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We're looking for classic or western style Bowie Knives but just not all growed up!

We're thinking knives that have:

1) A clip point blade under 8 inches (20 cm)  long, between 1.5 -  3 inches (38-76 mm) wide and 1/8- 1/4 inches (6-13 mm) thick.

2) a handle that is between 4-6 inches long providing a comfortable hand grip and not too strangely shaped

3) a full cross guard

You know!  the all around traditional  general purpose fighting/hunting knife! Something like the knife below:

Above: Appalachian Bowie, 7.5 inch clip blade, full brass guard, full hidden push tang, elk antler grip.

Handmade by me. The pommel sports an old cuff link from when I was kid. Blade was a 440 C blank bought online

Modern Bushcraft, Upswept Skinners, Guthooks, and Drop Point Hunters need not apply. We'll start new discussions for those!

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knice knife chris, good job
 
Chris Sievert said:

Here's the mini Coffin Handle Bowie I made from hand forged Guy McConnell Damascus, brass bolster and pins, Mastodon ivory scales. 4.5 inches in total length. It still fits my hand well.

Yes, Tobias, that is nice. the grip wrap reminds me of a samurai sword wrap. Neat combo.

Hers an old one, Thomas Fenton, Sheffield England. This is what I concider a typical "small" Bowie knife. The blade is just 6" long, 10" overall.

Michael, you keep  pulling these old beauties out of thin air- Your dad was  a great collector of knives !! This knife dates to circa 1854-1907.- Thomas Fenton was the son of the great old Sheffield knife  firm- Joseph Fenton & Sons-- WOW

Joseph Fenton & Sons

Another 'old and distinguished house', this firm was founded by Joseph
Fenton in 1795 and for many years was situated in Scotland Street. The
company mark, a Maltese Cross with the letters W W (one inverted above
the other), was granted in 1796. In the early 1870s, the business
moved to the Sykes Works on Matilda Street and Eyre Street. The
contemporary trade press, in its customary deferential tones,
describes Fenton's Works as 'commodious', 'wellappointed', with
machinery of the 'most elaborate and effective character'. Apparently,
the factory was amongst the larger of the cutlery firms in Sheffield,
with about 300-400 workers in the early 1890s. A three-storied block
of workshops, powered by a steam-engine, produced Fenton's
specialities: table- and butchers'-knives, pocket-knives and files.
Sportsman's knives, Bowies, dirks and other hunting-knives were
displayed in the firm's showrooms. 
They traded throughout the UK, and also shipped overseas to Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, Africa and China. Ireland seems to have been a
particularly important market for the firm in the late nineteenth
century. By the 1890s, Thomas Fenton directed the business.
In 1968, this company merged with Gregory Bros to become Gregory
Fenton Ltd. By the 1990s the address of this firm was the Beehive
Works in Milton Street.

fine researching as usual john.  i posted a vintage robeson solingen fixed blade for you too take a look at yesterday.
 
John McCain said:

Michael, you keep  pulling these old beauties out of thin air- Your dad was  a great collector of knives !! This knife dates to circa 1854-1907.- Thomas Fenton was the son of the great old Sheffield knife  firm- Joseph Fenton & Sons-- WOW

Joseph Fenton & Sons

Another 'old and distinguished house', this firm was founded by Joseph
Fenton in 1795 and for many years was situated in Scotland Street. The
company mark, a Maltese Cross with the letters W W (one inverted above
the other), was granted in 1796. In the early 1870s, the business
moved to the Sykes Works on Matilda Street and Eyre Street. The
contemporary trade press, in its customary deferential tones,
describes Fenton's Works as 'commodious', 'wellappointed', with
machinery of the 'most elaborate and effective character'. Apparently,
the factory was amongst the larger of the cutlery firms in Sheffield,
with about 300-400 workers in the early 1890s. A three-storied block
of workshops, powered by a steam-engine, produced Fenton's
specialities: table- and butchers'-knives, pocket-knives and files.
Sportsman's knives, Bowies, dirks and other hunting-knives were
displayed in the firm's showrooms. 
They traded throughout the UK, and also shipped overseas to Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, Africa and China. Ireland seems to have been a
particularly important market for the firm in the late nineteenth
century. By the 1890s, Thomas Fenton directed the business.
In 1968, this company merged with Gregory Bros to become Gregory
Fenton Ltd. By the 1990s the address of this firm was the Beehive
Works in Milton Street.

John, well done again. I could only find info on the fathers marked knives.  Now your going to love this , both of my sheffield Bowies were dads box opening knives. He was more of an antique gun collector, the knives came second. But he knew I liked them so he gave me an old one once in a while. 

Nice one Chris, and very trafitional with no guard and a coffin shaped scales. 

Seeing a trend to knives and coins, here is an early german made Imperial bowie with a peny for scale.

Colonial (1940-50’s) - 8 5/8” x 4-3/4” Bowie, black composite scales, tang stamped "COLONIAL, PROV.,USA", flat ground clip blade with sawback, nickel silver guard curving forward on the ends engraved with 'cap lifter' on one side & 'can opener' on the opposite side, fastened with two large nickel silver pins over a fully exposed tapered tang, riveted leather sheath.

Way Cool, tim.  I have a couple similar knives by Camillus.  One is fish knife and two others are known as "Host Knives"  I'll need to get some new pics of them.

David Anders -- Walrus Ivory, 28cm Damascus blade, silver sheath and crossguard

David Anders Damascus - Walrus

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