Cold Steel bowies

[Galloway]

I've been taking a hard look their Natchez bowie knife and wonderd what you all think of it? Are there any blatant historical inaccuracies to it or the Laredo bowie besides the materials used? Thanks

[Harley Starr]

The Natchez bowie is a fine blade but it's alittle more than what I want to pay for a knife right now. The Laredo bowie is competitively priced at $150.00 give or take. Wouldn't mind having one either. I'm not sure about the historical accuracy.

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[St. George]

If you're looking for historical accuracy - there are other production knives available - get yourself an Atlanta Cutlery or Smoky Mountain Knife Works catalog.

www.atlantacutlery.com

www.smkw.com

These have a very 'modern' look to them - and their size is on the large side, depending upon the time frame you wish to portray.

As revolvers got to be plentiful, the size of the blades carried shrank to 'usable' sizes.

Vaya,

Scouts Out!

[WaddWatsonEllis]

It also depends on your intended use.

If like me you plan to use it to complete your 'look', and the heaviest duty you plan to put it trhough is to cut some string occaisionally or spread some peanut butter, you might have other alternatives ......

I bought a Bud K Bowie from Texas Jacks for about $20 (Actually I ordered two by mistake {Slow compter})

I ended up trading the other knife for some deer antler ... before the knife looked too new and 'storebought' .... now it looks a little more like it has had a history ....

If you decide to do this, find that antler or horn you want to use first ..... commercially, cheap antler/hornseems to be running at least $10/inch .... so unless you have a hunter friend, the cost can become prohibitive.....