Big A** blades...or more than you usually will ever need.....

[knife7knut]

Doing some re-shooting of knives and updating my document file. Did these last night so I thought I would post them up seeing as how the TV has gone football crazy for the day(and probably for another week re-hashing it).
I guess most of these would be loosely classified as,"bowies" or "bowie hunters". I usually use the criteria that a blade has to be at least eight inches in length and "usually" have a clip point with a false edge(sharp or not)at least 2-3 inches long. Of course the exceptions would be spear points and large double edged daggers.
The knives shown will have blades ranging from 8 inches to about 14 1/2 inches in length.Some are factory knives and others hand made.Some are old and some are of fairly recent manufacture.Most are of reasonably good quality and a couple are works of art.Most are impractical to carry;at least in this day and age.The one that does feel comfortable is the first one I ever acquired:a gift from a good friend whose brother got it in Germany when he was in the Army.Stamped R.J.Richter it features a handle that is bent slightly outward at the guard and keeping it from digging into your side while it is on your belt.
There are a couple of so-called,"theatre" knives that likely were made during the war.They came out of a rather substantial military collection a friend of mine purchased and then sold me what he didn't want.
Anyway this is probably going to take a few posts so please bear with me and feel free to post any that you may have.

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[Doc B]

Phenomenal!!!

[dlr110]

I only have a few of the big blades.
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Winchester 9" Blade

Carpenters RASP Blade 7.25"

Unknown Maker Blade 7.50"

USMC Bolo Knife Blade 11.50" Year 1942

Ozark Mountain Blade 6"

[knife7knut]

I only have a few of the big blades.

Maybe only a few but some really nice ones!Thanks for posting them.

[tongueriver]

Big Iron, Marty Robbins:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NuX79U ... fQ&index=6

Randall & Ruana & HW, Oh My!

[knife7knut]

Big Iron, Marty Robbins:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NuX79U ... fQ&index=6

Randall & Ruana & HW, Oh My!ran1.jpg30A1.jpgfancy1.jpg1712.jpg1713.jpg

Magnificent knives! I especially like that third one.

[thegreedygulo]

Nice knives guys! Here are some BIG Bokers that I have.

[knife7knut]

Nice knives guys! Here are some BIG Bokers that I have.

Beautiful ones! I love that saw back!

[Mavrik]

I think the only one I have that qualifies is this Mexican Bowie style that was a throw in with another knife I bought on an estate sale. It looks to be a similar style to the the knife in photo 4 post 2.

The knife is right at 12in overall with a 7 1/2in blade