Does any one know of Tilden Bowen, knife maker?
My old buddy who passed away some years ago had a sheath knife with this name on it.
My other pal is wanting to sell it for our friends wife and wanted info on the maker.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Tilden Bowen
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Re: Tilden Bowen
Joe, I never heard of him myself but I put Tilden Bowen in a Google search and found some stuff on Blade forums and a couple of other places. From what I see Tilden and his brother James were custom makers from West Virginia as recent as early 1990's. Tilden is apparently now deceased. Don't seem to be real expensive knives but opinions offered that they were well made.
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When the people fear their government, that is tyranny. When government fears the people, that is freedom.
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Re: Tilden Bowen
Thanks, Ken. My friend peeked in there too. Nice of you to take the time to look.
Joe
Re: Tilden Bowen
Sadly Tilden "Tilt" Bowen passed away several years ago. His son, Jim, was also a knife maker but he ceased production as well. I lived within a few miles of these gentlemen in eastern, WV and was privileged to see their craftsmanship in action several times. I still have two of Jim's knives in my collection. The last I heard, Jim was living in the Moorefield, WV area.