Big A** blades...or more than you usually will ever need.....
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 7:03 pm
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.
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.
