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Title: THIS is a knife
Post by: Ron LaClair on June 18, 2020, 02:03:55 PM
Sitting in the house and not getting out like I'm use to has caused a problem.....shopping on the internet0
I love knives and I have more that anyone needs but I recently found a couple I thought I couldn't live without
This one is Bark River's copy of the Edwin Forrest Bowie. The original knife was made by Resis Bowie for his brother Jim. Suppoosedly Jim used the knife in the famous Sand Bar Dual and killed one of his attackers with it.
Edwin Forrest was an actor in the day and a friend of Jims. Jim gave Edwin the knife and it was discovered in the Forrest estate in 1980.
Anyway, here is the copy of that knife, 12.4" blade, 17" overall.

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Title: Re: THIS is a knife
Post by: Ron LaClair on June 18, 2020, 02:15:51 PM
Here's the other one Ibought, Bark Rivers "Shining Mountain Bowie" A copy of a classic styly bowie knife. Bladeis 10.5"long

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Title: Re: THIS is a knife
Post by: mjh on June 18, 2020, 02:28:35 PM
Wow!  Those sure are some knives.........When are you going pig hunting with those.... :bigsmyl:
Title: Re: THIS is a knife
Post by: T Sunstone on June 18, 2020, 03:35:46 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9_GlqRRs0s
Title: Re: THIS is a knife
Post by: Pine on June 18, 2020, 04:39:19 PM
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Title: Re: THIS is a knife
Post by: ron w on June 18, 2020, 04:40:49 PM
Boy they are nice ones, bet they can cut the cheese !!!
Title: Re: THIS is a knife
Post by: Wudstix on June 18, 2020, 07:04:43 PM
Bark River does make some great knives.
:campfire:
Title: Re: THIS is a knife
Post by: The Whittler on June 18, 2020, 08:27:49 PM
Ron W, one way or another. :biglaugh:
Title: Re: THIS is a knife
Post by: Friend on June 18, 2020, 08:31:11 PM
Quite interesting....thank you for sharing...
Title: Re: THIS is a knife
Post by: Sam McMichael on June 18, 2020, 08:43:35 PM
ron w, does, "cut the cheese", mean the same where you come from as it does down here?
Title: Re: THIS is a knife
Post by: tippit on June 19, 2020, 09:44:55 AM
My Competition knife OAL 15 1/2 inches forged from a Toyota truck spring with a rolled steel handle and thumb groove...tippit
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Title: Re: THIS is a knife
Post by: Ron LaClair on June 20, 2020, 12:53:20 PM
Nice Jeff,....here's mine...."The Separator"

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Title: Re: THIS is a knife
Post by: Ron LaClair on June 23, 2020, 04:16:07 PM
This is a Tahoma Field knife made by Top's. Blade is 1095 8 1/2" long. It was made to be a bush craft / survival knife. A handy tool to have anytime you're in the woods.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1V6CwrZdug





Title: Re: THIS is a knife
Post by: STICKBENDER98 on June 24, 2020, 04:47:30 PM
Ron, did you buy your Tahoma knife direct from Tops? I did some web surfing after I saw your other post about it, and saw that you could buy it at quite a reduced price from a big retailer.  My only concern with the one with the reduced price made me think of the old adage, you get what you pay for.  Thanks.


Jason
Title: Re: THIS is a knife
Post by: Ron LaClair on June 24, 2020, 11:33:33 PM
I bough it direct from Andy Tran from his site "Interbark outdoors". The reason because I wanted the leather sheath shown on his site. Andy was very helpful and I got the knife very fast.
Title: Re: THIS is a knife
Post by: STICKBENDER98 on June 25, 2020, 04:03:36 PM
Thanks Ron, I'll have to check out his site as I think I'd like the leather sheath as well.


Jason
Title: Re: THIS is a knife
Post by: Hopewell Tom on June 25, 2020, 06:31:28 PM
Well, they're both KNIVES, but that Shining Mountain Bowie really catches my eye.
Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: THIS is a knife
Post by: Ron LaClair on June 25, 2020, 08:30:06 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22zEhE7aocw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxl4svqBWJI