I got a large bowie knife, hand forged from a rear leaf spring off an old Toyota Landcruiser. Its got a 10 inch blade , 1/4 inch thick with a stag antler handle and solid steel cross guards. A one off that will last me a lifetime. Great video many thanks for posting this.
This is a great story and I appreciate it . Will watch several times . I am very much a Bowie knife and big knife fan . I used to carry in the field my Western W49 Bowie which was a CHRISTmas gift to me from my now deceased wife . She bought it for me in 1972 for $25 brand new . Thanks for another great show .
I just in these past few months was gifted my great grandfather’s Queen Cutlery 7” blade butcher knife that he carried on his side during travels, I’m thinking of taking that up this deer season to see what he would have experienced using it. Thx for this video bro. Take care
I carry 2 big knives in my truck, I carry a Bowie knife in my door panel that my oldest son made me. And a machete in the toolbox in the bed of my truck.
Yes I’m a big knife guy too mostly stored in my jeep for quick easy access including large machete with saw blade side and large tom and a few vintage Billy sticks. Put my Kabar fighters up for sentimental reasons and replaced with a large Cold Steel. I absolutely never go to town unprepared, very sad but true.
Need to whisper about clubs, be the next thing banned in the UK. They just banned knives over 8” in your house. Largest I carry is a machete when I’m camping, very handy. Thanks for info, great stuff man!
I made my first Jeremiah Johnson bowie when I was 18 .13 " blade carried it for many years. I have a 9 " 18th century long hunter blade that I just made a couple of years ago. I carry it now. I love big long knives. To me they are essential defense weapons. Good videos!! 👍
@@CuttingEdgetools you should look up Cassius Clay he is a much better story then Jim Bowie. Even a boxer was named after him. I don't understand why he's not more famous.
@@richardhenry1969 thanks for sharing! I did a quick search -and read on the Kentucky Native. Quite an interesting historical figure. Kinda boggling why so many historians overlook the Man. Real interesting if The Heavy Weight Champ was named after Him. Well Boxing history is something I enjoy also
@@CuttingEdgetools I kinda thought that might interest you. His story really blew my mind. Especially all the real knife fights he had. Not to mention the fight at 80 years old. He was definitely one of a kind. Plus he kept a home defense Canon. Lol
Thanks for sharing. A true Woodsman hunting/Trapper knife as you describe is the classic big knife used in 1890s-through 1930s. Along with a Marlin 30/30 or a Savage Deer Rifle. Even today that combination is still popular in some parts .
I held the very same western Bowie today and a fellas house this morning. He wouldn’t part with it but it was a great piece. I have a few big knives, a couple swords and a few bayonets. The only time I really pack a big knife anymore is when I bush camp or on the river. I had a Rambo knife as a kid and wore it out, I don’t have a classic Bowie but I should fix that.
@@radar468 awesome Radar. Yeah packing a Big fighter is pretty much A Backwoods option now. Unless maybe in some Montana Spot. Or Virginia City NV in the Bucket of Blood Saloon
Love this video. I open carry a traditional 12 inch Japanese tanto with modern materials. Traditional mixed with modern aesthetics, used for self defense and carried in a traditional samurai carry. The other I have is a replica of krausers knife from resident evil 4 made of D2. It's 14 inches and 1/4 inch thick throughout most of the blade but is concealed on my person. This is also self defense but I like the tanto more. Overall I love big blades, always have. I open carry them along with firearms, as they still have a place in the modern world. On occasion I carry a 24 inch short sword, and if I'm on the trail I carry either a 45 inch longsword made of 1055 hc or a katana made of 1095HC.
I love my Bowie knives. I carry one once in a while. My best one is a carbon steel Muela Spanish made one that is razor sharp. It isn’t as heavy as some of my German made ones or my Western made. But it is just right, with a blade about 9 inches.
That is a piece of history right there now, I've really got into making my own fixed blades, its very rewarding making your own knives out of carbon steel, great video brother appreciate you 🇺🇲🙏😎
I was watching a show on Jim Bowie a few years back. They were saying. That nobody really knows what the actual Bowie knife looks like. A knife similar to a kitchen knife was represented as a Bowie. I don't know if any of that information was true. Jim Bowie is definitely interesting. That was a good show you did👍
Thanks for sharing. There is quite a bit of factual information from Bowies Family and friends. Jim’s Brother Rezin’ confirmed that he had a blacksmith make a stout xtra large butcher for him. Rezin’ gave Jim that knife. So it is pretty Documented the Sand Bar Knife was more Butcher in fashion. After the famous fight. Numerous Blacksmiths from the south. James Black’ and Jesse Cliff’ , a few knife makers up in New England and a host of others began crafting huge fighting knives . Several ended up in Jim Bowies possession. As time went on and a Decade later when Bowie was in Texas. Bowie was carrying a large Clip point Guard Bowie knife. The Bowie had evolved as Makers were putting their own touches of the fighting knife.
