Welcome Home...THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY

iKnife Collector

The online community of knife collectors, A Knife Family Forged in Steel

Avalon Bowie by Ash Blades

This is the Avalon Bowie by Ash Blades. The Avalon features a long drop point blade with a 90 degree spine and a Spanish notch, a mixed medium handle consisting of Black Walnut with horn and brass spacers, and a brass guard and pommel cap. Custom file work adorns the brass guard.

One of my largest Bowies in the collection, it is extremely well balanced, lightweight for its size, and wonderfully crafted. A real tell of craftsmanship is the transition between handle material and spacers - can you feel the transition or is it seamless? I am very pleased to say this one is absolutely seamless!

SPECIFICATIONS:
Blade Style: Modern Drop Point Bowie; Spanish notch
Blade Type: 440C Stainless Steel
Blade Length: 9.5"
Blade Gauge: 4.97 mm
Handle: 5.0" / Black Walnut; brass guard and pommel
Tang: Rat tail
Overall length: 14.5"
Weight: 400 g

MARKINGS:
Obverse Markings: "Ash"; "440C Steel"
Reverse Markings: None
Guard / Pommel: None
Custom File Work: None

3 members like this

View Full Size

Tags: Ash, Avalon, Bowie, Collections, Custom, More…Knife, Knives, Lars, Ray, custom
Albums: Knives by Ash Blades

Add a Comment

You need to be a member of iKnife Collector to add comments!

Join iKnife Collector

Comment by Lars Ray on April 10, 2015 at 23:11: Thanks for your comments guys. I'll be honest with this one...it has some heft to it. When you hold it, you just want to say "bring it!". :-)

Featured Comment by Jeremy B. Buchanan on April 10, 2015 at 19:42: Great looking knife Lars!

Comment by Michael Squier on April 10, 2015 at 18:56: Very nice bottle opener indeed.

Comment by Lars Ray on March 17, 2015 at 21:45: Post Script: I have it on good authority from Mark Zalesky that the little doohickey at the choil has come to be called a "Spanish notch" by collectors and is traditional to antique Bowie knives, mostly of the 1830's and early 1840's, and also one of its ancestors the Mediterranean dirk.

Mark goes on to tell me that functionally speaking, it is believed to be more for decoration or appearances than anything else, although the notch on mine looks like it could be used to open a bottle of beer!