Vintage Bowie WIP

Gary Mulkey

Gary Mulkey

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Some of you may have seen some of my recent work in recreating vintage Bowie knives and I thought that I would give you a sample of what they look like during construction. This is a very abbreviated WIP but will give you an idea of how they come together. For this one I took a large liberty in that I gave it the traditional blade of William Butcher (Sheffield) and the handle of an R. Bunting & Sons (Sheffield). This may be a no-no and feel free to say so if you like. [Bunting may well have been an apprentice of 'W. Greaves & Sons', as his knives often had stamps of both on them.] At this stage the blade is rough ground w/o H/T and the handle barely roughed out. As you may be able to tell, I have substituted 416 for the traditional N/S and stabilized bone for the original ivory scales. The ferrell is solid and pinned to a frame tang. The butt cap is pinned to the frame tang and the pins for the escutcheon extend through the integral tang.

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The sheath, as you can see, is still incomplete, with a wooden frame wrapped & sewn with leather but lacking the metal throat & tip. (I am waiting on some silver solder before completing.)

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I will post the finished product when done. Let me know what you think.

P.S. Kevin, I enlarged the pics per your request ;).

Gary
 
Thanks for the compliments. It's been a lot of fun recreating some of the classics. I'll have some of them on display at The Branson Show if you're going to be there.

Gary
 
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I like what you are doing with this genre Gary.. and this one looks great. Thanks for showing your sheath picture... very helpful to see that.
 
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