Tang on the 1917 Frontier Bowie?

PocketKnifeJimmy

PocketKnifeJimmy

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I don't want to take the handle off of my knife to get a good glimpse of it's tang, but can't find any pics online. Maybe I am not using the search engine online correctly in order to find one. If anybody has a picture showing the Frontier Bowie's tang, please share it here. I thank you in advance ☺
 
I am revisiting this thread to discuss something about these knives that I had a question about, and now have the answer for (so I will share that here).
I have not dismounted the handle scales on my Frontier Bowies, so I did not know what the tang would look like underneith. Well, doing a recent YouTube search on this model, showed up a newer video where someone does the handle scale removal to expose the tang. It shows the tang to be fully blued, and having the three holes required for the attachment screws. The guard is secured on either side by a weld. Watching the video, I could not see any maker markings placed onto it. Anyhow, the tang is the same thickness ass the blade (quarter inch), and roughly about half the blades width.

https://youtu.be/MfEm4fVNPOU
 
Wow, pretty decent tang under there! Thanks for sharing that video, enjoyed it, nice review.
 
The tang on this would surely make it easy enough for a faux ivory maker, like Ajax, to produce an aftermarket faux ivory grip handle for this model knife. It would be a bolt on and go proposition for the buyer ☺ Hoping that occurs, but have yet to see any company offer such a thing. My fingers are crossed. Even though the Rosewood grips are nice enough on these knives, I would love to see one of my specimens receive an Ivory looking version 👍
 
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