That's a beauty! I love that shape of blade and handle!
Anyone collect Bowies?
Re: Anyone collect Bowies?
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They say, “Hard work never hurt anyone”, but I'm still not willing to risk it.
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A "new style" Bowie with Green bone scales.
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Re: Anyone collect Bowies?
A real looker, and very appropriate for St. Paddie's Day!
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One rare coffin handle silver sheath a yankee bowie and an IXL
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Too bad these pieces can't share their history with us. With their age comes lots of character. Very interesting pieces Pete.
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Indeed.Quick Steel wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 2:31 pm Too bad these pieces can't share their history with us. With their age comes lots of character. Very interesting pieces Pete.
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This is top secrectQuick Steel wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 2:31 pm Too bad these pieces can't share their history with us. With their age comes lots of character. Very interesting pieces Pete.
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Can you tell us anything about this knife?
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Lol...I just caught myself " collecting" Bowie knives too...lol...since I can't afford the real deal ( antique) I try to make/ modify or rebuild mine...lol
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Pete, I don't know the history of Mr. Black and Mr. Buzzard but given their names, plus the fact they favor coffin-handled knives, plus their overall demeanor, I do believe I would have avoided them given the opportunity.
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They might have been undertakers and run a mortuary ...Quick Steel wrote: ↑Fri Apr 07, 2023 2:08 pm Pete, I don't know the history of Mr. Black and Mr. Buzzard but given their names, plus the fact they favor coffin-handled knives, plus their overall demeanor, I do believe I would have avoided them given the opportunity.
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P.K. keep them pictures coming! You have an amazing collection!
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LOL! .... you wake up one day and say to yourself "how the He!! did I get all this stuff?" ... Then you end end up trying to get MORE stuff ... ... I wish I had start serious collecting back in the "olden times" when I was a kid, the antique knives were comparatively cheap back then... or so they appear to have been all these years later...
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Lol, same story with old cars and old motorcycles....if I would have only known!???GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Fri Apr 07, 2023 10:31 pmLOL! .... you wake up one day and say to yourself "how the He!! did I get all this stuff?" ... Then you end end up trying to get MORE stuff ... ... I wish I had start serious collecting back in the "olden times" when I was a kid, the antique knives were comparatively cheap back then... or so they appear to have been all these years later...
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I had a buddy that had about 5 or 6 Randle NIB knives from the 70's/80's and in the 1990's I could have bought them from him at a 1990 price... ... ... ... I passed. I think I invested the money in Enron, or Kodax, or something like that... ...
There was an old episode of "Seinfeld" where George, realizes he should do the opposite of what his instincts are and then everything turns out great for him... that is real-life story for my collecting history... except I always went with all my 1st choices... ...
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New to my stash...
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Nice additions, especially the Trophy Stag!
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Re: Anyone collect Bowies?
Didn't think it would be as big as this but Bought this as I had never seen one before.
Big and sharp !!!
Big and sharp !!!
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Re: Anyone collect Bowies?
The Big Bowie is from Solingen
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One advantage of a big knife is that it is not easily misplaced. I know I am stating the obvious JT, something I have a facility for, but I have never seen anyone refer to this characteristic before. So I at least have this one accomplishment for today.
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Q.S. that's a good point! ... I had not thought about that before ... and the good Lord knows I misplace a lot of knives...Quick Steel wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2023 10:43 pm One advantage of a big knife is that it is not easily misplaced. I know I am stating the obvious JT, something I have a facility for, but I have never seen anyone refer to this characteristic before. So I at least have this one accomplishment for today.
...maybe I need to start concentrating on getting more Bowies ...
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Excellent artifacts Pete. Highly interesting.