Review: Bowie knife 2 from Poshland Knives

[@MsVegasguy]

I never would have thought a UK knife maker would turn out such blades. Gorgeous, looks well-made and an incredible price. Damn you, you have just cost me money!

[@Erick_Bloodaxe]

Mr. Easton, you put an edge on that beautiful knife without so much as putting scratch on it. I'd be interested to see your technique, perhaps you could do a video covering effective knife sharpening and contrast that with a sword sharpening one. My main curiosity is in a traditional method to sharpen a sword. I don't want to take a modern grinder to a sword, I'd like to hear from you about how they have been sharpened historically, if you're interested in sharing on that topic of course.

[@admiralgoodboy]

ErickRedbeard use a stone, steel or a 1000+ grit sandpaper

[@WColdblooded357W]

I like it, it looks quite nice. I've ordered 2 bowies from this store and I can't wait to get them

[@coldsteel.and.courage]

The notch looks perfect for beer bottle caps.

[@Borjigin.]

That is a beautiful pattern. I thought it was a shame that they hadn't used a single steel for the other one, but I'm really quite blown away with the aesthetics of this one.

[@WizardyDinosaur]

Very nice knife, haven't seen one quiet like that yet.

[@WColdblooded357W]

Usually these are made with either 5160 Damascus or 1095 Damascus as far as I know. Truck leaf springs provide 5160 and make some of the toughest knives in the world. The Nepalese kukris are often forged from leaf springs and they have an excellent reputation amoung collectors and are known to be extremely hard to break, take whatever comes, knives

[@theeddorian]

One more point, the medial blade has a hollowed profile along the length almost like weak fuller in addition to the hollow-ground bevel.

[@victoriansword]

I don't tend to watch knife related videos, but this one kept my attention. Quite surprised by the apparent quality for the price. I see they also sell some nice looking bushcraft knives. Thanks, Matt!

[@victoriansword]

I meant to reply to the first poshland review, but the same comment will apply, I'm sure!

[@Verolasz]

very nice looking knife!

[@lucasgrutzmacher6731]

liked your perfil photo and got to see if you had some videos. Cara eu achei um braileiro nesses canto da net!

[@Verolasz]

uheuheuheheuheuheuh é o monopólio verde e amarelo

[@haijyvelho]

The link in the description doesn't work. I'd really like to know how to find this bowie online :-/ I couldn't find it on poshland knives' website either.

[@theeddorian]

Mine definitely has a false strap around the tang. The tang would be pattern welded steel if it were continuous with the blade but it not. Apparently the visible "tang" in the hilt is welded on to the real tang. The handle itself appears to be the walnut. The sharpening developed a wire edge which needed to be stropped to be removed. The "Spanish notch" seems to be more an after thought, ground or filed but neither very cleanly or neatly. The scabbard strap is positioned in such a way that when replacing the knife you have to hold the strap clear of the blade edge, which is a bad idea. I would have preferred to see it around the upper guard , where there would not be a potential for cutting it or your finger when sheathing the blade. The balance, grip and handling are nice.

[@brottarnacke]

I like this one more. Never been much into recurves (except on khukris).

[@chosenfrozen4006]

I think that of the 2 I prefer the 2nd. And I agree I`d probably remove the decorative spur down at the choil. However as a former knifemaker myself I have to disagree on just one point. Whether you prefer a hollow-grind or a flat-grind is pretty much personal choice, each having it`s own strengths and weaknesses. However neither one involves more work or time that the other. It just comes down to the shape of the stone or grinder used.

[@scholagladiatoria]

Oh sure, I didn't mean to imply that a hollowgrind is better, just that on knives I prefer it and I think it looks like more work has gone into the blade (not that this is necessarily true).

[@chosenfrozen4006]

No worries. I figured you just meant that the hollow grind has a more finished look to it. Everyone has their own preferances. That`s one of the things that makes knives and swords so interesting. Cheers!

[@davidbradley6040]

Thought Walnut as soon as I saw it but i never saw a hook like that

[@mangmiketeamtaiaha7256]

What's your thoughts on the Cold Steel Natchez Bowie cable construction in the handle?

[@MrKaable]

The hook near the hilt is actually a guthook i think, and not a spanish notch gone wrong. :)

[@Xanatos712]

Didn't you say you were going to do a side-by-side comparison?

[@scholagladiatoria]

Xanatos712 yeah... I forgot. :-)

[@jamesaritchie1]

That is a beautiful knife, but it's funny how almost everyone thinks of a Bowie knife as having a clip point. Rezin Bowie, who made the original Bowie, said in an interview that the original knife that made Jim so famous had a nine inch long, straight blade. And Jim Bowie had copies of his knife made in England to pass among his friends, and those knives, too, had nine inch long, straight blades. But now a Bowie just doesn't look right unless it has a clip point.

[@ransompurvis4245]

See guys?!?! That's something that's actually practical to carry on a day to day bases in an apocalypse type scenario

[@themastermason1]

That little extension at the ricasso looks like the designer was trying to slip a bottle opener into the design.

[@scholagladiatoria]

themastermason1 Given that they are made in Pakistan, a Muslim country, that's probably unlikely ;-)

[@themastermason1]

I guess...though I don't think that would stop anyone from trying to use it as such. It's like how the Makarov pistol can be used as a bottle opener even though that's probably something Nikolay Makarov never considered.

