4 Great Bowie Knives Made in the USA

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  • Опубликовано: 3 июл 2023
  • With big blades, big capability and even bigger attitude, it is easy to see why the Bowie Knife is the iconic American blade. Named for the knife Jim Bowie, who died defending the Alamo, used at the infamous Sandbar Fight, here are 4 worth checking out.
    Featured Knives:
    Randall Made Custom 12-9: kcoti.com/3NzXEFP
    Bear & Son Gold Rush: kcoti.com/3XDfrAG
    Spyderco Respect: kcoti.com/3rbqODV
    TOPS Prather War Bowie: kcoti.com/3CU5bdT
    Browse our full catalog: kcoti.com/KnifeCenter
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  • @knifecenter
    @knifecenter  Год назад +20

    Featured Knives:
    Randall Made Custom 12-9: kcoti.com/3NzXEFP
    Bear & Son Gold Rush: kcoti.com/3XDfrAG
    Spyderco Respect: kcoti.com/3rbqODV
    TOPS Prather War Bowie: kcoti.com/3CU5bdT

    • @1337flite
      @1337flite 6 месяцев назад

      Is this DCA narrating with a filter or something? Its sounds like DCA, but not quite right.

  • @Monsoonpain
    @Monsoonpain Год назад +98

    I recently inherited a 30 year old Bowie, walnut handle, brass hand guard and pommel. 52-100 steel, CONVEX GRIND ! I Saw a similar one online, for 300 bucks ! Its a beauty, and my most prized fixed blade.

    • @proclamationofthedamned1714
      @proclamationofthedamned1714 9 месяцев назад +2

      out of curiosity where did it come from exactly?

    • @koDaffi
      @koDaffi 8 месяцев назад +4

      30 years ago is like 1993-94...

    • @Hitterhighway
      @Hitterhighway 5 месяцев назад +1

      That's when

    • @Monsoonpain
      @Monsoonpain 5 месяцев назад +3

      @proclamationofthedamned1714 - Shining Mountains- Blackjack Bowie is the name on the Blade

    • @Monsoonpain
      @Monsoonpain 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@koDaffi - I believe it was made in 1993 exactly, but the company (Shining Mountains) was sold a few years later

  • @alexandermedina9445
    @alexandermedina9445 8 месяцев назад +6

    I've been eyeing the BEAR & SON Gold Rush for some time.

  • @tomturbuckle0076
    @tomturbuckle0076 Год назад +17

    Suprised not to see a cold steel on this list. Still will give these a look.

    • @nightrider5109
      @nightrider5109 Год назад +5

      That's because Coldsteel is not made in America

  • @TheKnifeJunkie
    @TheKnifeJunkie Год назад +81

    YES-nothing like a Bowie!!! Happy 4th DCA!

  • @eduardohermoso150
    @eduardohermoso150 11 месяцев назад +25

    The Bear and Son looks like the old Western cutlery Bowie.

    • @thwolf762
      @thwolf762 6 месяцев назад +5

      Yup, exactly like a Western 49

    • @Bushadventures7
      @Bushadventures7 5 месяцев назад

      I thought it was 49 at first

  • @JReb71
    @JReb71 Год назад +10

    Would love to have that Randall

  • @frankluis4653
    @frankluis4653 7 месяцев назад +25

    The man died like a warrior and had a weapon he used named after him that's actually legendary

    • @GregR2023
      @GregR2023 6 месяцев назад +4

      He died trying to defend slavery. Calm down.

    • @andrewkelleher2415
      @andrewkelleher2415 5 месяцев назад +7

      ​@GregR2023 he died at the Alamo what are you talking about

    • @patricknorton5788
      @patricknorton5788 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@andrewkelleher2415Look it up.

    • @jonjacobjingleheimerschmid3798
      @jonjacobjingleheimerschmid3798 4 месяца назад

      ​@@GregR2023see someone who got indoctrinated into " modern history"
      Almost no one died defending slavery..

    • @SenkaBandit
      @SenkaBandit 4 месяца назад +2

      @@GregR2023 I don’t think you know what you’re talking about lol

  • @fernandobrito5746
    @fernandobrito5746 8 месяцев назад +3

    Randall is amazing.

