Best knife to go with your levergun

new pig hunter · Post by **new pig hunter** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:20 pm

Here are two custom Bowies I've had made:

Collaboration Bowie by Dan Koster, the Damascus Steel was made by Clint Chisan.
(hopefully one of these picture links will work)
http://www.hunt101.com/data/555/thumbs/ ... _Bowie.JPG
http://www.hunt101.com/watermark.php?file=451501&size=1

I placed my order for this knife a week ago from David Wesner at Kelsey Creek Knife Works:
Birdseye Fighter/Camp Knife
http://www.kelseycreekknifeworks.com/files/BEF1.jpg

Cheers,

Carl

p.s. if you want to go all-out on the Koster Bowie, here is his original Collaboration Bowie:
http://www.kosterknives.com/damabowie.jpg

Post by **Hobie** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:51 pm

PaperPatch wrote:The Buck 110 and a Wyoming knife, always come along when hunting.

You should do a separate topic on that Wyoming Knife. I have one, a gift, and would like to hear about others' use thereof. I've got a few knives...

nemhed · Post by **nemhed** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:44 pm

This is a drop point hunter from IRBI Knives of Moose Pass, Alaska (near Seward). I picked it up while on vacation back in "92

Swampman · Post by **Swampman** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:23 pm

I'm a hunter. I have no use for a fighting knife. I need a skinning knife like one of my Nessmuks.

I once owned this old Puma Bowie. It was a good knife.

MikeS. · Post by **MikeS.** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:24 pm

Old Savage wrote:Or this handy combo - Dozier K7 and a Gerber LST.

OS, I've carried an identical Gerber w/o the emblem on the blade for a number of years. Before 9/11 I was easily able to get it on a plane. Haven't tried since then though. Nice pocket knife, very handy.

MikeS. · Post by **MikeS.** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:27 pm

Noah Zark wrote:
meanc wrote:Ka-bar... the knife for all occasions

[larry] I don't care what you say, that there's a really nice photo there. [/larry]

Noah

It really is, even my wife liked it.

Grizzly Adams · Post by **Grizzly Adams** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:38 am

Here are a couple I made.

This one is made from an old Cat Q225.

HillbillyGadget · Post by **HillbillyGadget** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:15 am

Swampman, I like your Nessmuk's collection. I'm a big fan of him as well. I'm trying to put together a set of gear based on his writings.
Are you also on the Hoodlums site?

Scott Gossman makes some good knives as well.
http://www.gossmanknives.com/

Modoc ED · Post by **Modoc ED** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:37 am

Swampman wrote:I'm a hunter. I have no use for a fighting knife. I need a skinning knife like one of my Nessmuks.

Swampman -

I really like that old book on Woodcraftf by Nessmuk. Could you please tell me in what chapter he discusses using the GPS you have in picture 1 above?

Just kidding. Couldn't pass up giving you a ribbing. Nice knives and tools in all your photos.

GANJIRO · Post by **GANJIRO** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:50 am

I'm totally in love with these BEAR Damascus blade stag handle Bowies.

One day it shall be mine, but for now I use a BEAR Damascus gut-hook my Dad got me 20 years ago, holds an edge forever and it's just a nice knife (thanks Dad).

GANJIRO · Post by **GANJIRO** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:51 am

Tycer wrote:My cousin Art Tycer makes great knives. His Bowie's and fighters are great, and if you like Damascus.....

http://www.tycerknives.com/

Nice Knives... WHICH TYCER CAME FIRST?

bsaride · Post by **bsaride** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:08 pm

I like to carry a pocket knife with my M39.

No I don't carry this one (15 inch open), but have had a knife in my pocket since I was 8yo.

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:24 pm

This works for me!

engravertom · Post by **engravertom** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:51 pm

Thanks for posting the Hi pics Noah! I suppose they would go better with an Enfield...

take care,

Tom

shooter · Post by **shooter** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:11 pm

Grizzly Adams wrote:Here are a couple I made.

This one is made from an old Cat Q225.

Dang, Grizzly, those sure are pretty knives! Wish I knew how to make 'em like that. What part of NM are you in?

Swampman · Post by **Swampman** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:48 pm

HillbillyGadget wrote:Swampman, I like your Nessmuk's collection. I'm a big fan of him as well. I'm trying to put together a set of gear based on his writings.
Are you also on the Hoodlums site?

Scott Gossman makes some good knives as well.
http://www.gossmanknives.com/

I am a Hoodlum. Scott Gossman made the knife laying on the Nessmuk book.

Post by **Old Savage** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:06 pm

Mike S.

No doubt it would be the evil box cutter. I won that knife at the first Antelope Valley Rocky Mountain ElK banquet. Come to think of it, I dressed out two Wyoming antelope with it.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:45 pm

Was able to get some pic's taken of my knives, I made these.

