Ron Hicks

Great Bowie love the handle

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Ron

OUTSTANDING Don :35:

Ya got any more Bowies ?????

Show us more Please

Ron

I got to agree with you about "They can be almost any big knife ( and some that are not quite so big). I've seen them with extreem clips to almost a spear point, guards and no guards, false edges and no false edges. It's almost to the place that if the knifemaker says it's a bowie then it's a bowie."

And takin a knife to a gun fight isnt a good idea but "problably the largest collection of useless blades that has ever been produced." NO WAY !

A Big Ol Bowie is a very handy knife IMO.

Back in the day when you had one shot and you did not drop that Griz dead - I belive that Big Ol Bowie might be pretty handy to have on you hip.

Im Proud they are part of our History .

I just Love Big Ol Bowies

Ron

Gosh John

I dont know what to say OUTSTANDING!!! GREAT!!! WONDERFUL!!!

You got to show us more when you get her done!

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Ron

Good Lookin stuff Jim

I allways wonder when you guys make a sword and harden them do you have any problems with warping ? or is warping just part of making swords ?

About 10 in blade is my longest so far but the few I have made in the 8 - 10 in range I have some slight warping but straighten after tempering.

10 is my limit with the forge I have now I want to make one like Dons to do longer stuff - hopefuly a sword someday.

Keep postin nice work

Ron

I am haveing trouble hand finshing this Bowie Knife.

5160 , tripple hardened it last night - new file bit a worn file skated

Tripple temper -2 times 1 hour 375 last time at 1 hour at 400.

10 in. blade

I guess I did not get all my 150 marks out with the 220 before harding.

Ive worked on one side I bet 5 hours today and still few deep scratches.

tried 150 grt wet dry

tried my corse Norton it worked the best but it might take a week .

Any Ideas

Ron

Cool Beans !

I e mailed Al but no reply

Thanks

Ron

Don

can you tell me how you do the domed pins ?

Ron

Lin

I thought I would make one from wood first kind of work out that blade shape. I have a Hickory Board my Blade 3 1/4 X 21 X 1/4 in. thick - Osage Gaurd + Walnut Handle

Ill send off for the drawings

Thanks Ron

Great!

Thanks Don & Lin

Lin did you say three major "original" Bowie knives ???

All made buy Black???????

Sounds just the thing

Thanks again Guys

Ron

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I think they look Very Nice. You got to post a photo of them with handles.

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Ron

Lin

I been thinking about making a Musso Bowie myself do you have any specs on the orginal Musso Bowie ?

Is this a photo of the Orginal???

Ron

Bowie Knives are my favorite. Just wondering what you think makes a Bowie a Bowie?

Ron

Man that post looks really strange! I don't kow what happened there, I'll try it again.

j.d.

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Thats a real nice knife can you tells us more about it?

Here is a simple, basic little "Southwest" style Bowie. I guess its a Southwest style, having an arched back and spine... at least thats what I guess they call this style. 

 

7.5" Forged W2 blade, SS gaurd, Koa handle , clay hardened, real nice hamon.  Photos dont show but there are "ghost" lines above and below the primary temperline, real neat in person.

 

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Lookin at the clip on your bowie. how wide & thick is the blade?

Ron

Hey, wanted to see if ya'll take a look at my first damascus bowie....The blade is 10 in. and the overall is 15 in.  Forged using 1080 and 15N20.  Thanks for looking....Don

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great bowie

Ron, I cut out the brass sheet a little oversized and pressed it around the spine against a peice of soft wood. I did this in a large vise. This got the bends started. I then (while still in the vise and under pressure) lightly hammer that wrinkles out of the brass. I had to repeat the process several times and still had slight waves in the brass. I had the blade finished before I started this , so after the soldering, I had more finishing to do and I filed the waves and finished the blade again. Finally I used a scotchbrite pad to follow the contours of the blade flat and the brass to blend the scratches. Then for the guard and handle.  I hope that helps. Lin

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just lookin again

Did I say AWASOME! Show us more

I would like to see more of your work

I think thats Slick!

Nice Dagger really like the blade shape and file work :35:

Ron

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I would love to see the mill in action- how much reduction in 1 pass?

Ron

Deker

Any updates with the grinder????

Ron

Don

How did you do the knives you made out of the Buzz saw blades- Do any forgeing on them or just stock removel? Any bowie blades? what was you longest blade ?

Ron

I have 2 of the old Buzzsaw blades about 30 in. across.

I plan on using for knives, cutting into strips forging the points bevels & doing all the heat treating.

I really do not want to weld up in billets - I guess Im going for Frontier-Mountian Man style .

Any ideas on what the steel is in the old blades ?

Any advise ?

Thanks

Ron

Nice Kinfe

Kind of Ed Fowler looking blade

Ron