My Sheffield Bowie

[Jake MacReedy]

A while back, I bought a number of Sheffield-made Bowie blades direct from the company in England.  They are made on the same patterns, and by the same company that made them in the 19th Century.  I made this one for myself.  It has an 8" blade (all are hand-forged carbon steel), Sambar stag handle scales with steel pins, a nickel silver guard, and nickel silver buttcap pieces.  I tried to make it look like one from the mid-to-late 19th Century.  It's a real "worker", too!  I've used it to clear brush along a fenceline and to trim large roots out of my garden!

Here are some pics of it:



Hope you enjoy looking at them!

Jake

[Mogorilla]

Sweet looking knife.  Now I drooled on my keyboard.

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

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[Angel_Eyes]

Have you got the contact details of the Sheffield company 

I would appreciate a post about them, trying to find a source for a friend of mine

AE

[Jake MacReedy]

Angel Eyes, here's the website where I ordered my blades:

http://www.sheffieldknives.co.uk/acatalog/Hunting_Knives.html

Excellent service!  It takes about 10 days to 2 weeks to receive an order after it is placed and paid for.  These are great folks with which to deal!

Jake

[Angel_Eyes]

Thanks Jake, I'll see what I can gather from these people. Magic, isn't it, I only live about 20 miles from them!!!

AE

[Jake MacReedy]

That's great, AE!  I know you'll be impressed with the quality of their blades.

Jake

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

Well!  Lookie here;

http://www.sheffieldknives.co.uk/acatalog/Butchers_and_Caterers.html

They have carbon steel and wood handled butcher's knives.

[Angel_Eyes]

Well done Sir Chas,,,thats the site I was talking with.
As you say, they have some good looking stuff, those butcher knives look cool, nothing a bit of 'aging' wouldn't fix.
The Bowie style blades for DIY also look pretty good, the more I look, the more I may have to pay them a visit.

AE

[Angel_Eyes]

Just to update anyone interested.
They do not do a paper catalog, ordering is from the website contact info, according to the e-mail reply I received.
The website products are quite impressive, so there is plenty to go at!

AE

[Gun Creek Phil]

Thanks for the link above about Sheffield Knives.I like very much the 6 inch blade Bowie with stag handle.
The marking on the blade is John Nowill and Sons.I just discovered this is a very old company established in 1700.
Do you think this bowie could fit nicely with a Slim Jim and 1860 Army Colt for an Old West impression beetween 1865 1875? 

[Jake MacReedy]

Replaced pics with some newer ones.

Hope you enjoy!
Jake

[GunClick Rick]

Grizzly cutter

[Dr. Bob]

Rick,

If'n it get toooooooo heavy to carry, ya kin send it MY way!   Great looking knife!

[Gun Creek Phil]

Howdy,

I've just ordered yesterday a nice 6 inch Bowie Knife 6 inch with stag handle.
http://www.sheffieldknives.co.uk/acatalog/Hunting_Knives.html 
It will be hard to wait.
Now i'm looking for a nice native styled sheath.

[Gun Creek Phil]

  I've received 3 days ago the nice 6 inch blade Bowie with stag handle from Sheffield Knives .It is as nice as on the photo, the blade seems very strong an it is very well made.Good company to deal with.