  • @explorer010
    @explorer010 Год назад +10

    Very impressive I want a Bowie in my collection respect from the UK 🇬🇧

  • @macmccartney5760
    @macmccartney5760 11 месяцев назад +3

    That tops and spyderco are sweet

  • @Flybynite88
    @Flybynite88 7 месяцев назад +2

    I have the bear and sons. It came extremely sharp and it’s well made.

  • @realplayer9603
    @realplayer9603 5 месяцев назад

    Like the look of the Bear & Son but all have their good points.

  • @General_Kenobi_212
    @General_Kenobi_212 10 месяцев назад +2

    That Spyderco looks really cool, but the sydie-hole looks like it's in a really bad place structurally for such a large fixed blade....
    I also don't understand why they even feel the need to put a hole on this fixed blade anyways.... I get that it's their "signature" but on a fixed blade in this style it's useless if not detrimental

  • @mudboy9762
    @mudboy9762 Год назад +14

    I like my Ontario Knife Company Bowie

    • @longshanks5531
      @longshanks5531 10 месяцев назад +2

      Hold on to that Bowie, Ontario got bought and closed the factory in NY… no more Ontario knife company 😢

    • @artemisgray739
      @artemisgray739 7 месяцев назад +1

      I have three knives by Ontario. The SP-10 Bowie, the SP-1 combat knife, and the M9 Bayonet. I love all of them and I would not trade them for anything. I have so many knives but those three in particular are my pride and joy

    • @rnkmode1876
      @rnkmode1876 13 дней назад +1

      The SP10 Marine Raider Bowie is a Beast.

  • @jordanturner509
    @jordanturner509 Год назад +11

    I have a condor undertaker bowie thats not bad with a hollow grind and has a curve over the whole edge good for chopping

    • @zeemzero2880
      @zeemzero2880 7 месяцев назад

      In my opinion the Undertaker Bowie is one of the best looking bowies ... especially with that deep belly.

  • @vandelftcrafts2958
    @vandelftcrafts2958 Год назад +1

    I just recently build my first bowie. it is awesome how these big knives are so iconic!

  • @darnellsmith363
    @darnellsmith363 8 месяцев назад +2

    I want the Mtech Raptor Bowie

  • @damianburns6534
    @damianburns6534 Год назад +2

    Torture tested my Bear and Son, totally passed. Rolled the tip, and the guard became loose but no major breaks. I Re sharpened the whole blade, pointed that tip and wrapped some leather shrink tie around the guard and she's as good as new. They make a great knife.

  • @tomevans4402
    @tomevans4402 7 месяцев назад +2

    Great knives

  • @YoshikageKira33
    @YoshikageKira33 10 месяцев назад +1

    i love how it was made in america but it looks most like a knife to fight off the demons we have in australia

    • @Sporkmaker5150
      @Sporkmaker5150 8 месяцев назад +1

      Is that what you call kangaroos?

  • @darrenerickson1288
    @darrenerickson1288 4 месяца назад +1

    I wish they put dates on shorts. Knife Center’s website says the Randall 12-9 is discontinued. 😢

    • @BrandonBlahh
      @BrandonBlahh 4 месяца назад +2

      Even if it wasn't discontinued, trying to snag a brand new one would land you with a 2 year wait list. Most Randalls are had via secondhand purchases nowadays.

  • @rnkmode1876
    @rnkmode1876 13 дней назад

    The Cold Steel Marauder or Recon Scout should be in the place of the Tops knife.

  • @BuddWolf
    @BuddWolf 11 месяцев назад

    I ❤️all my Bowie’s. I’ve got the Bear and sons and a Spyderco among others.
    6 total

  • @jordanturner509
    @jordanturner509 Год назад +19

    Damn that spyderco is so ugly its almost pretty 😂 looks like a tactical kitchen knife

    • @proclamationofthedamned1714
      @proclamationofthedamned1714 9 месяцев назад

      idk why but i love it. its just great, the others are also great bowies

    • @Veldtian1
      @Veldtian1 8 месяцев назад

      post modern cyber punk Boowee

    • @rnkmode1876
      @rnkmode1876 13 дней назад

      I was just thinking that, a Bowie/Chef's knife. Lol

  • @John-rs3ib
    @John-rs3ib 5 месяцев назад

    I have a replica bowie knife just like one from the Alamo amazing 12inch blade I think the bowie knife is a classic weapon

  • @msims1250
    @msims1250 Год назад +1

    I love my Prather! I’d like to have that Spyderco, too.

