Bowie Knives

This is an array of Bowie knives I've really enjoyed making. I always said, when I started out in knife making, that I
wouldn't just make endless bowie knives (there seemed to be so many out there already). I've learned that there
are such an endless variety only your imagination need be set loose and you can have as many different bowie
styles as you'd like or ever imagine. It might sound artsy but, I've found that the bowie knife is a great
canvas to work upon. I love these knives as much as I do daggers.
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"Redwood & Rain" S-guard Bowie (Brand New pic!)

This Bowie knife has a 10" blade forged from 420+ layer "raindrop" pattern damascus. The damascus S-guard has
"clam-shell" tips and is forged from the same steel/billet as the blade ("raindrop" pattern also). The handle is
stabilized Redwood Lace and has a matching damascus throat with red accent spacers and is secured
with a stainless steel pin. The knife comes with a tooled leather blade/sash sheath.
Price, with leather sheath: $1,900.00

"The Monster" Bowie Knife (New pic!)

This Bowie is one beautiful beast. The blade is 10 5/8" long and 2" at it's widest point forged from 500 layers of
"random cut" pattern damascus with acid etched, forge marked flats. The fullered "loop" guard is forged from
"wagon wheel" wrought iron. The three part handle to this knife feature a large piece of A-grade Sambar
Stag and a large, rough fullered spacer & cut/tooled pommel both forged of "European" wrought iron.
The overall length of this Bowie is 16 1/2" and comes with a tooled leather post sheath.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $2,000.00

"Flat Ball-Bearing" Bowie Knife w/ Stag Crown

This Bowie has a 7" blade forged flat from 1/4" 52100 high carbon ball-bearings and a 1084 high carbon powder steel.
The blade flats are acid soaked with a forged finish. The fullered, oval guard is 1018 steel with an antiqued/boiled
mustard finish. The handle is a Sambar Stag Crown with a mosaic damascus "throat", a black spacer in-
between and is set with a hammered and etched high carbon steel pin. The overall length of this
knife is 12 1/2" and comes with a tooled leather "sash" sheath with retention strap.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $950.00

"Big Antiqued" Bowie in Ironwood & Black Ivory (New pic!)

This Big Bowie has a 10" blade forged from 5160 high carbon spring steel, edge-quenched with an antiqued/boiled mustard
finish. The fullered oval guard and threaded pommel have also been treated with the same finish. The handle is Desert
Ironwood Burl with a throat of African Black Ivory wood and is separated by a brass spacer. The knife comes
with a tooled leather blade sheath with strap and loop and has an overall length of 16"
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $850.00

"JS Knife of the Year"

This Bowie was the one I made for the "ABS Journeyman Smith Knife of the Year". I was picked to make this piece the
same morning I passed my ABS Mastersmith test. The blade is 9" of 360+ layer "raindrop" pattern damascus with forge-marked
flats. The fullered oval guard is forged from jail-bar wrought iron as is the spacer behind it. The handle is A-grade Desert
Ironwood Burl and topped off with a stainless steel pin. The knife comes with a tooled leather blade sheath.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $1,300.00 

"The Mississippi" Bowie

This Bowie is forged from multi-quenched W2 steel with acid soaked/forged flats and an etched hamon. The blade itself is
7 1/2" long. The fullered oval guard is wrought iron as is the pommel, filed to match the stag. The handle is Sambar Stag,
with black spacers on each end, and a spacer behind the guard of mosaic damascus. The overall length of this piece
is 12 1/2" and the knife comes with a tooled leather blade sheath.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $800.00 

"Bump" Bowie in Ironwood Burl

This Bowie is the perfect size for hunting trips with a 5 1/2" blade of "whirlwind" mosaic damascus and a matching
guard of the same billet. The handle is A-grade Desert Ironwood Burl with a fine silver spacer and stainless
steel pin. The tooled leather blade sheath had Fish skin (Carp) inlays. The knife is 10 1/4" overall.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $950.00
-This knife won the award for "Best Hunter" at the 2008 Arkansas (AKA) Knife Show-

 "Classic" Bowie in Ironwood & Wrought Iron

This Classic Bowie knife has a 7" blade of  358 layer "rain-storm" pattern damascus steel. The fullered
oval guard is etched wrought iron as are the spacer and threaded pommel though the end caps are tinted
& etched. The handle is A-grade Desert Ironwood Burl with spacers of .999 fine silver. This bowie is
12" overall and comes with a tooled, exotic skin inlaid leather blade sheath.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $1,100.00

"Mountain Thunder" Hunting Bowie

This large Bowie has a 14 1/2" blade of thousand layer "staggered ladder" pattern damascus forged from 5160,
15N20, L6, 1084 & 1018 steels with forge-marked/etched flats (you can see the damascus pattern even in
the forge-marked areas). The full knuckle guard, threaded pommel & finial are all forged from "wagon wheel"
wrought iron and have file worked accents. The handle itself is A+ grade Sambar Stag with a throat of
stabilized Mammoth leg bone with copper/black and red brass spacers. The fully tooled leather blade
sheath has Fish skin (Carp) inlays dyed by Tess, a matching belt loop (loop and back are fully tooled
as well) and a Moose hide leg cord. This piece has an overall length of 21 1/4".
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $2,500.00

