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06-18-2014, 06:09 PM
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The Making of Bowie No. 1 (a Work in Progress)
Last February I was privileged to have viewed "The Bowie Knife: A Sure Defense" exhibit at The Arkansas Historic Museum in Little Rock. This was the largest collection of authentic 19th century Bowie knives ever assembled and was tremendously inspired to recreate some of them.
For my first, I decided to build "Bowie No. 1" by James Black. Here's a bit of how it has progressed: The rough stock: A piece of 2" W2:  Drawn into a billet:  Bladesmithed & rough ground: 
__________________ Gary ABS,CKCA, ABKA,KGA Last edited by Gary Mulkey; 06-18-2014 at 06:27 PM. 
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