(70% off), Sale Price 2,500,000 While many of the items on Etsy are handmade, youll also find craft supplies, digital items, and more. It's all kind of murky and just passed on like we are doing here.   Vietnam   |   English (US)   |   (VND), remembering account, browser, and regional preferences, remembering privacy and security settings, personalized search, content, and recommendations, helping sellers understand their audience, showing relevant, targeted ads on and off Etsy. After pulling out his Bowie knife, Mick exclaimed, "THAT'S a knife!" Heres my question. The way you set up your knife photos is inspiring. Facebook, Tags: Bagwell-Bowie, Bowie, Vintage, Western-Cutlery-W49. Etsy uses cookies and similar technologies to give you a better experience, enabling things like: Detailed information can be found in Etsys Cookies & Similar Technologies Policy and our Privacy Policy. 1,097,291, 1,995,074 Best Western Bowie Inn & Suites, Park's Inn, and Americas Best Value Inn Bowie are some of the most popular hotels for travelers looking to stay near Worlds Largest Bowie Knife. Description. Western Outlaw Bowie Knife by Timber Rattler It is 17 inches long and is almost 0.5 inches wide. Take full advantage of our site features by enabling JavaScript. You'll feel like an O Timber Rattler Whispering Winds Bowie Knife 19.98 Timber Rattler captures the beauty of the southwest with this handsome Whispering Winds bowie knife. Measures 15 inches long. To enable personalized advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. i don't need to use it too much. Does shopping on Etsy help support small businesses? Made in the USA!!! Expect to see hard use and pitting on any knife used in Vietnam as the jungle destroyed them pretty good. Bowie Knives - Knife Depot Looking for a real knife? 1,516,995, 2,758,374 Vintage Western folding pocket knife. Take this Hibben bowie knife with you into the most untamed environments and use it under the harshest conditions The bowie has a keenly sharp, 14" stainless steel, clip point blade with a high-polish finish and a beefy profile The red-brown, natural-look wooden handle is complemented by a gold-plated blade catcher and handguard But I feel like your chart is about as accurate a depiction as one is likely to find. $120.00, $200.00 The Western W-49 is made of 1095 carbon steel. Original Price 4,662,315 The ones marked on the blade with "BOWIE" (Pictured) are definately Vietnam era. Items are guaranteed to be AS DESCRIBED - if there is any problem with your purchase, please contact me - I value your business and want you to be a satisfied customer! No, I never wrote it up. (20% off), Sale Price $66.55 Those partners may have their own information theyve collected about you. I did some chopping today, on a piece of maple that fell down in a storm a month ago. $80-$140 yablanowitz Platinum Member Joined Apr 14, 2006 Messages 9,333 Jun 13, 2009 #3 Depending on the exact age of the knives, they may be very good steel. For Sale: Custom & Semi Production Knives (Dealer), KnifeMaker's Market: Knives & More for Sale, Wanted: Knifemaker / Craftsman / Related Services, Busse / Swamprat / Scrapyard Knives For Sale, For Sale: Traditionals, Slipjoints, "Old Timey", International (Non-US) For Sale & Trade Forums, https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/new-members-please-read-this-what-is-my-knife-worth.904093/. Western made at least two different stock numbered bowies during the Vietnam time period. Average depth of cut with the same swing was almost a half inch. Your knife was made in 1986. The knife he left us, which bears his name, ranks with the Kentucky rifle and the Colt Peacemaker as an. #7. This Knife is available for immediate purchase by using the Add To Cart button to the right and then by following the instructions. by zzyzzogeton Fri Dec 15, 2017 3:40 pm, Post Buy now. I obviously don't know everything about these (or any other Western), just what I've picked up here on BF and other forums, but I think the knives were still being made at Western's Longmont, Colorado factory after Coleman bought the company, so they were being made by the same people on the same equipment using the same materials. Its generally excepted that the first two variations on this knife where blade marked (see pics below). Early productions blades were made of carbon steel, later productions are constructed of a high polished stainless. Learn more. by zzyzzogeton Fri Dec 15, 2017 4:04 am, Post Those partners may have their own information theyve collected about you. Tweet $66.55, $121.00 Colt revolvers aside, the Bowie knife was the weapon that made the Wild West wild. As you can see it also has the small pins in the handle. I have never found any reference to Western chroming their knives. I have attempted to research these Western knives, of late, and, to be honest with you, the the deeper I dig the more confused I get. Hey zzyzzogeton thanks for all the info its so hard to find good info on early Bowies but I think I have a correction for you, on Western Bowie #5 Version 1 stainless steel Bowie - It should be blade marked not guard marked WESTERN BOWIE on top of STAINLESS STEEL on top of U.S.A. markings on only one side. (30% off), Sale Price 1,183,432 All items come from a SMOKE-FREE environment! Craftsmanship . Thin edges can chop without damage, you just have to keep the blade straight so the force of the swing is aligned with the edge. Thanks GIRLYmann! Sellers looking to grow their business and reach more interested buyers can use Etsys advertising platform to promote their items. Also they produced the stock number (649) a bowie with a handle made of synthetic stag for the handle. Beauregard Prestige Edition Bowie Knife $99.95 Details Land of the Free Bowie Knife $99.95 Details Apollo 13 Bowie Knife $99.95 Details Original Price 3,571,429 When Coleman bought Western in 1984, they continued the practice, up through M. When Camillus bought