  • @Braydensbricks
    @Braydensbricks 7 месяцев назад

    My great great great great grandfather is the one that shot Jim Bowie and the sandbar foght

  • @Kn.ife_inn
    @Kn.ife_inn 10 месяцев назад +1

    Who want exact same replica of this master piece in D2 Steel

    • @Sporkmaker5150
      @Sporkmaker5150 8 месяцев назад

      The Randall is 01 tool steel. Oldschool!

  • @qui-gone
    @qui-gone Год назад

    Prather has been an excellent knife for my hikes for over 2 years. Highly recommended. Get a kydex sheath though..

  • @4feathers
    @4feathers 6 месяцев назад

    My favorite style/type of knife 👍

  • @HamSandwich1122
    @HamSandwich1122 10 месяцев назад

    Damn, I want that Spyderco.

  • @GlennD6969
    @GlennD6969 6 месяцев назад

    Spyderco❤

  • @MrJoshDoty
    @MrJoshDoty 10 месяцев назад

    That Randall is sweet.

  • @lachlan1971
    @lachlan1971 7 месяцев назад

    Ive got the Spec Plus Marine Raider Bowie. Great knife.

  • @davidoftheforest
    @davidoftheforest 9 месяцев назад

    cold steel black bear bowie machete is my forestry blade of choice. I oil and sharpen my knife regularly and its been unstoppable for over 3 years of daily, hard use

  • @Gordon-hx8cp
    @Gordon-hx8cp Год назад +3

    I'd go with the bark river v-44 over the bear and son ,plus its largely agreed bowie died in bed at the Alamo because he was sick, not because he was fighting, let's not get too carried away with the myth lol

  • @aelsic
    @aelsic Год назад

    Love my Recon Scout!

  • @jullian8907
    @jullian8907 6 месяцев назад

    the second looks like a W49 bowie

  • @Bushadventures7
    @Bushadventures7 5 месяцев назад

    When I was a kid, I broke a cheap Walmart bowie and did some interneting and set my heart on a western 49. My parents refused to spend $100 on a ebay knife for me to throw at trees and hack logs with. I held onto wanting that knife for years. I eventually forgot and remembered out of nowhere into adult hood and ordered one that payday one of my favorite knives.

  • @neok1945
    @neok1945 Год назад +4

    I want that Spyderco 🥵

    • @samulii3763
      @samulii3763 7 месяцев назад +1

      Cost's around 700$

  • @scottyi88
    @scottyi88 Год назад +4

    Jesus H Christ $1,215.00 for the Randall?

    • @CadillacDriver
      @CadillacDriver Год назад +1

      Wtf 😮

    • @Sporkmaker5150
      @Sporkmaker5150 8 месяцев назад

      Holy crap! I got mine around 2006, same blade but with the upgraded stag handle and it was in the $700s if I remember right. It was a 5-year wait from the factory then, I haven't looked at them recently.

  • @primeministersinister625
    @primeministersinister625 7 месяцев назад +1

    Bowie’s knife hadn’t been made yet at the stand at fight

  • @user-sc1tg1yu4r
    @user-sc1tg1yu4r 7 месяцев назад

    One of my favorite Hawks ❤

  • @0pt1tr0nD27
    @0pt1tr0nD27 10 месяцев назад

    I thought the first one was the s&w Texas hold em for a minute

  • @vermili0n
    @vermili0n 8 месяцев назад

    That tops war bowie is fkn rad

  • @Dirtydenadan691
    @Dirtydenadan691 6 месяцев назад

    I love your content. I just wish you wpuld include a roundabout price for the items

  • @laseriguana
    @laseriguana 11 месяцев назад

    That second one is gorgeous

  • @humanbeanchikin
    @humanbeanchikin 5 месяцев назад

    They’re all so pretty

  • @redastrachan8978
    @redastrachan8978 11 месяцев назад

    Beautiful❗️

  • @rickyzuron
    @rickyzuron 4 месяца назад

    I like #3

  • @satuurn5245
    @satuurn5245 6 месяцев назад

    One time I had an ex gf talk me out of buying a classic bowie from the 50's. Ill never let that happen again.

