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Home Products Bird's Head Bowie

Bird's Head Bowie

by Bagwell, Bill

SKU 1026220

Date Added 10/01/2021

# Available This product is out of stock

Original price $2,995.00

Price $1,995.00

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Overview

This knife by Bill Bagwell features a mirror polished clip point blade with sharpened top edge and fileworked spine, .284" blade stock and 1.327" blade depth, hidden tang construction. The handle has a brass guard and coin edged collar, wood handle with bird's head butt and checkered grip with brass pin inlays, two brass pins inlaid in the bird's eyes. Comes with a brown leather sheath with belt loop. Has a couple light scratches and a crack in the handle (not bad, you almost can't see it) otherwise excellent condition.

Product Details

Blade Length 8

Overall Length 13

Weight (oz) 12

Source Previously owned

Additional Specs

Knife Type Has Sheath, Hidden Tang

Blade Material Carbon Steel

Blade Details Clip Point

Handle Material Metallic, Wood

About the Maker

Bagwell, Bill

Bill Bagwell had always been fascinated by knives. He made his first knife at the age of 10 from an old saw. While he was in high school he began to forge knives in the industrial arts shop, and by the time he was 15 he was forging hunting and Bowie knives as a hobby. He made and sold knives while he was in college and became a full-time professional bladesmith in 1969. Bagwell is one of the true pioneers in the making of Damascus blades in the United States. He completed his first successful Damascus blade on December 1, 1973, after about six months of trial and failure. In early 1976, with the late Don Hastings, B.R. Hughes and Bill Moran, Bagwell became one of the founding members of the American Bladesmith Society and wrote the original charter for that organization. He also served as the society's first secretary and was on its first board of directors. Bill passed away in 2021.

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