It should be okay because it is only a partial grind and if it is no sharpened it will be fine. Depends on the person who finds it at customs, if they have no clue about knives they'll get rid of it but if they are slightly sane they'll let it fly :) also, single hand opening folders (all normal folders) are now allowed to be imported if you haven't heard already, really good news :D
Learn How to Sharpen: Episode 6 - Western Knives
Requested by viewers and customers coming into our NYC showroom, Vincent, shows us how to sharpen a 50/50 edge western style knife.
I have a question, I have a double sided stone one side being 1000 and the
other 6000. My question is how long can I soak this stone with put damaging
the 6000 side?
+Wolfwarrior2007 Hi Wolf, sorry for not replying until now. For double sided stones, we recommend to soak it for even less than 15 minutes. Try 5 minutes to see if you are getting the similar results first.
Hi Jesse, thank you for watching. The very first stone used on this video was the #300 diamond stone. A great stone to have if you are familiar with sharpening knives on a stone.
A lot of videos I've seen sharpening western chef knives use a sweeping
motion they say maintains the curve of the belly portion of the blade. I
notice you do not change your direction at all and maintain the same motion
the whole way through. Are their concerns unfounded or will the blade
eventually lose some of its curvature with your method?
When working on the curve of the knife i lift the knife up to follow the shape of the knife. by doing this i don't lose the shape or the "belly" of the knife. I hope you find this clear.
Timber Rattler Western Outlaw Bowie Knife - $19.99
//budk.com/Knives/Timber-Rattler-Outlaw-Bowie-Knife?sourcecode=YT12 This is one custom blade you will enjoy for years to come! This powerful full tang ...
+Austin Czaja because the water melon has long been the most difficult fruit to cut. This practice began in ancient watermelonia with the skilled swordsmen Melonslicerizcka cutting up to 1,200 watermelons per day to improve his sword skills, and we still carry this tradition on today. (and we like to eat watermelons and made up this tale)
Well best of luck to you if you choose to got it again or something else. If u have the money, I would give the blade one more chance to hold up to what they advertise it to be :)....i really loved mine and really want it again....
Wow that's worse then mine I had mine for a small while before It gave up....sorry about it braking on the first day. That's horrible. Did you contact BudK?
Hey dude I got this knife and literally loved it. Took it on a weekend campout and chopped stuff, nothing really abusive and the blade broke in 2! how did yours brake? I still love the knife and want another one....
Chefknivestogo Introduction to Japanese Kitchen Knives Part1
This is a video primer to help you understand the difference between Japanese and Western kitchen knives. Some common features will be compared and ...
Western Knives
Western Knives at SHOT Show 2016.
Blind Horse Knives Western Drover Review and Field Test
Jeff from takes a close look at the Western Drover made by Blind Horse Knives. After discussing some of the features we take it into the field and test it out by ...
I almost didn't watch the video after being forced to watch a 30 second
commercial w/o the usual skip it feature. However, I do appreciate the
effort to produce a review.
Good to see someone making something with a knife rather than just go on
about them. The best thing you can make with a length of willow is a
cricket bat.
David Carradine - Best Knife Fight Ever! - The Long Riders
"Handkerchief" knife-fighting scene with big Bowie knives from Walter Hill's 1980 western "The Long Riders" between bandit Cole Younger (David Carradine) ...
David Carradine was a superb actor - but this was not a real knife fight.
In fact, this had nothing to do with knife-fighting. A real knife expert
would have ended this fight with either of the combatants in no more than
30 seconds.
The Bowie knife was one of the first knives designed to be used primarily
for closed quarter combat. During this age when single shot black powder
pistols were the main defensive weapon and men wore swords, in fact
swordsmanship was a sign of status and breeding. Yet wearing a sword all
day and in certain environments was not always viable. Yet most knives
were smaller and designed for a specific work function. Jim Bowie designed
the perfect go between. The "BOWIE" was large, heavy and made for fighting
yet compact enough to be worn all day in any environment. The knife was
best deployed in conjunction with a war club of some kind. A man could
fire his pistol, flip it around and have a war club in one hand and the
knife in the other for best results. An awesome weapon that eventually
lost its value with the evolution of revolvers and repeating rifles.
+MustBeNoodly No duh huh? I entered this hoping to have an intelligent conversation discussing something I have studied and like (knifes and edged weapons) but as often the case got suckered in to a foul mouth keyboard commando hate spew party. So I will give this to you sonny........just for you. Jim Bowie was full of crap, his knife was for buttering toast and the rondel was famously used by mountain men, cowboys, rangers......that's why it is known and recognized everywhere in America today. HAPPY???? No go let mommy make you your hot pocket so I can go find an adult conversation.
