6 inch shefield bowie with stacked leather

[brancho]

I bought a shefield Bowie from John Nowill and sons as I wanted to make a classic shefield bowie like had as a kid.

I veered off trck with a stacked leather handle rather than stag. These shots were taken before I put an edge on it. So its a brass gaurd red fibre buffalo horn and stacked leather handle and I got the aluminium pomel with the blade (I asked for one)

Sheath is veg tanned leather.

So what do you think?


6 inch bowie finished 1 by alf.branch, on Flickr


6 inch bowie finished 2 by alf.branch, on Flickr


6 inch bowie finished 3 by alf.branch, on Flickr


6 inch bowie finished 5 by alf.branch, on Flickr


6 inch bowie finished 4 by alf.branch, on Flickr


6 inch bowie finished 6 by alf.branch, on Flickr

 

[Lister]

That is a sweet Bowie there Alf looks gorgeous love the black parts at each end (the buffalo horn bits i assume?)

 

[Dreadhead]

looks like a proper old timers knife, very nice

 

[plastic-ninja]

That is proper Old Skool Alf.
I remember having something similar but much less lovely when I was a teenager.
It is a great piece of work.
Cheers , Simon

 

[bikebum1975]

Very nicely done. Love those classic styled ones

 

[British Red]

Nothing wrong with that - I like that very much indeed - I'd be very happy with something like that on my belt

 

[Silverback 1]

Great knife with plenty of character, will take everything you can throw at it and then some.

 

[John Fenna]

A classic look
Very nice indeed!

 

[brancho]

Thanks for the cooments everyone it seems many of you get where I was coming from

 

[Pignut]

Nice! Let us know how it holds up

 

[R3XXY]

Awesome ! I had a knife just like that one, with a stacked leather handle, and the "sheffield steel" stamp at the top of the blade.

Looking at the pics took me back to the very distinctive smell of the leather sheath.

Wish I'd kept that knife, it was my first proper sheath knife, bought it from the camping shop in Beddgelert when I was about 11.

Ahhh the memories

 

[woof]

Thats great !, we all must of had one when we were younger, thanks for showing.

Rob

 

[Shinken]

really really nice mate

 

[ged]

Lovely. Still got a soft spot for those, just got a new sheath for mine from Dougster.

So now you have to get out there and USE IT!

 

[brancho]

Thanks for the comments guys glad you like and remember them so well. Woof I think its only those of us over a certain age that one as they are not that common now and frankly we all recomend foreign knives.

So now you have to get out there and USE IT!

I am giving it away in a comp on BB so I wont be using it myself.

 

[woof]

l. Woof I think its only those of us over a certain age that one as they are not that common now and frankly we all recomend foreign knives.

Hah !, sad but true, i gave mine(which i got some 40yrs ago)to a so called friend who could'nt afford a knife, not seen him since..

Rob

 

[Dannytsg]

Lovely knife there.

 

[Dave Budd]

i've got so many of that type of knife ina box somewhere, ranging in size and maker but all very much of that classic knifey stylee I had three faves growing up (all Nowells I think), one was 3" and had a leather handle, the others were 5" and 7" and they both had antler handles. All of them had that same combo of brass, red and black with a pewter (?) pommel and that same style of sheath (one each in brown, black and mustard yellow!)

The only critiscm (if you could call it that) I have with your refurb there Alf is that your fit and finish is much better that the originals! They always have huge gaps and wonky fittings

 

[brancho]

The only critiscm (if you could call it that) I have with your refurb there Alf is that your fit and finish is much better that the originals! They always have huge gaps and wonky fittings

Dave its not a refurb I bought the blade blank and the pomel new the blade had no edge and the pomel was rough as a badgers behind. This is all new by me.

 

[Nektarios]

Great piece of work.