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Old 10-24-2011, 04:40 PM
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Frame handle bowie for the Boise show

Just got this one done. It'll be headed with me Thursday to the Boise show. I've always wanted to make a guardless bowie. This one is frame handle construction, though maybe a bit different than norm. This has 8 hardened steel hidden dowel pins holding it together. 6 from scale to scale through the frame and two from the "guard" through the collar and spacer into the end of the scales. Also epoxied and pinned through the tang.

Forged 1084 steel, clay quenched
Just under 15" total, blade just shy of 10", .220" at the ricasso
Heavily rounded spine and ricasso
Black carbon fiber "guard" and spacer
Mild steel collar, coin-edged and blued
Silver twill g-10 scales
Black g-10 frame, file-worked all the way around the handle
Black carbon pins







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Old 10-24-2011, 07:46 PM
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Lovely! Love the hamon and everything! Where did you get the handle scales very cool looking.


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Old 10-24-2011, 08:33 PM
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Very Nice John.


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Old 10-24-2011, 11:22 PM
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I really like the concept of using the G10 for the frame. A very nicely put together package.

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Old 10-24-2011, 11:28 PM
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Very cool.

Now I'm going to have to go figure out what "frame handle construction" entails.
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Old 10-25-2011, 07:05 PM
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Home run.

Fantastic.


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