The No Rules Bowie

[Bruce Bump]

The No Rules Bowie (new pics added)

This is the last bowie I've made. I call it the No Rules Bowie because it doesn't follow any other bowie that I'm aware of in construction, size, sheath, guard ect.
The blade is double mosaic and measures 16" long the entire knife is close to 21" long. The frame is forged from 416 stainless steel as is the double guard and bolsters.
The guard swivels back to get narrow enough to fit into the Claude Scott custom sheath. (actually the sheath is fiber glass and Claude made the cover and liner for it. Look at the tooling on this sheath! Anyway the top guard has a notch filed into it and locks onto a steel pin inside the sheath. Simply use the right thumb to depress the top guard to unlock and withdraw the knife. The guards are both spring loaded with switch blade springs and snap quickly into place again.
It was a pain in the arse to make and I thought about calling it the "Never Again Bowie"

Thanks for looking.

 

[slatroni]

Work of art!

 

[Smallshop]

amazing!

 

[HHH Knives]

shut the front door!

 

[Garry Odgers]

Fantastic, both the sheath and knife are incredible.

When does a Bowie become a sword? it's a big one.

 

[kidterico]

Just plain OUTSTANDING. KT

 

[rhinoknives]

Bruce,
I think you have made the first Arabian Scimitar meets the American Bowie knife in history! The spring loaded guard is over the top!

 

[Brad Lilly]

Awesome bowie / sword. Everything about it is outstanding.

 

[TacticallySharp]

WOW!!!

The design and attention to fine detail is over the top. Visual balance of the piece is only exceeded by the overall quality of the knife. The sheath is the icing on the package.

By now you must have guessed I really like this one. Bruce it is exquisite!

 

[Wade Hougham]

Bruce,
What comes after MS???????? Whatever it is you are already there. Beautiful work and a great big WOW for being able to bring imagination to reality.
Great looking sheath, too.

Wade

 

[Calvin Robinson]

Bruce,
And they say that everything in Knifemaking has already been done. HA! They that said that didn't know about Bruce Bump!
This is an amazing piece,I don't have the vocabulary to describe what this evokes in me but it is all good.
Well done Bruce!

 

[Don Robinson]

Wow!wow!wow!wow!wow!Wow!!!!!!! :yes::thumbup1::clap::clap::clap::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::s11798::s11798::s11798::s11798:

 

[Don Robinson]

Wow!wow!wow!wow!wow!Wow!!!!!!! :yes::thumbup1::clap::clap::clap::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::s11798::s11798::s11798::s11798:

I'm impressed.

 

[Dennis Morland]

Wow! Words from the English language do not do that knife any justice. I don't know what to say. Just incredible.

DeMo

 

[Steven Long]

That is incredible! Words can't describe how awesome that is.

 

[Tom Militano]

That knife puts you in a class by yourself!

 

[hariklis]

ok now i need at least a half hour to digest what i see !!!!!!!!!! man your skill is outrageous!!!!!!!!!

 

[jblauvelt]

Outstanding

 

[Dan Pierson]

That is amazing Bruce. See what monkeying with gun locks and such will drive you to

 

[BossDog]

shut the front door!

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