Western from Coleman in 1991, they dropped the practice. Thanks for your efforts! But I believe I can give you some good advice. The chrome plated ones were in really nice shape other then some chipping to the chrome and handle wear and maybe minor pitting. by Colonel26 Wed May 02, 2018 10:54 am, Post But without more evidence to support them the above examples are my recommendation at this time. In fact in 20 years of service, was never given a Vietnam carried knife. If you come across a chrome plated Western Bowie it was probably plated for jungle use. There are things in the old Book which I may not be able to explain, but I fully accept it as the infallible word of God, and receive its teachings as inspired by the Holy Spirit.. (25% off), Sale Price 2,603,550 14 5/8 inches overall. Original Price $150.00 Nothing to do with the Western Bowies, but included for posterity since people keep calling the Bushman a "V44"- These knives (the #18 and clones) are incorrectly called the V44 Marine Raider Bowie knife. 899,015, 2,997,044 I accept payment in the form of Pay Pal, Credit Card (Online Only), Personl Check and Money Orders. It differs from the W49 by the stainless steel used in the blade and the synthetic stag material they used for the handle. I had put together this table that I'm going to post but not sure how it'll show up. Here is the best that I can find as far as their tang stamping is concerned That's about all I know. No the one I have is chrome plated. It is guard marked: WESTERN BOULDER / COLO. USA on the mark side and BOWIE on the pile side. Original Price 2,216,502 Etsys 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centers that host Etsy.com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsys global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US. Jim Bowie, in his brief lifetime, was as famous as any American then drawing breath. Original Price 3,029,557 Because of our large inventory (over 10,000 knives in stock), your order will ship quickly - often the same day. I understand where you are coming from regarding edges. 1,775,148, 4,437,574 Original Price $121.68 Bowie Knife. 1 month ago on ebay.com. The knife in the box above looks dull due to the original preservative still being on the knife after 40+ years. Good news! Create an Account Stay up to date withYour Favorite Knife Makers. Original Price 4,289,941 (45% off), Sale Price $21.96 Youll see ad results based on factors like relevancy, and the amount sellers pay per click. Mine is a coleman with a k stamp on it. (45% off), Sale Price 1,056,736 If the knife has the original leather sheath I expect to see some pretty hard use on that leather. When Coleman bought Western in 1984, they continued the practice, up through M. When Camillus bought Western from Coleman in 1991, they dropped the practice. Large Bowies features excellent stag horn grip with brass pommel and English style brass cross guard. I Ship Worldwide. Covert Knife. The most common by far is the bowie with the wooden handle the (W49). The second problem is defining the Vietnam time period for these knives and other equipment. NOTHING MADE IN CHINA!!! The one I have is chromed on the blade, crossguard and handle pins. $21.96, $31.38 It is supposed to have catalog pages showing the available knives from before WW2 through 1979. Original Price 1,898,817 The Western W-49 is made of 1095 carbon steel. Original Price 4,881,657 Cut off the top guard years ago. You can see where some of the plating is peeling with age and use. Camillus discontinued the use of date codes. Both have stacked leather handles, and 8" Marble's Ideal style blades. If you come across a chrome plated Western Bowie it was probably plated for jungle use. So their history is rather murky, to say the least. joe. It holds a razor sharp edge and for a knife with a 9 inch blade does a wonderful job. Many of the examples of Vietnam War vintage Bowies do not appear to have traveled any further west than the California shoreline, Chrome plating of the blade was to protect it from rust in the jungle. As far as a real chopper goes, my W49 out performed my Spyderco/Hossum Forester in side by side testing. It's the 30s to 76 that is sometimes enigmatic. $134.97, $149.97 Western Bowie 1984. Original Price $615.00 but it has never failed me. Youve done your homework for sure. Through name changes--to Western States Cutlery Co. in 1953, then Western Cutlery Co. in 1956--and moves first across town and later to Longmont Colorado, the company stayed under the leadership of the Platt family until 1984. (45% off), Sale Price 2,422,280 Etsy is powered by 100% renewable electricity. Please check your browser settings or contact your system administrator. Although it is not as pleasing to the eye as the wooden handled Western, it does have many of the same features as the V-44 pattern of old. I own one which is believed to be the 3rd variant of the Western W49 Bowie knife. (45% off), Sale Price 2,438,424 Original Price 3,550,296 http://img443.No_outside_hosting.us/i/cbf7pjgcwkkgrhqyoknmez4.jpg/. I believe that it provides a fairly accurate chronology of the Western W49 Bowie. Original Price 2,758,374 Western Knives of Boulder Colorado made four models of the Bowie knife. Because it still seems like an amazing knife. The cv recon/tm seem about twice as thick. Camillus closed it doors for the last time in April of 2007. Obviously, 1977 on is easy. (50% off), Sale Price 1,912,315 A top-end bowie knife that's been around since World War II, the Ka-Bar U.S. Marine Corps Bowie Knife is durable and versatile. In 1978 the company moved to Longmont, CO. See the full list: Hotels near Worlds Largest Bowie Knife. My grandfather carried this one for 50 years: You must log in or register to reply here. 2,684,911, 4,881,657 While the official end of the Vietnam war is April 30 1975 The day the North Vietnamese entered the U.S. Embassy grounds.

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