I have an inexpensive "Winchester" big-assed bowie that I buggered up the edge on hacking through some Ironwood. They're not kiddin. I hammered it back pretty straight and it's still sharp, so I use it trimming my pokey Century plants I have scattered around. Ialso have a Buck 119 and a few others about the same size, one a hand-made by R. Perpina thats a take off on a Randall that I forget the number of
@@CuttingEdgetools If you can call it living. Actually, there is a wide variety of outdoors to enjoy, desert to pines to hardwoods. It's just getting too crowded for the amount of water we have. Been here since 50's
Big knife saved a friend who had a mountain lion jump on his back last summer in a canyon in west Texas . Cat ripped his day pack of his back. He stabbed the cat and got him off of him . He saved himself with a fixed blade he had on his belt.
Wow. Thanks for sharing. I have heard of several episodes where a back pack large & small saved a person from initial Puma attack. If it’s an ambush attack they always go for the Neck jumping on the back. Great share👍
@@CuttingEdgetools my friend is ex military officer who is 6 '2 " 225lbs and a badass who does defense contracting overseas . The cat hit him so hard that he was sore for weeks . He said he played football and had been in a lot of fights in his day and never was hit so hard in his life . The claws marks on his ass took over 5 weeks to heal . The cat was a older juvenile male not even a mature adult . I have been on several hog hunts in SW Ark . the preferred method of dispatching is the fixed blade knife . I take a KBar Big brother 9.75 "inch fixed blade to stick em . Does great work up close and personal !
Yes I still use a Bowie, I have the Western Bowie 49 I’ve had since 1980. Have two Buck knifes with Bowie style knifes. I owe several KBars, some older ones, 40’s 50’s and modern ones. I really like the older Bowie knifes,thanks for the history
I own and love an Edwin Forest bowie reproduction which is better quality than the original. Due to difficulty of replacement it is a safe queen. However it is perfect for food prep because it is patterned after a butcher's" breaking knife". I handle it nearly daily which is a compliment to the maker (Bark River).
I have some large Bowie knives. The knife I carry depends on a lot of variables. But if I’m hunting dep in the Adirondacks I’ll absolutely take a Bowie
Thanks for sharing. Them Adirondack’s are beautiful. Never been. Few years back was in the Blue Ridge’ and little portion of the Ozarks & Smokey’s . Enjoy!
I have a Buck 184 & a Dogs Head Ka-Bar. Also a Parang Machete. The Parang from Bidor Malaysia is very cool!! Thanks for the cool video!! Western Leather Holster makes some cool cowboy knives.
I do carry one fairly large knife often. It is something in the line of a small leuko, has about a six inch blade. I made it from a file, it has a thicker blade than traditional leuko's. It is one of my two hunting knives, but I use it edc as well. I am lucky in that I live and work on a farm, and can openly carry a seath knife every day, so I do. The only realy large blade I use is a kukri type machete. I regound it so the blade has a scandi edge close to the handle, a convex grind alonge the chopping portion which transitions into a sabre grind along the last part towards the tip. Its a handy tool, but too large for daily carry, so it lives behind my bakkie (truck, if you are american) seat. I am working on a bowie made from a leaf spring, just to see how such a large heavy knife handels. It has a nine inch blade. Thanks for another great video, I do enjoy your work, and your laid back comentary.
I still love my big knives, you can do things with a big knife that you can't do with a small knife. My favorite is one that I made, the blade steel came from a sawmill saw blade, about 81/2 inch blade, and I profiled the blade to match the White hunter by Puma. I can baton with it, skin with it, even filet a fish if I had to.
@@reggieheidelberg2363 wow Reggie. That’s great stuff. Pretty wild you crafted a Puma Grind on that knife . Don’t get any cooler 👍 if I crafted another in the Near. I just might try that!!! Thanks for sharing
I have a six inch blade Bowie and a 10 1/2 inch Bowie, both from the same manufacturer but they are quite different animals. The smaller of the two sees most usage it is within reach of me now whilst the other one is hanging on the wall.
I carry a big knife it’s either a 9 inch kukuri or my modern large blade from wander tactical ( smilodone) A big knife will do big knife activities and small knife activities but a small knife can’t do big knife activities.
Some say the original Bowie was made in Batesville Arkansas, about 40 miles North of where im from, on the White river. Of course we've all heard the meteorite story. Some say Manos Grande captured the original at the Alamo, who knows. I think the stories are still growing lol
Probably hanging above the mantel of some cartel Jefe having been handed down. I don't think their average soldado would have known who Bowie was. Could be wrong
