Saw this at The Muzzleloaders forum Class

[GunClick Rick]

WOOO HOOOO~~~what a bone hacker!


http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/pp-classifieds/showproduct.php/product/4153

[Ned Buckshot]

WOW!!!!!!

I'm not sure I could even pick that thing up!

Ned

[Dr. Bob]

GCR,

I'd need a burro to haul that around for me!!

[ChuckBurrows]

When built right they are not that heavy - I've got on in the shop right now that weighs 1 lb 14oz, Wick Ellerbe has made one to the exact specs of the original and weight was 1 lb 12 oz - far too many modern cutlers (and some in the past) think something like this has to be thick to be strong - not so........besides the original purpose of these was really more as a short sword in the days when reloading one's guns was slow at best.......

FWIW - a loaded Colt revolver weighs about a pound more...........

[Josh Dabney]

Chuck,

          Wick is one heck of a craftsman !   I'm very fortunate to live a bit over an hour from him and although I didn't get to handle his Musso Bowie I have got the chance to hande quite a few of his knives. 

He sure does know how to build'em.  His 8-10 knives are beautiful and light as a feather.  I never really understood what folks meant when the said "light and fast in the hand"   ...  Till I met Wick. 

-Josh

[St. George]

There are knives one buys for prosaic uses - like skinning and camp chores.

Then - there are those one trusts his life to, like my Randall Model 1 - primarily built for fighting, with other tasks taking a back seat.

Those knives need to have a 'feel' to them and they need to be agile and 'alive' in one's hand, because they may be one's last line of defense, and they're gonna have to 'work' as soon as your hand finds the hilt.

Here's a 'frontier' version of that type of knife.


Now, 'That's' a Knife!...
« on: June 26, 2006, 10:42:38 PM »     

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As some of you may remember, my Impression is one of a long-serving Cavalry Officer, newly on the Retired Active Service List in the middle 1890's - just prior to the Spanish-American War.

As such - my experiences on the Frontier since the Civil War offered me the opportunity to serve in a few places and do a few things that resulted in some interesting souvenirs of those events - one of which is a Frontier-made Bowie, along with a sheath beaded by the woman of one of my Crow Scouts.

Just thought I'd post a couple of pictures of my new Bowie and sheath - made by Chuck Burrows at Wild Rose Trading Company - www.wrtcleather.com

The blade's hand-forged, the hilt is the beam of an Elk antler and the hilt and buttcap are from a wagon rim found near the site of the Fetterman Massacre.

The sheath's beaded in the Crow style.

Take a look.

http://www.wrtcleather.com/1-ckd/1-gallery/st-george-001.jpg

http://www.wrtcleather.com/1-ckd/1-gallery/st-george-002.jpg

Vaya,

Scouts Out!