"Swept Tip" Bowie Knife

This light and fast bowie, along with a long swept clip, has an 8" blade of tile-mosaic damascus steel. The
fullered oval guard is "jail-bar" wrought iron. The handle is A-grade African Blackwood with wrought
iron and black spacers to match the guard and finished off with a stainless steel pin. The tooled
leather blade sheath has black Shark-skin inlays. The overall length is 13 1/8" for this knife.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $1,200.00

Gentleman's Bowie Knife

This Bowie knife has an 8 1/4" blade of 5160 spring steel with a hand-rubbed finish and a 13 1/8" overall
 length. The knife has an oval guard and threaded butt-cap of satin finished stainless steel. The handle
is Sambar Stag with a throat made up of stabilized blonde Buckeye Burl wood and stainless
steel spacers. This knife comes with a fully tooled leather blade sheath as well.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $600.00

Basket-weave Gentleman's Bowie Knife

This bowie knife is similar to our original Gent's bowie but, with an 8 1/2" blade forged in "basket-weave"
pattern mosaic damascus. The oval guard and threaded pommel are also mosaic and the handle is Desert
Ironwood burl with a throat of nickle-silver and fullered black spacers. The knife is 13 1/2"
overall length and comes with a tooled leather blade sheath inlaid with exotic skin.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $1,300.00

"Twisted Inside" Bowie Knife

This bowie blade has straight lines outside but, a twisted heart. The blade is 8 1/2" forged from 52100/HC
ball-bearing damascus. The guard is a faceted design done in 1018 carbon steel with an antiqued finish.
The handle is A-grade Cocobola wood, also faceted with a black spacer behind the guard and a
stainless steel pin. The knife comes with a fully tooled leather blade sheath. 13 1/2" total length.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $850.00

"Texas Spirit" Bowie Knife

This Musso-inspired Bowie knife has a 10 1/2" blade forged from 1084 powder and inlaid with tiled mosaic
damascus featuring the state of Texas and the Lone Star. The knife has a back-bar, guard and spacers of
nickle-silver & brass mokume (the mokume was made by Phillip Jones). The handle is exhibition-
grade Desert Ironwood Burl with a stainless steel pin. The knife comes with an open-backed leather
blade sheath with Rattlesnake skin inlays, loop & snap.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $2,500.00

Bill Moran Style-Spear Point Bowie

This Spear Point Bowie is based on a collaboration of Bill's designs. The blade is 9" forged from 5160 steel
with a hand-rubbed finish, scalloped choil and top swedge. The guard and threaded pommel are nickle-
silver with file work accents. The handle is Curly Maple with a throat of Hippo Ivory and a nickle-silver
spacer. The handle is inlaid with silver wire in a "dragon" motif on both sides. The knife is 14 1/4"
overall and comes with a tooled leather blade sheath has a "dragon" carving matching Bill's design.  
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $1,200.00

"Dark Rider-Second Night" Bowie

This Bowie is an offshoot from the original "Dark Rider & Old Pine" Bowies. The blade is 10" long with forged
finished flats and 1,000 layer damascus in a "ladder" pattern. The S-guard and pommel are etched wrought
iron with file worked accents. The pommel also has a damascus finial (both the pommel and finial are
threaded). The handle is Desert Ironwood Burl with a double throat of Azurite/Malachite stone and
black/nickle-silver spacers. The knife is a bit over 16" from tip to tip. This knife comes with a
tooled leather post sheath with exotic skin inlays.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $1,500.00

"Bear Creek" Recurve Bowie

This Bowie knife has an 8 1/4" blade of 300+ layer damascus steel in a random pattern with a
forged finish. The S-guard and pommel are both made from "wagon wheel" wrought iron.
The handle is Sambar Stag with a throat of Ancient Walrus Ivory, an Onyx stone center
 and black end spacers. The overall length of this knife is 13 1/4". The knife comes with
a tooled, three window leather blade sheath with Python skin inlays.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $1,300.00
-This knife won the award for "Best Damascus Knife" at the 2006 Ohio Classic Knife Show-

Button Guard "Short Bowie"

This Short Bowie has a 4 7/8" blade forged from 330 layers of high carbon damascus steel (9 1/2" overall
length). The fullered "button" guard is "wagon wheel" wrought iron. The handle is stabilized Maple
Burl wood with a red spacer and stainless steel pin. The knife comes with a tooled leather
pouch sheath with belt loop.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $600.00

"River Run" Bowie

This Bowie knife has a 9" blade of 1,000 layer high carbon/wrought iron "heartbeat" damascus,
with a total length of 15". The S-guard and pommel are both 250 layer "random" damascus with
 file work accents. The handle is premium Sambar stag with a throat of stabilized buffalo horn
 and copper/black spacers. The knife is finished off with an Onyx cabochon on the pommel.
The fully tooled leather blade sheath shown has shark skin inlays and a nickle post.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $1,500.00

"Dark Rider" Bowie