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Post by Adrian Jordan on Sept 6, 2016 22:15:31 GMT
Yeah, a clip point as shown on this Bowie is designed to focus power at the tip for maximum penetrating power. As howler mentioned, the false edge on the clip would eat up your baton, and may suffer more "edge" damage than a knife with, say, a drop point with a nice thick spine. As for the fighting aspect, the heavier forward weight makes chopping powerful, but reduces its maneuverability. You can't take it off track and into another position as fast, especially during a swing. KA-BAR is a good example of a knife that is very maneuverable, but it doesn't have near the chopping power that this one does.
A nice, sturdy knife.
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Post by howler on Sept 7, 2016 1:26:12 GMT
Yeah, a clip point as shown on this Bowie is designed to focus power at the tip for maximum penetrating power. As howler mentioned, the false edge on the clip would eat up your baton, and may suffer more "edge" damage than a knife with, say, a drop point with a nice thick spine. As for the fighting aspect, the heavier forward weight makes chopping powerful, but reduces its maneuverability. You can't take it off track and into another position as fast, especially during a swing. KA-BAR is a good example of a knife that is very maneuverable, but it doesn't have near the chopping power that this one does. A nice, sturdy knife. Remember though, and this is a strange concept at first, but when the length of the blade is increased from 7" too say 9 1/2 to 10" and over, the tip speed doubles. Stick your arm our front with thumb up and then rotate it to the side...then put a foot long ruler in your hand and do the same. The speed of your wrist is not much slower, if at all...but LOOK AT THE TIP DISTANCE COVERED. Also, the very nature of the way the weapon is used has changed, as you can thrust it like a sword, instead of "punch" like a knife. Watch James Keating videos on this (Riddle Of Steel).
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Post by bluetrain on Sept 8, 2016 10:53:07 GMT
I finally got around to digging out my son's knife that I mentioned earlier. It's a hefty knife but I don' think it compares with this Bowie knife.
It is a BK&T "Companion," made in Camillus, New York. There was a leaflet in the box that says Camillus Knives, so I guess that's what it is. Like the Bowie, it is finished in some kind of flat black finish, presumably rust-resistant. The leaflet (in English and French) mentions that Camillus uses two kinds of blade steel: high-carbon, and "Swordsteel," which ironically, is stainless steel. Anyway, it weighs 13.8 oz. or 392 gr. although it feels heavier. It is 3/8th inch thick, 5" blade, half of which is serrated, and about 1 5/8ths wide at the widest point. It has what I guess is a drop point. It certainly feels heavy and sturdy enough for splitting wood and some chopping. But it says not to use the knife as a hammer, pry-bar, screwdriver or for anything except as a knife.
It came with a really nice sheath, made of some kind of hard molded plastic with a wide nylon belt loop.
I think the basic knife would be handier if it were an inch or two longer, maybe more, but no wider. It really doesn't seem like a good fighting knife, though, or even a hunting knife but you could probably manage well enough with it.
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Post by howler on Sept 8, 2016 19:52:25 GMT
I finally got around to digging out my son's knife that I mentioned earlier. It's a hefty knife but I don' think it compares with this Bowie knife. It is a BK&T "Companion," made in Camillus, New York. There was a leaflet in the box that says Camillus Knives, so I guess that's what it is. Like the Bowie, it is finished in some kind of flat black finish, presumably rust-resistant. The leaflet (in English and French) mentions that Camillus uses two kinds of blade steel: high-carbon, and "Swordsteel," which ironically, is stainless steel. Anyway, it weighs 13.8 oz. or 392 gr. although it feels heavier. It is 3/8th inch thick, 5" blade, half of which is serrated, and about 1 5/8ths wide at the widest point. It has what I guess is a drop point. It certainly feels heavy and sturdy enough for splitting wood and some chopping. But it says not to use the knife as a hammer, pry-bar, screwdriver or for anything except as a knife. It came with a really nice sheath, made of some kind of hard molded plastic with a wide nylon belt loop. I think the basic knife would be handier if it were an inch or two longer, maybe more, but no wider. It really doesn't seem like a good fighting knife, though, or even a hunting knife but you could probably manage well enough with it. That sounds like a good outdoor fixed blade, with that 5" blade giving a lot of fine point control. Yeah, it's a completely different animal form the Ontario, which you could use to cut down small trees if you wanted to.
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