Who likes old bowies

I like em Rick! :thumbup:
Lets see if I can find something to add...
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Dave
 
I don't own any old ones, but these are maybe the most "authentic" of the old ones.

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Hi I love old Bowies .unfortunately I don't have a old one :( . I do a
Have a modern one a Sheffield made Bowie with a custom sheath made by are own claude scott.
 
My very good friends early I*XL, This is one of a set of two..
This knife is 15 inches long the other is over 17 inches long, very hard to get I*XL's of this nature these days......
The owner has MANY other Joseph Rodgers -Oh man you name it he has it, very very early plug Bayonets etc, early European etc Daggers, many Pre & Civil War Authentic Bowies.........Its a wonderful time visiting his place I can tell you, I took Fes from the Forums here to his place and my friend kindly gave him permission to view and handle them......


A early Sheffield Bowie, Tortoise Shell Handle with Pearl inlay remains of a pattern of a Peacock and intricate vine - I nearly bought this knife as it was in relatively good condition - and the price was right- but notified my friend with the Bowie collection and he bought it.


This was my pre-Civil War Bowie by G.Woodhead - I got Bernard to confirm my thoughts before buying this knife...I no longer own this...

And with it's Original Sheath.....


This is my hard to come by Olsen - this is 13 inches long ( I used to own Hundreds of the more modern day "Bowies" mid to early 1900's - but have never come across another 13 inch Olsen like this - I did once but that knife was ruined ), you can get the 10 inch versions now and then, but for the generic SOLINGEN "Bowies" this style of the very long Turkish Clip point is one that stands out amongst the usual generic pattern of the 1950 to 1970's style of Solingen "Bowies" - the blade shape is Factory and remains untouched in the way of modifications.
 
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A typical Joseph Rodgers "Bowie" owned by my freind- man its so nice going into a huge room thats like a Museum thats has MANY of these era Hunting Bowies by Joseph Rodgers and the like....


1920's Keenwell - ( union cutlery (pre Ka Bar) ) lovely shape for its age....some people call these Bowies-its no more a Bowie than what my Butter knives are of course, but I do like the knife....



Another of Ricks JR's..


Again because these are Fighting knives they are sometimes mistakenly referred to as Bowies...These are two of my Authentic ( made while Al Mar was alive ) Bowie/Fighters.....


This particular Bowie got Bernard Levine sitting up - another Bowie from my friend, Bernard actually asked Ricks permission to use this knife in a big article about this knife.
Bernard took note that the Handle was of an actual Cannon - with the markings on the blade - as they did...I cannot recall what they all meant - it is documented now by Bernard.....quite an important Bowie from the Civil War...






Here is the 17 inch Monster of the pair of I*XL's.... wonderful examples of early Wostenholm's work - quite a Rare pair.....


One maker of Solingen Bowies whom is quite collectable is Anton Wingen Jr... heres three of them by the Cutler, the smaller 10 knife is extremely hard to come by, the only difference between these three by A.W Jr is the four pin Stag slab Handle of the 13 inch knife compared to the one piece Stag Handle on the 15 inch and 10 inch knives......
 
Beautiful knives, each and every one of them!! Old Bowie, any chance of a photo or two showing the blades of yours?
Dan
 
Thank You, gentlemen, one and all, for these photos and info on one of our most historical and intriguing knives!:thumbup:
 
Some absolutely fantastic knives there Duncan :thumbup:
 
Thank you Jack and Dave :) :thumbup:

I dont know a lot - but I learnt a lot by posting up my friends earlier buys- a lot of them were not what they used to be -and I posted a few up at Bernards Forum - and had to ask the questions about the knives- well at times Bernard raked me over the coals lol - but Bernards style is at times harsh - but it works...I look back at those knives now and think - Oh man...that stands out a mile!!! lol.

I had to post the knives as my friend wanted to know- and I wasnt too sure at times whether it a authentic knife or not.
Unfortunately my mate did buy a few false knives - but he and I learnt quick and he started bringing in knives such as you have seen - plus LOADS more :eek:

Here is a 13 inch Sheffield modern day "Bowie" - these are out there - I have seen two others - one absolutely gone ( rust ) the other very very worn - this is made by William Rodgers "I cut my way " ( love that )..
It has been cleaned- it looks as though the blade may have had very very fine pitting - whoever cleaned it didnt finish it off 100% ...I may do this at some point just to settle the "new" look down ( as it has been cleaned now anyway ) - in reality this would be quite a usless knife...but I love it anyway..
As you can see ( the photo makes them look worse actually ) the scratches-the uneven lines in the Fuller near the Ricasso are actually like that from factory - about as straight as a dogs rear leg.....

 
Very impressive Campbellman - you friend has some stunning knives.

Campbellclanman said:
My very good friends early I*XL, This is one of a set of two..
This knife is 15 inches long the other is over 17 inches long, very hard to get I*XL's of this nature these days......
The owner has MANY other Joseph Rodgers -Oh man you name it he has it, very very early plug Bayonets etc, early European etc Daggers, many Pre & Civil War Authentic Bowies.........Its a wonderful time visiting his place I can tell you, I took Fes from the Forums here to his place and my friend kindly gave him permission to view and handle them......


A early Sheffield Bowie, Tortoise Shell Handle with Pearl inlay remains of a pattern of a Peacock and intricate vine - I nearly bought this knife as it was in relatively good condition - and the price was right- but notified my friend with the Bowie collection and he bought it.


This was my pre-Civil War Bowie by G.Woodhead - I got Bernard to confirm my thoughts before buying this knife...I no longer own this...

And with it's Original Sheath.....


This is my hard to come by Olsen - this is 13 inches long ( I used to own Hundreds of the more modern day "Bowies" mid to early 1900's - but have never come across another 13 inch Olsen like this - I did once but that knife was ruined ), you can get the 10 inch versions now and then, but for the generic SOLINGEN "Bowies" this style of the very long Turkish Clip point is one that stands out amongst the usual generic pattern of the 1950 to 1970's style of Solingen "Bowies" - the blade shape is Factory and remains untouched in the way of modifications.
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Great knives Campbellman. Thanks for the pics. I would still classifiy them as Bowies.
 
I've never really considered myself a Bowie fan, but those are some beautiful pieces!

One style that has stuck out in my mind, that did appeal to me, were those "California Bowies" that were all fancied up. Anyone got any pictures of some of them?
 
Fantastic collection Rick and Duncan. It was a real pleasure to see these knives. Thanks for sharing them.
 
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