What should a Bowie Knife be in 2026?

Mk-211 said:
I didn't see this one posted, it's an older knife, still stands the test of time.

Blackjack Teton Bowie, kinda looks like a CS Trailmaster.

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I believe I have the same Bowie, made by G. Sakai Knives, I believe mine is the HSEK line. I may have gotten mine in the 1990’s as a sale from the old paper sale flyers put out by Cutlery Shoppe. I used to really enjoy getting those sale flyers, got a few Blackjacks and a few Puma folders.
 
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This is on my short list
And this
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cbach8tw said:
I believe I have the same Bowie, made by G. Sakai Knives, I believe mine is the HSEK line. I may have gotten mine in the 1990’s as a sale from the old paper sale flyers put out by Cutlery Shoppe. I used to really enjoy getting those sale flyers, got a few Blackjacks and a few Puma folders.
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Yes, after BJ folded, it was also sold as the Rigid Teton or RG69.
 
I loved the old TV shows about Jim Bowie and Yancy Derringer.
A Bowie knife and a derringer were high on my list of wants.
(A Sgt. Saunders Thompson was number one but..)

I bought a cheap .22lr Derringer back in the 80's, and back around 2005, I broke down and bought a Schrade cheap Bowie.
The Bowie hangs on a plaque on the wall above my computer desk, and I gaze on it daily with pleasure.
It 100% serves its purpose in life, which is to hang there and give me pleasure looking at it.
For the record, I also have pictures of Irina Meier in lingerie on my computer as wallpaper. :)
 
There's a previous version of that one, the Blackie Collins Combat Master, with a sharpened concave clip point, and no billboard!. The blade is polished 3/16"12C27, with a Valox glass-filled nylon hollow handle. The screwdriver on the snap strap fits the screw in the handle. Unscrew it a few turns, and press, the flush mounted checkered panel pops up on the other side. Swing it to the side to access the skeleton tang compartment. One caution, it's not particularly waterproof. It's fine for rain, but don't go swimming. Blackie Collins put one of the first 50 in my hand, cost me all of $50, in 1986. They were never particularly expensive, though. B.C. really liked to make his designs affordable, so he used modern inexpensive alternatives to classic materials whenever it was the right choice, handle material and sheaths in particular.
 
justjed2 said:
There's a previous version of that one, the Blackie Collins Combat Master, with a sharpened concave clip point, and no billboard!. The blade is polished 3/16"12C27, with a Valox glass-filled nylon hollow handle. The screwdriver on the snap strap fits the screw in the handle. Unscrew it a few turns, and press, the flush mounted checkered panel pops up on the other side. Swing it to the side to access the skeleton tang compartment. One caution, it's not particularly waterproof. It's fine for rain, but don't go swimming. Blackie Collins put one of the first 50 in my hand, cost me all of $50, in 1986. They were never particularly expensive, though. B.C. really liked to make his designs affordable, so he used modern inexpensive alternatives to classic materials whenever it was the right choice, handle material and sheaths in particular.
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Found a pic of one.

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timos- said:
Maybe an unpopular opinion. A Bowie knife I n 2026 sho u ld be a bad ass chef knife.
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It appears the central innovation of the "bowie knife" 200 years ago was heavy stock thickness with dramatic tapering.

So, while that Edwin Forest Bowie which is believed by many experts to be the closest to the original looks like a typical kitchen/butchery knife, it's very different in function.

There was a deception to it, looks ordinary but hits heavy and has minimal deflection for piercing due to the heavy stock thickness. Yet surprisingly, it's very fast in its movement thanks to the tapering.

Thinner stock old hickory/green river knives don't work like that.

Interesting how it made the cane sword obsolete since those had more reach but that deflection with the thin profile appears to have gotten Norris killed.
 
DeadboxHero said:
Edwin Forest Bowie
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A BRK version thereof came to me for a regrind (had bacon edge and uneven grinds from the factory) and while I can say nothing for the fit and finish, design wise it was quite remarkable. Big blade, but as you said, much more nimble than might be expected based on its look. I was impressed with the design.
 
Maybe this Mora is the Bowie knife of today?

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Stainless, synthetic handle & sheath…..
 
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