  • @garyjohnson7133
    @garyjohnson7133 8 месяцев назад

    I’ve had a Western Bowie sold atJ M fields for almost 60 years. My daddy bought it for me when I was a kid for 25 bucks. Back then that was a lot of money. It gets used a lot. You can put an edge on it like a razor!

  • @Gerald-do9yg
    @Gerald-do9yg 9 месяцев назад

    Four great , high quality knives. Kudos to Bear and Son for a faithful rendition of the Western W-49 Bowie!! Blsgs, gg

  • @lestagez
    @lestagez Год назад +3

    buck ??!!

  • @donavantew8278
    @donavantew8278 Год назад +1

    Awesome

  • @petermost4421
    @petermost4421 7 месяцев назад

    Got a big moorhaus bowie..10 inch D2 blade

  • @richardnichols1213
    @richardnichols1213 11 месяцев назад

    Wow spyder co. Ontario knife Co

  • @arctodussimus6198
    @arctodussimus6198 Год назад

    My Prather War Bowie is my edc knife.
    Gotta love Texas 👍🏼👍🏼
    🇺🇸

  • @paulellington1505
    @paulellington1505 5 месяцев назад

    I have a bunch of different styles of Bowie knife and I wouldn't turn down any of these beautiful blades.

  • @stand4truth44
    @stand4truth44 Год назад +2

    BADASS!!😊🇺🇸

  • @josiahemrick
    @josiahemrick Год назад

    spyderco has a bowie?! okay now i want

    • @josiahemrick
      @josiahemrick Год назад

      i did look it up right after i commented and yeah that’s ridiculous

  • @Hammer1978
    @Hammer1978 Год назад +1

    No Dark Timber?

  • @haroldharwell7078
    @haroldharwell7078 7 месяцев назад

    The one that works, is best...

  • @user-tq5nb6kf8q
    @user-tq5nb6kf8q 6 месяцев назад

    Someone should have told Crocodile Dundee about Jim Bowie... Yep 😊

  • @Kogut-95
    @Kogut-95 5 месяцев назад

    С этим клинком может соперничать только финка НКВД.

  • @HammerK99
    @HammerK99 5 дней назад

    I can never tell the difference between the Randall 1, 14 attack, 16 special fighter, and this 12. Also, does the TOPS come rusted , or do I have to pay extra for that?

  • @rickyzuron
    @rickyzuron 9 месяцев назад

    Love it.

  • @sqhatr
    @sqhatr 4 месяца назад

    Maybe list the blade steels? I few of these are made of 440. The last steel a bowie should be made from

  • @taylorsukoshi6126
    @taylorsukoshi6126 6 месяцев назад

    Svord Von Tempsky #1

  • @sirrivet9557
    @sirrivet9557 7 месяцев назад

    I think ive hears about 5 different knives described as "the most iconic american knife"

  • @jhonrutger3508
    @jhonrutger3508 5 месяцев назад

    out of all of them I like the spyderco because of the better steel as well as a better reputation. Randall knives are nice but just far too expensive.

  • @bomtradym4027
    @bomtradym4027 10 месяцев назад

    Cold steel drop forged bowie

  • @AR9ify
    @AR9ify 10 месяцев назад

    The Spyderco does unfortunately have a breaking issue at the guard. Cracks in two.

  • @neocaeser5209
    @neocaeser5209 8 месяцев назад

    You will be missed Jim your death was not in vein

  • @kuyareyBM
    @kuyareyBM Год назад

    I love no.1😮👍

  • @budisutanto5987
    @budisutanto5987 Год назад

    1.Randal
    2 Spiderco
    3 Bear&son
    4 Top

  • @Foo3thoo
    @Foo3thoo 8 месяцев назад +1

    Yeah but which one is the best if i can only get one?

    • @Sporkmaker5150
      @Sporkmaker5150 8 месяцев назад +1

      Randall of course. 5-year wait time from the factory, make an order then sit back and wait.

  • @randythomas3478
    @randythomas3478 Месяц назад

    There's no original Bowie knife around now. We do not know what Jim's knife actually looked like.

  • @trentcostello4358
    @trentcostello4358 7 месяцев назад

    Heck yeaaaaaaa ❤❤❤❤

  • @zzzlulzzz5080
    @zzzlulzzz5080 6 месяцев назад

    "Booeey" 😂😂😂

  • @jonbryant2406
    @jonbryant2406 5 месяцев назад

    Arkansas toothpick was forgotten!

