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Western W49 Bowie
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 5:11 pm
by muskrat man
Here is a vintage Western W49 bowie that was in pretty rough shape to start with. I reprofiled the blade and did a hand rubbed finish on it, the guard was broken so I made a hand forged iron replacement, handles were replaced with figured Osage Orange with 14 nickel silver pins. I also made a new sheath of natural oil finished 9-10 oz veg tan that is all all hand stitched.
Re: Western W49 Bowie
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 5:46 pm
by TripleF
Absolutely amazing Kaleb!!
Re: Western W49 Bowie
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 5:46 pm
by glennbad
Kaleb, that is pretty sweet looking! great work as usual.
Re: Western W49 Bowie
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 5:59 pm
by Colonel26
That's pretty awesome Kaleb! I like it a lot.
Re: Western W49 Bowie
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 6:07 pm
by Quick Steel
Your restoration is beautiful, a really fine piece of work. Well done.
Re: Western W49 Bowie
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 9:15 pm
by montemojo
Kaleb, that's so sweet!
Monte
Re: Western W49 Bowie
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 3:00 pm
by keithlong
Very nice job.
Re: Western W49 Bowie
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:40 am
by schmoozer
So, the question arises as to what you are going to do with it...
Re: Western W49 Bowie
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 6:32 am
by orvet
Really nice rehab Kaleb!
Re: Western W49 Bowie
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:43 pm
by muskrat man
schmoozer wrote:So, the question arises as to what you are going to do with it...
Thanks for the comments everyone.
This one stays, at least for the forseeable future, I never got too excited about these in their stock configuration so I have sold the 4 or 6 I have owned, however this one appeals to me a lot more.
