Spanish blade

[Sewer Rat]

Someone had posted a pic and website for a spanish blade... bowie type with a machete end and double edge on the machete end.... now I cant find it....

was I dreaming??

Want to say it was a spanish montenegro military blade or something like that.....



Do any of youse guyz use blades on pigs??

[Sewer Rat]

HAW!!

took me over a year, but I finally found it..... now to save up for it...

[stace]

Jeez Rat
Your gunna cut yourself or something precious with that thing aye

All I can say is the stories we hear over here about the gator's in the sewers must be right ,take care
Stace

[try hard to make bow]

i have exackly the same i brought from china and it has made in spain on it aitor but mine is an aitor negro

[the irish one]

Last time I was there the boys at alcocks in melbourne had the negro's in stock may be worth giving them a call

[aroadik]

I know this has nothing to do with this thread, but can someone tell me a bit about the U.S.M.C. KA-BAR knife, I have one and it is in original condition with original scabard ??? it is not a practical hunting knife- but I like it... what is it worth ? thanks regards Peter.

[Stewart Townsend]

The K-Bar, origionally made out of 1095 steel.
There have been a number of factories have made them for the USMC.
Designed WW2.
It's a fighting knife.

Google it and you would find more information you will ever need to know about it.

Price? Who knows, Chesty Puller's K-Bar would be worth a mint, my well used one a lot less than $100.

[TomW]

Sewer Rat

I located your knife plus a number of similar looking others on E Bay today. Prices weren't all that bad. Perhaps you should look them up.

Type in Bowie Knife in All Categories and you'll see these plus hundreds of other knives:

[Nephew]

Isn't the one second from last one you made, Tom? Either that or you made one very similar...bloody nice knife as I remember! I recall thinking at the time "What's he gonna use THAT on, tyrannosaurus??"

[TomW]

Moreton

No mate. Mine is totally different:

[Nephew]

Ah yeah, so it is. I just kinda vaguely remembered seeing it. Crikey Tom, that's a KILLER of a Bowie!
Anyway, how'd it go in the end, Sewr Rat? Did you end up finding the model you were after?

[Jaydo]

hmm they are big, and happy looking alright

although do you really think there is a need for such a big knife seeing that a smaller more practicable knife could be used,

[Coach]

although do you really think there is a need for such a big knife seeing that a smaller more practicable knife could be used,

I agree , from a hunters point of view

The only uses for the ones above would be , chopping a pigs jaw out , chopping someones head off,cutting firewood or making chops out of a beast which I use a Meat Cleaver for

[Jaydo]

yeah, the designed feature of a tool makes it easier to use, that's why it was designed that way

but chopping wood with a bowie knife would take for ever, and undoubtedly destroy the knife, i remember reading somewhere here that a few of the members here carry a hatchet or a tomahawk when they are out in the field,
surely that would be a more versatile tool, providing more options and could be used for other things if the situation occurs,

i guess what i mean is, unless your counting on your knife to be your last line of defence, what would be the driving force of carrying a knife that big ?

[TomW]

I can't answer for anyone else but my bowie is as big as the machete I used to carry when I was in the Army. When in the field you can use a big knife to cut saplings to make hootchie frames, to clear away smaller undergrowth, clear fire lanes, chop up kindling, chop through the water vines on rainforest trees to get a drink, etc and if you keep it really sharp you can use it to skin caught animals and chop them up for cooking. The boss on the hilt of my Bowie is really heavy and is designed to act as a hammer if the need arises.

As I said earlier a big knife, well made, can do pretty well everything a small knife can do plus retain all of the advantages of a big knife. I made mine out of a sense of nostalgia, since I am not fit enough for anything adventurous these days.

And don't go all Feudian on me - as the man himself said "Sometimes, Madame, a cigar is nothing more than a good smoke" and that's how I view knives (and guns).

The photo gives a better idea of the real size of the knife - and an excuse for anyone so inclinied to have a further go at me about it. Not that I mind, OK?

[Jaydo]

thats a beatiful knife Tom,

i wasnt having a dig, up until a few months ago i would have said a small knife was no where near as good as a larger knife, but in my experience my smaller knife has done me better service than my bowie,

just going off what i found,
everyone is different aye

[Coach]

but chopping wood with a bowie knife would take for ever, and undoubtedly destroy the knife

If made properly it wouldnt

[Jaydo]

yeah i agree coach but how many comerically made knives are properly made these days ?

i bought one years back tried cutting something and it snapped,

i think its either custom or my own made ones from now on