Bowie Knives

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Flame away, I posted this on edged tools and got little response, but since my question deal more with field dressing, maybe it should be here anyway.

Looking at Puma bowie with 16.5 cm blade. Have a chance at great deal, love the idea of owning a Puma knife, wish I could find this deal on one that is not a bowie.


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How practical is a bowie, field dressing and butchering game?

I have heard people say they are good, but I have never used one and don't see how it can be.

Comments?
 
I have a 7" Bowie made by the Sheffield Knive Company and I cleaned a bear and deer with it this fall and found it to be quite good. Like any knife, though, it's got to be sharp.

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Good for an ornament.
It seems to be little man syndrome that makes one to have to carry such a big knife.
 
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I have used the Buck Special Model 119 which has a 6" Bowie blade for field dressing and butchering game.

No complaints here

http://images.google.ca/images?&hl=...UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi&q=buck special 119


I have also used Bowie style blades when I was working in a taxidermy shop, skinning and fleshing and at a meat packing plant on the kill floor we used them for for skinning and gutting.

I have no complaints about using that style of blade for those tasks.
 
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As "Bowie" knives go, the PUMA isn't that big. Its more of a general utility fixed blade than a true "Bowie" knife of the type made famous by Jim Bowie, etc...I've got one and have used it to quarter several moose as well as skin the hanging quarters. No complaints, only thing I found is that the handle is a little short to accommodate my big mitts. I ended up passing it along to my brother and going with a couple of Grohmann skinners.
 
captonion said:
Good for an ornament.
It seems to be little man syndrome that makes one to have to carry such a big knife.
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16.5 cm is only a 6.5 inch blade. The pic makes it look big though.

FYI: I am bigger and hairier than most apes. Nobody tell Mommabear though:cool:
 
riden said:
How practical is a bowie, field dressing and butchering game?
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Practical for Field dressing and Butchering game ?

They are Not, a good 2-3" Blade is much Faster and is certainly "plenty" of Knife for dressing an animal......any animal except maybe an elephant:rolleyes:

Bowies are Good for Charging Bears and such but that's about it, they do Look Nice Hanging on the Wall at home though:)
 
X-man said:
As "Bowie" knives go, the PUMA isn't that big. Its more of a general utility fixed blade than a true "Bowie" knife of the type made famous by Jim Bowie, etc...I've got one and have used it to quarter several moose as well as skin the hanging quarters. No complaints, only thing I found is that the handle is a little short to accommodate my big mitts. I ended up passing it along to my brother and going with a couple of Grohmann skinners.
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"Grohmann" Now that's a knife and made in Canada too.
 
A big sharp knife is good all around if you only have one knife. I used to use a Gerber BMF but found i was always holding the blade instead of the handle when skinning....kinda tough when its really cold out. Slippery too.
 
All right, back to the 4 inch Boker I was looking at.

But I think I may buy it anyway, damn it is a sharp looking knife. Look great on my belt, but I may need a cowboy hat and a pack of Marlboros to complete the look.
 
Any knife THAT big is useless for sporting, but may come in handy in a bar fight or for impressing your friends. :rolleyes:

For field dressing deer and moose a 3" blade is plenty while being much handier and safer. Try to manipulate a knife as big and heavy as a bowie inside the body cavity of a deer while your hands are covered with blood and you are asking for trouble.

Buy a Russell #1 Original and you have found a perfect game knife for life.

http://www.grohmannknives.com/pages/r1s.html

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I also have the Grohmann knife that I've used for about 16 years. I really like it. I have also used the large bone handled knife that I showed earlier and found that it worked well, even for removing the anus on both moose and deer. I don't have short man syndrome either. I think it's cool and that's why I bought it.
 
captonion said:
Good for an ornament.
It seems to be little man syndrome that makes one to have to carry such a big knife.
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That one's sort of like the line that gun owners are all compensating for something too...

I picked up a bigassed bowie a couple of years back, a Becker BK9. Great sheath, and it's a great heavy chopper too (what you hack with it stays hacked), but it's a wee bit in the way of overkill. I've got a Spyderco Native and a Grohmann Mini Skinner that much are more practical for dressing game.

And the m4ll n1nj4 l33t tactical black finish really got on my nerves, so I refinished it:

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SuperCub said:
Any knife THAT big is useless for sporting, but may come in handy in a bar fight or for impressing your friends. :rolleyes:

For field dressing deer and moose a 3" blade is plenty while being much handier and safer. Try to manipulate a knife as big and heavy as a bowie inside the body cavity of a deer while your hands are covered with blood and you are asking for trouble.

Buy a Russell #1 Original and you have found a perfect game knife for life.

http://www.grohmannknives.com/pages/r1s.html

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I'm with SuperCub on that.

I try not to go anywhere near the guts of an animal with a clip point knife if I can help it. I do have a slightly larger 6" knife I like for quartering/halving a carcass simply because I can sink it a little deeper and make less small cuts.
 
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