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inspired by the bowie knife were what we’d consider to be a
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 Usually 8” plus in blade length
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 About 1/4 inch thick
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 Historically were hidden tang 
much more than that.
 Modern bowie knives are usually full tang

Most frontier knives at the time were only 4-6” so as a

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it’s so robust.  It can be used in a very similar fashion to a

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kukri which is also another great fighting knife.  If you’re out
in the woods and don’t have an axe or a hatchet, the bowie
can be used to chop through small trees if necessary and is a
great option for a knife.

The other consideration is this, the knife just looks awesome. 

It’s a great feeling swinging a big bit of steel around, it’s
heaps of fun as long as you’re careful!

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 Is very versatile. Can effectively be used as a chopper to

fell small trees but can also process game
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historic bladed weapons, primarily swords but he also has
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Bowie knives were generally hidden tang 

Hidden tang can be fine for knife construction.  Yes, I know

most people prefer full tang but swords and kukris used to be
hidden tang as well and a sword that’s a few feet long

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smashing into a shield or armor will have to take more force

than a bowie knife trying to chop down a small tree.  The
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stainless steal instead of high carbon steel like 1095.  Bowies

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were designed to chop and as soon as you start chopping
with a cheap stainless steel knife it will go blunt very quickly
and a blunt knife is a dangerous knife.  They can get sharp
easily, that’s not the problem, the problem is edge retention,
it just won’t stay sharp.  If you’re knife goes blunt quickly,
you’ll spend more time sharpening it than using it.

Not only is the quality of the steel poor, the hidden tang is
usually really poorly constructed because it’s cheaper to weld
a small tang onto another piece of metal than to have one
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Handles can come in a variety of shapes and sizes.  The one
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the one on the right is known as a coffin handle.  Personally

seeing as I use a bowie to chop with I prefer a flared out
handle towards the pommel like in the image on the left.

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Buying a decent bowie knife

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