Original Bowie Knife

[Curley Cole]

I KNOW it is an "Original Bowie Knife",    because it says so right there on the blade...heheheh

Actually picked it up lots of years ago from some old tymer...

good shootin
curley

[Shotgun Steve]

Thats a nice looking knife Curley!!

 Shotgun Steve

[The Elderly Kid]

Looks like one of the Solingen bowies with that marking that were common in the 50s and 60s. Does it have any maker marks?

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[Curley Cole]

Yes,

"Original Bowie Knife"

also has 37HSI  stamped by handle

curley

[Sacramento Johnson]

Howdy!
 That's a fine looking knife, and I suspect pretty 1870s-1880s correct, despite its more recent origin.  (I've seen those German knives occasionally on Ebay, going pretty inexpensively.)

[Shotgun Franklin]

Synthetic scales, correct?

[Curley Cole]

Synthetic scales, correct?

Nope, believe they be real. Its a pretty old believe it is jigged bone..and found some lettering on the thing. Has some pitting so can't make out first part, but it does say Sollengien, made in Germany,,

It took a magnifing glass to find that.

anyways, I found it years ago and have had it hangin in the office for all the time I had it.
curley

[GunClick Rick]

Yes,

"Original Bowie Knife"

also has 37HSI  stamped by handle

curley

 

They only ever made two of them,here's the other one

[Curley Cole]

Now that is trippy

curley

[Shotgun Franklin]

They use good steel, I'm glad they used real scales.

[DUKE DEADEYE NUKEM]

Very nice.

[Messerist]

I like that style of Bowie knife.  When I was getting started with my knifemaking addiction I would buy just the blades from Texas Knifemaker Supply and put handles and guards on them.  I was in the Army and making knives in the barracks was iffy to say the least.  I was fortunate to have a First SGT who also was a knife nut and I sorta became the Company Cutler.  I think I made about 20 of those Solingen style Bowies!