Bowie

The Wild Horse Bowie is a classical western style Bowie that is great for hunting, camping, horse back riding or that just looks good on your belt if full cowboy action dress. The blade is made from 3/16 inch thick 1095 high carbon steel so there is no worry about period correctness. It is differentially heat treated with a hard edge approximately 60 Rc for retention and softer spine for maximal toughness, this guy is almost unbreakable. The handle is a through tang design with the tang extending all the back and mechanically fastened to the pommel at the end.

The Wild Horse Bowie is a classical western style Bowie that is great for hunting, camping, horse back riding or that just looks good on your belt if full cowboy action dress. The blade is made from 3/16 inch thick 1095 high carbon steel so there is no worry about period correctness. It is differentially heat treated with a hard edge approximatley 60 Rc for retention and softer spine for maximal toughness, this guy is almost unbreakable. The handle is a through tang design with the tang extending all the back and mechanically fastened to the pommel at the end.

This Wild Horse Bowie is ground from 3/16" thick ATS-34 high carbon stain resistanct steel. The hardness of the steel is approx. 60Rc. The handle Elk antler with the tang left nice and think and extends all the way though the handle. Its guard is made from stainless. The Wild Horse Bowie comes with a tooled brown leather sheath.

The Montana Bowie is one stout knife with its 1/4" thick 6.5 inch blade it is a real work horse. The steel is 1095 high carbon and differentially heat treated to give a very hard edge for excellent edge holding while leaving the back or spine of blade more soft for high toughness and shock resistance. The finish on this blade is Oxide Gray over a hand sanded satin texture. The handle is elk deer horn and the guard and pommel made from brass. A brown leather sheath comes with this knife.

This Wild Horse Bowie is ground from 3/16" thick 1095 high carbon steel. The hardness of the steel along the edeg is approx. 61Rc while the spine remains at approximately 50Rc due to a differential heat treatment. The handle is stacked leather with deer antler. This is a through tang handle with the tang coming thought the guard very thick for maximum strenght then extends all the way though the handle and attached to the brass pommel. Its guard is also made from brass. The Wild Horse Bowie comes with a thick brown leather sheath that is nicely tooled.

This Colorado Bowie is ground from 3/16" thick 1095 high carbon resistanct steel and given a gray oxide satin finish. The hardness along the cutting edge is about Rc 60 and along the spine about Rc 50. The handle is Antique Ivory Micarta with a full and tapered tang. The pommel is made from brass. The Colorado Bowie comes with a tooled brown leather sheath.

The Blue Bowie is a classic western pattern from simpler, harder time. The beautiful random twisted Damascus was pattern welded by Jim Ferguson and made from high contrasting 1095 steel and nickel. I further refinded the pattern by forging the blade to shape then etched the steel with ferric chloride. Next the blade was blue powder coated and sanded to bring out and contrast the intrinsic pattern. The handle is made from dyed elk antler with an reconstituted colorado agate spacers. The guard and pommel are 416 stainless steel.

The Black Hills Bowie is 1095 High carbon differentailly heat treated steel with a browned non-reflective serfice. Its edge is around 60 Rc for good edge holding but the spine is softer for a nearly unbreakable knife. This knife sports a brass guard with end caps over the deer antler fork and english walnut spacer.

I made the Alamo Bowie after the famous Moore Bowie which Jim Bowie is believed to have carried. This pattern has an interesting fighting guard, forged from steel, used to block and catch an apponents blade. The blade is made from 1095 high carbon steel and hardened to about 60 along the edge with about 50 at the spine. This gives the very best in both edge holing and toughtness. The blade finish is gray oxide and powder coated with a tough layer of clear stain.

The Black Hills Bowie offers a classical western style clip point Bowie with an upswept point and a lot of belly that's great for cutting and chopping while hunting, camping, horse back riding and it that just looks good on your belt if full cowboy action dress. The blade is made from 3/16 inch thick 1095 high carbon steel so there is no worry about period correctness. It is differentially heat treated with a hard edge about 59 Rc for retention and softer spine for maximal toughness, this guy is almost unbreakable.