  • @nakedhombre
    @nakedhombre 5 месяцев назад

    There are so many versions of this style of knife and you name just five!!!? For instance, the CASE BOWIE Is a stand out. No question

  • @flyoutlast
    @flyoutlast Год назад

    Old timer bowie , cold Steel leatherneck bowie

  • @Airplanetyson
    @Airplanetyson 6 месяцев назад

    Other than a heirloom what purpose do Bowie serve? Wouldn’t a machete be more practical?

  • @mikec.3818
    @mikec.3818 10 месяцев назад

    That Randall is God's Knife.

  • @Nobody_896
    @Nobody_896 7 месяцев назад

    The first knife, with which Bowie became famous, allegedly was designed by Jim Bowie's brother Rezin in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana and smithed by blacksmith Jesse Clifft out of an old file.[20] Period court documents indicate that Rezin Bowie and Clifft were well acquainted with one another. Rezin's granddaughter claimed in an 1885 letter to Louisiana State University that her mother (Rezin's daughter) personally witnessed Clifft make the knife for her father.
    This knife became famous as the knife used by Bowie at the Sandbar Fight,

  • @butchcassidy3373
    @butchcassidy3373 8 месяцев назад

    The one knife that is illegal here in Alabama. Not enforced very often

  • @otiliorosario-ib4hp
    @otiliorosario-ib4hp 2 месяца назад

    Quiero,,,uno

  • @maheshbhaishrimali1096
    @maheshbhaishrimali1096 25 дней назад

    What's price

  • @taterbug70
    @taterbug70 9 месяцев назад

    What about carbohydrates?

  • @jacobkrill4751
    @jacobkrill4751 11 месяцев назад

    This is a good list but for 5th On it I’d say I prefer my condor operator Bowie

    • @ericsierra-franco7802
      @ericsierra-franco7802 11 месяцев назад

      Not made in the US.

    • @jacobkrill4751
      @jacobkrill4751 11 месяцев назад

      @@ericsierra-franco7802 it might not be but it’s sure stronger then any tops knife I wanted a Operator 7 Blackout did some testing the edge chipped out so I decided to use it as a throwing knife and the handle broke off maybe American made isn’t the best or I don’t know maybe I got a lemon

  • @chrisreuther4546
    @chrisreuther4546 Год назад +1

    I'm shocked that a Buck 110 or General are not on this list....I dig the fact that you put a Bear and Son on the list...

    • @Totemparadox
      @Totemparadox 10 месяцев назад +2

      Those aren't bowies.

  • @hawkknight4223
    @hawkknight4223 Год назад +13

    How do you not have a Cold Steel Bowie in there.

    • @chrisreuther4546
      @chrisreuther4546 Год назад

      None made in the USA... this was USA made items

    • @hawkknight4223
      @hawkknight4223 Год назад

      @@billyboy3333 Oh I freaking wish nation point beating the shit out of those things for going on 19 years. I would love a bunch of knives! Even though they got sold.

    • @sampsonlll1825
      @sampsonlll1825 11 месяцев назад +5

      American Made*

    • @BeigeYeti12345
      @BeigeYeti12345 11 месяцев назад +2

      Bowie knifes without real full tangs too was really bummed to find that out about them

    • @ericsierra-franco7802
      @ericsierra-franco7802 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@BeigeYeti12345
      Some of their Bowies have full tangs.

  • @TheEverydayFisherman99
    @TheEverydayFisherman99 11 месяцев назад +1

    1200 for the bear and sons gold rush! Nah bruh I’ll pass

  • @TheNickk85
    @TheNickk85 6 месяцев назад

    Where I Can Buy The Nuber On Bowie!?

  • @daves5443
    @daves5443 9 месяцев назад

    If I had a knife like that, no one could tell me nuthin

  • @DilloRanger
    @DilloRanger 7 месяцев назад

    Bowie knives also scare terrorists in Iraq in Afghanistan.

  • @amc31b
    @amc31b Год назад

    Not made in USA but cold steel recon scout FTW!

  • @laurogarza4953
    @laurogarza4953 8 месяцев назад +1

    Despite vintage popular media, the Bowie knife is merely a large and heavy clip point knife and not a fighting knife. Because of its weight, it is actually three knives in one by providing a scalpel, a clever and an awl which make it ideal for outdoorsman.