - thumb placement. In a knife fight sometimes the knife is held horizontally to thrust it between the ribs of the opponent. If it's held vertically with the spine up, the blade edges get stuck between the ribs and penetration is not as deep. Hope this helps,

TK

Yes, that helps a lot and does make sense. Thank you.

 

[TK Steingass]

Thanks for the kind feedback fellas.

This knife is SOLD to a military fella deployed in Africa