Yet Another Knife Project

[Pete44ru]

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In June, I posted about how crafted a handle for a Green River Hunter, passing on the bone scales supplied with the GR blade.

http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... er#p795613

Last week, I spotted a 10" Bowie blade that I liked, decided to utilize the bone scales I had on hand from that project, and bought it.

I won't go through the handle crafting steps again, but here's how it's going (I still have some minor finishing to do).







I'm thinking of adding a 4" brass or copper spline (like below) to the top/rear of the blade (aka: Bowie fighter), but haven't made up my mind yet.





Whatcha think about the spline ?



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[piller]

Very nice.

[alnitak]

Wow! Very nice.

While I think the spline works great with the knife below, I think it would be a bit too much for the one above. Maybe shorter and thinner, if at all?

[Pete44ru]

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Thanks, folks !

Shorter ? Hmmmmmm......... (food for thought)


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[octagon]

Knife is cool "as is"

[Old No7]

Knife is cool "as is"

+1 to that!

Nice job! Or as Blaine would say "Knife job!".

Old No7

[marlinman93]

I like it without the copper spline. What is the function of the copper spline? Or is it just aesthetics?

[Pete44ru]

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I'm not sure, Vall - some period & new "fighting" bowie's have the spline.

I thought aesthetics too, but what also entered my mind was the vintage bowie owners wanted reinforcement against the possibility of hard usage.

Thanks again, folks !


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[fordwannabe]

The spline was used as a soft defence against other knives in a knife fight. Older bowies will often have a brass section on the back of the blade then a severely curved guard that could catch the other guys knife and lock his blade into your knife. I have heard that it was also a way to dampen the blow to the often brittle spine of your knife so a hard hit did not break your blade, true......dunno.