What was the Western W49 Bowie based on? | BladeForums.com
WEBAug 26, 2008 · The W49 could have based on someone's memory of the WW2 Marine Raider knife, but tailored to look like something Cowboy ish or and with the 1849 Gold Rush period. Maybe W49, was Western 49er. Few people know when the Cowboy cattle drive period started, which was post Civil War.
The ever controversial Musso Bowie knife | BladeForums.com
WEBJun 29, 1999 · 20,233. Jul 15, 2020. #1. The Musso bowie is one of the most controversial knives for knife collectors and historians. Joseph Musso claims to have purchased the knife during the early 1970s at an antique store and later to have discovered the initials JB marked on the knife. He then has the metallurgy examined and receives a lab report, …
Bowie Knives - BladeForums.com
WEBMay 17, 2005 · Most "experts" would agree that it was a large (9+ inch, and probably much longer), double-edged blade. The whole clip-point thing probably came afterwards. Yes, many of our modern Bowie knives owe their design to the knives of the late-1800s. But let's not forget that Bowie didn't live in the late-1800s.
A German made Bowie that I've always desired, but had never bit …
WEBAug 4, 2013 · 3,988. Aug 10, 2022. #1. I placed an order in today for a vintage Bowie knife made in Solingen, Germany that was imported and sold/marketed under the 'Romo' brand name. It's a unique blade style that I have seen being sold under quite a few other brands besides the 'Romo' over the years. Some of these brands were, Carl Schlieper, Linder, …
Historical bowie knife pictures - BladeForums.com
WEBDec 9, 2022 · Aug 8, 2000. Messages. 35,720. Dec 9, 2022. #1. Hello All, I'm looking for pictures of historical bowie knives, trying to decide on a pattern to have made. Unfortunately when I try to google up "historical bowie knife" or "antique bowie knife" I get loads of pictures of things that are obviously neither historical nor antique (unless you want ...
Wostenholm's 'end of days' IXL Bowie Knife... - BladeForums.com
WEBAug 4, 2013 · Nov 24, 2021. #1. This is my recently acquired IXL Wostenholm Bowie knife. It was manufactured towards the end days of the Wostenholm & Son Cutlery firm, (the end days as it pertains to it still having been a stand alone company). The Joseph Rodgers & Sons cutlery firm purchased Wostenholm during 1971, but that merger was not able to …
Ursa's Custom Hand Made Musso Bowie Knife Review
WEBDec 29, 2012 · 108. Sep 26, 2018. #1. Hello everyone, I wanted to post my review of Ursa's Musso Bowie made by Gulzar Ahmed in Pakistan. Gulzar's Musso Bowie is the first affordable and high quality copy of Joe Musso's knife that I am aware of. I first discovered his knives while keyword searching on Ebay and was stunned by what came up, and …
Best Bowies 2022 Finalists- Vote! | BladeForums.com
WEBDec 31, 2022 · Jan 1, 2023. #8. Congrats to Marc Aldrich, winner of the 2022 Bladeforums John White Memorial Best Bowie Award! Marc's clean execution clearly resonated with the voters. Marc placed second last year, so persistence paid off. Thank you to …
"Bowie" with brass strip along back spine | BladeForums.com
WEB8,326. Sep 22, 2007. #12. fudo said: The idea of the brass strip on the back of the bowie knife is that an opponent's blade would dig into the soft brass and not slide off, giving you a moment to act while your opponent's blade is hung up.I never heard of any instance where that actually worked though. That is true.
Western W49 Bowie - worth anything? - BladeForums.com
WEBNov 15, 2008 · Sep 29, 2017. #16. Yes, that is one the first post-WW2 bowies made by Western. 1964 to late 1965/early 1966. Actually, at the time these were produced, the model was simply called the "Western Bowie Knife", with no model number assigned, at least in marketing literature.