[@TheVanguardFighter]

Can you make a video on bowie knife fighting, and how it compares to rondel dagger fighting?

[@scholagladiatoria]

Yes I will do, but in a few months time as I'm working on some of the original source material for 19th century knife fighting at the moment and I'm pretty new to it.

[@cinoscarpia5923]

scholagladiatoria that raises the question for me, why did they stop using daggers, and used knifes like the bowie?

[@TheVanguardFighter]

Well depends on the place and time. The commandos of second world war uses both types of weapons. You can read about them in " Get Tough". Alfred Hutton writing in 1890 discusses a type of weapon he calls a short sword bayonet, but uses much like a earlier dagger from 1500's.

[@angeloachilli6889]

Is it full tang or not? Thank you.

[@davidbradley6040]

Just looked on the site and they have some very nice looking blades although I doubt some of them are functional:eg REG-197-180 would be a nightmare to maintain.

[@ZiePe]

I there a shop wich sells historicals replicas of 19th century bowies?

[@Aqull]

Guys help , what is Etsy ? Where is the shop located ? I want to buy from there the poshland knife + sharpener but I do not want to buy nowhere from the US .. because taxes..

[@justsomeguy3931]

From the mind of a guy with knife phobia, that is the scariest knife I've ever seen. The pattern looks like the eyes of some terrible demon within lol

[@justinprather8846]

How come the bevel doesn't show the pattern?

[@scholagladiatoria]

Justin Prather Because the pattern is brought out by etching. When you grind or sharpen the surface of a pattern-welded blade you remove the etched suface.

[@shurdi3]

How are you sure it isn't just a pattern just coated on regular stainless steel?

[@scholagladiatoria]

I'm not! Though I am sure it isn't stainless, because if you get water on it, it rusts. Like I say repeatedly in the video, I cannot vouch for the content of the steel, but I can say that it is carbon steel and it is hardened to a reasonable degree.

[@shurdi3]

Ah, that must have passed my head, sorry. If you use it, it'll probably show as coating tends to wear off

[@scholagladiatoria]

shurdi3 If I'm honest, I would prefer that it was plain 1095 steel without pattern welding - at least you know what to expect of the steel then. Pattern-welding by an unknown smith introduces too many unknowns and variables for my taste.

[@Nardypants]

Beaujangles McJiggle If we really wanted to know, we could all pitch in and buy one so we can gut it and look at the cross section! :P

[@lancerd4934]

I can confirm they are pattern welded. I re-profiled the edge on mine and the layers show up as you file away at it, since one steel is slightly softer than the other.

[@Kidinabush]

Witch do you guys like better, knife one or two?

[@Wunel]

Knife 2, because: longer guard offers both more protection and easier thumb positioning, wooden handle as opposed to micarite (looks nicer imo and is more historical), full tang is revealed as opposed to being covered (assuming Matt is correct about that), it is slightly linger and I also just happen to prefer the straighter blade to the curved in terms of appearance.

[@Wunel]

Also, knife 2 may possibly include a bottle opener, which is both novel and functional and therefore good.

[@Regolith86]

Wunel Not really all that novel, really. Sticking bottle openers on knives is almost traditional at this point.

[@quetch2]

knife 1, mostly for opposite reasons to wunel. for ascetics i prefer the look for micarite, and in my opinion a curved blade looks more elegant. in practical terms, the curved blade would make it better for slashing and allow it to function in a similar way to a kukri. i do wish it had a larger guard though

[@quetch2]

also the pattern welding on the first one is much prettier

[@TheBaconWizard]

I think that's a total bargain for the price... I feel a purchase coming-on

[@shaunmcgowan827]

Nice knife, i dont really care for the blade cut out next to the hand guard that would break off if i used it.

[@ariadanzig434]

Scales are rosewood as it's almost 6x cheaper than walnut.ive descaled 3 posh land knives simply because I wasn't able to blue the entire knife.most if not all their blades have welded tangstge lower part seems to be of stainless verity and they run an inch under the scales.guard or bolster is what gives the strength.personally I wouldn't rely on a poshland knife for shtf situations,their pattern welds r 1080 or 1075,tho advertised as 1095. Take it with a pinch of salt but I won't trust their construction .

[@kokofan50]

That's Walnut.

[@scholagladiatoria]

Cool - that's what the ad said it was supposed to be :-)

[@a661992]

This may sound anal but it's pronounced Boo Eee that's the man's name. Not Bow Ee

[@scholagladiatoria]

You know that there are whole forum threads devoted to arguing this? TLDR - the name Bowie can be said in various ways and in its native Scotland it is said how I say it.

[@a661992]

scholagladiatoria sure of course but coming from the dialect of where James was from and his ancestry.. his family name was pronounced Boo eee. It's in the records as such in the Bowie museum in Arkansas You should go and check it out if given the chance. You'll also get to see how his father was an influence on him as he was a saber fencer. (Scottish) Hence the Bowie is a modified saber. Thanks for the reply.. btw, I picked up your Bowie I like the profile and wish it had more of a hook guard. Sort of diminishes the Spanish notch. But I'm enjoying it

[@a661992]

scholagladiatoria just an add.. they also feel the way it's pronounced could be the southern accent

[@RVM451]

Good Review. Spare Money?!? What is your Secret Matt? .....RVM45