A heavy duty survival type knife;

I made this one for SASS matches;

Mtn Hawk · Post by **Mtn Hawk** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:28 pm

cowboykell wrote:Is there any practical use for a "Bowie" knife, other than a poor substitute for a machete?

Yes, a Bowie knife is a poor substitute for a machete, but they are two completely different tools, designed for different purposes.

If I were limited to carrying one edged tool in mountain and desert environments it would be a big chopping knife (around 10" blade) of the highest quality I could find. I wouldn't even consider a machete.

Swampman · Post by **Swampman** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:34 pm

Except for fighting, the Bowie is usless IMO. What you need is a Hudson Bay Camp Knife by Dean Hazuka.

http://montanaamericana.com/

Grizzly Adams · Post by **Grizzly Adams** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:38 pm

shooter wrote:
Grizzly Adams wrote:Here are a couple I made.

This one is made from an old Cat Q225.

Dang, Grizzly, those sure are pretty knives! Wish I knew how to make 'em like that. What part of NM are you in?

Thanks, Shooter.

I am in Magdalena, NM. That's on 60 just West of Socorro.

Post by **Hobie** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:57 pm

I love the Grohmann products and today I bought, on impulse

, one of these...

While I didn't steal it, I got it for $9 less than I could find it elsewhere and I didn't have to pay shipping. No, I don't NEED it but I just couldn't help myself.

Swampman · Post by **Swampman** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:19 pm

I like those too.

jfwlb · Post by **jfwlb** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:49 pm

kimwcook,

nice bowie's! Since I see a maker's mark on your knives, I assume you sell them also. How much for that SASS Bowie? Me likey!

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:59 pm

jfwlb wrote:kimwcook,

nice bowie's! Since I see a maker's mark on your knives, I assume you sell them also. How much for that SASS Bowie? Me likey!

+1 Beautiful! Send me a pm if you do sell them!

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:01 pm

Slamming a bowie knife? Them's fighting words!

shooter · Post by **shooter** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:44 am

Grizzly,

I've been through Socorro more times than I would like to count the last couple of months. I've been back and forth from Roswell to TorC, and from TorC to Alb. getting construction supplies. We built the new Human Services building in TorC. I can't say that I like that part of the country too much. Of course I don't like Roswell too much either. I'd rather live in the mountains.

Your knives are still pretty though. Did you grind them or do you have a forge? If you ground them, what did you use? I've got a bunch of old files that are screamin' to be made into knives, but I just haven't had the time. I saw a book one time, something like "50 dollar knifemaking" or something along those lines. Do you or anyone else have any recommendations as far as books go? I'm looking for simple techniques for my first try, and maybe get more advanced as I get better.

rangerider7 · Post by **rangerider7** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:34 am

What good is a bowie? To stick hogs all the way to the heart! If you cut the throat they splatter blood all over you. Step on the side of their throat and ram it home. If you shoot them at close range when their wounded you have a messy situation too.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:07 am

Thanks guys for your compliments. I recently moved and don't have a shop, let alone a shop set up. I'm trying to rectify that as I can't live without a shop. When I get going again I'll let everyone know. In fact, everyone here would probably get a shot at them first as I don't go to shows or have a website. All the other knives I've made are sold by word of mouth. Thanks again. I appreciate it.

And as far as bowies being compared to other knives, there's not one knife that will do it all. If you have a knife for general duties it's a compromise of design, it will incorporate different attributes from different designs. A bowie is no different, it was designed as a fighting tool. A camp knife is for using around the camp, etc.. It depends on what you want to do with it and, possibly, if it's asthetically appealing, just because.

horsesoldier03 · Post by **horsesoldier03** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:27 pm

http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/pp-cl ... php/cat/11

Try the link above, you may have to be a member of the forum for access, I am not sure. I have a nice bowie project that I am working on right now, making a bowie from a horse rasp. Still lookin for the right handle material for it. Hopefully I will find a nice shed that will fit the bill.

CaptainFinn · Post by **CaptainFinn** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:09 pm

I have two 'go to' knives that I carry on my gunbelt when I'm out levergunning.

One is a KA-BAR Hunter, a 4 3/4", leather-washer gripped hunting knife. I won it in the county employee's 'safety' drawing--once a month all county employees were entered into a drawing, and you got to pick a prize from a marketing catalogue. In the catalogue, it looked BIG, like a USMC KA-BAR, but it is rather small and handy.

BTW, when my prize arrived at the range, I had to take it home on my lunch break, because all employees of Broward County (even at the gun range) were prohibited from possessing knives or other weapons as part of a 'violence-fee workplace zero tolerance' policy. (Seems the guns all over the shooting benches were okay.)

My other knife is a bone-handled Marble's 'Cowboy', a beautiful, thick-bladed cross between a trade knife and a skinning knife. Plenty of handle to hold onto, and a razor-sharp, flat-ground edge that I could shave with. Not stainless, so I keep it inside during nasty weather.