OT- FINALLY... got me a BOWIE !

GANJIRO · Post by **GANJIRO** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:05 pm

BEAR MGC BOWIE, MADE IN USA, 14 1/8" overall. 9" stainless blade, full tang, brass finger guard, Cocobolo wood handle. Brown leather belt sheath. $38.77 + $10.00 SHIPPING. SUGGESTED RETAIL $116.95, too good to pass up, forgive me.

My last splurge for a while.

Ben_Rumson · Post by **Ben_Rumson** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:12 pm

Great find Ji! I got a Solengen blade floating around about that size I need to finish up...one of these days..

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:14 pm

That is a very good deal indeed!

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:21 pm

All right spill it Ji, where'd you get the knife from?

Congrats....beautiful looking Bowie.

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:04 pm

Wow! That sounds like a heck of a deal. Made in the USA too! Were'd ya get it?

JerryB · Post by **JerryB** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:20 pm

Good find Ji, that should be a great hog hunting knife, thats how my nephew in south Florida takes them.

GANJIRO · Post by **GANJIRO** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:32 pm

Hope no one takes offense but I got it on Ebay, been bidding on these for weeks but never over my ceiling of $40.00 with no real hope of winning but somehow my bidding rival on this one was asleep.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:38 pm

Ji -

You THIEF! Wow - what a steal. Congrats buddy - couldn't happen to a nicer guy. That's a deal you're going to remember for a long, long time!!!

Jeeps · Post by **Jeeps** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:33 pm

That's definitely one beautiful bowie Ji.

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:38 pm

Now thats a knife.

So are you gonna go pig sticking with it?

Post by **Old Savage** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:46 pm

Great buy!

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:54 pm

Congrats,excellent buy!

GANJIRO · Post by **GANJIRO** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:42 am

JerryB wrote:Good find Ji, that should be a great hog hunting knife, thats how my nephew in south Florida takes them.

JReed wrote:Now thats a knife.
So are you gonna go pig sticking with it?

I haven't stuck a wild pig with a knife in over ten years the last time using my BUCK 106 "Pathfinder" my Dad got me back in 1976, I have been invited back to Maui by my buddy Alika to hunt wild pigs with his pack of well trained hounds, I just may have to take him up on that offer:

I have this rather large BUCK 120 "General" with sheath (minus a belt loop a new one which I made from an old belt & sewed on myself) which I found in the Laupahoehoe rain forest on "Big Island" of Hawaii back in 1982 . Would any of you consider this knife a "Bowie" style?

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:31 am

Great looking Bowie! I'm going to look out for one like it over here.

Tristan · Post by **Tristan** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:29 am

Ji,

That second Buck is a bowie style in my book.

ETA: that Bear is a nice looking knife! And, about as traditional a Bowie as they come...

- Tristan

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:41 am

Yea, I would say the General is a Bowie style. that new one is a sweet chunk of steel. I am very partial to knives that can be used as machetes and axes.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:43 am

Hey Ji, The Buck General is difinately a Bowie style knife. But one word of advice, the blades on those Buck's are extremely hard and could possibly shatter while attempting to stick a hog. I'd use your Bear.

Years back, 15+, my brother, using my Case Bowie to strike the back of his Buck General trying to split the pelvis on a mule deer, broke the Buck blade smack dab in two with the first hit. Buck replaced the knife but the point I'm trying to make is I don't think you want to be standing there holding on to the handle that used to have a blade on it while fighting a hog.

My brother's thought was that Buck uses a trademark hammer striking the blade so it should take the hit. The steel is too hard. Or at least it used to be. That's why their edges held so long and were such a bear to put back on.

Modoc ED · Post by **Modoc ED** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:20 am

That Buck General is absolutely a "Bowie Style" knife. Those old Buck knives are hard to beat.

Very nice Bear MGC by the way. Snazy!!!!

Be careful using any of those knives in your aluminum canoe. Had a buddy once who was fishing in his aluminum canoe and had a snake drop into it from an overhanging limb. He grabbed the first thing that came to hand -- a knife -- and tried to stab the snake. BIG MISTAKE!!! He put two good sized stab wounds/holes in the bottom of the canoe. Didn't sink it (got him wet though) but cost a few good dollars to get it fixed.

Jarhead · Post by **Jarhead** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:57 am

Nice knife..at a great price!

t.r. · Post by **t.r.** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:35 am

K-Bar still makes most of their knives in USA. They're well balanced knives and useful for many camp chores.

TR

GANJIRO · Post by **GANJIRO** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:08 pm

t.r. wrote:

K-Bar still makes most of their knives in USA. They're well balanced knives and useful for many camp chores.

TR

I have my Dad's OLD K-Bar which he carried with him all through the Southwest Pacific during WWII and afterwards. Allot of wear and tear on this one but wish it could talk. The sheath rotted away years ago and my dad sewed a new leather one which adds to the character of the whole setup. I'll post a picture of it when I locate the knife.

Jarhead · Post by **Jarhead** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:48 pm

GANJIRO wrote:
t.r. wrote:

K-Bar still makes most of their knives in USA. They're well balanced knives and useful for many camp chores.

TR
I have my Dad's OLD K-Bar which he carried with him all through the Southwest Pacific during WWII and afterwards. Allot of wear and tear on this one but wish it could talk. The sheath rotted away years ago and my dad sewed a new leather one which adds to the character of the whole setup. I'll post a picture of it when I locate the knife.

Very Cool