+MrAzrancherThe hostility is for how you're trying to make out that you know what you're talking about, when very clearly you don't.Thick blade? Yeah because thick blades are really good on knives...What heavier objects are you referring to? Branches and logs? Well no because thinner blades are more suited to that, and believe it or not they don't break.Or do you mean other blades? If so, then you really do not know what you're talking about, because people didn't fight with swords and knives by hitting each other's blades hoping to cleave through them. Even if they did do that, that won't break either blade.Long blade for slashing? Implying that's what long knives are for...And yes clip point did provide a better thrust, but what's your point? Same with the guards that were meant to act as guards on later examples. They were on there because they could be used in a fight. But even then more pronounced clip points were more for lightening the blade while retaining the same edge.Wow the knife issued to troops was THE knife they used? No shit.If you don't think the rondel was pulled out in combat the you are an idiot who doesn't even know what the rondel was or what it was used for. Have a nice life and try to stop spreading false information in the future.
+MustBeNoodly Because I have read enough history and information on Bowie and the design of the knife itself. He wanted the thick blade so it would not break when struck by heavier objects, the long blade for slashing and the clip point sharpened on top for stabbing and it doubles as an impact weapon....but the kicker is the elongated guards......used to catch and deflect another edged weapon so your hand it not injured. Working utility knifes do not need elongated guards. I am not sure why your so hostile over an opinion and comment??? I have read the history, know the stories and as a knife and weapon person know of the rondel and other classic knifes and how good they are......but in all my studies and experience I have never, ever heard any story about someone drawing their trusty rondel in combat..........even when I was in the Marine Corps the K-Bar and raider Bowie was the fighting knife. No dispute over the knifes you mentioned, in fact they are awesome......but why the hostility???
+MrAzrancher"Civilised people" didn't call them brutish, since large knives have been used for thousands of years by all social classes. People called them butchers knives because that's exactly what they were.And yes, I am in no way denying that they were used as weapons. Travellers, ranchers and rangers often carried large knives, pistols and/or carbines, the knives being TOOLS, and only used as a last resort if their pistols or carbines didn't do the trick. They were NOT meant for fighting. How can you not understand this?
+MustBeNoodly It is true that most civilized people of that era called it a brutish ugly weapon for uncivilized people, something only a butcher would use. But then Jim Bowies reputation as a brawler and killer was less than stellar itself, not anything like the sanitized Hollywood version. While shunned everywhere else it was the choice fighting knife of mountain men, texas rangers and others in the untamed west. In the Ranger museum at Waco texas there are accounts of many fights with commanche Indians between rangers wielding bowies.
+MrAzrancherHis brother himself, the guy who made Bowie's knife, described it as a glorified kitchen knife, something like this: //www.fototime.com/E00FD1BBEE6F3BE/orig.jpgHe himself called it a hunting knife and it was made to be a hunting knife, because even before repeating firearms, carrying a knife purely for self defense was a retarded idea. The evolution from a glorified kitchen knife to what the bowie knife is now has made it even less suitable for fighting. Longer, more slender blades with the tip in line with the handle are far better for fighting than the broad, clipped blades that became popular. You know why thy became popular? Because they're excellent tools, not weapons.Like I said, it has never been a fighting knife and nor was it ever meant to be.
+MustBeNoodly Well you can ignore me, go to any library or research Jim Bowie who made the knife and why. My comments were not opinion but historical information I put together researching various western history. Its shape has been copied and the size reduced over the century to become a common utility style knife but the original (large) bowie was created by him for fighting. The rondel style daggers predated the Bowie by hundreds of years but was not as popular with Americans especially explorers and westerners. The dagger style fighting knifes are very efficient and popular even in more modern times like the commando daggers of WW2 to the gerber models of the 70's......but for western Americans the Bowie style was the favored fighting knife until revolvers and repeating rifles made close up knife fights rare. But don't take one account like mine, read about Jim Bowie it is good reading.
+MrAzrancher Yeah, no you're just bullshitting. The bowie knife, in all variations, is a utility knife and always has been. If you want to talk about actual fighting knives, go read about the rondel dagger and pugio.
+pinz2022 Not just the old west Amigo. In the Marine Corps oversea's we would fight over ugly fat girls just because they were the only girls. HA LOL :)