Is the Military Master Commando Bowie Knife good quality?
Im 13 and want a survival knife but my mom doesnt want me to have a giant blade (over like 8 or 9 inches). So i went on amazon and found this bowie knife with a 7 7/8inch long blade. It had good reviews and cost only $13 (plus shipping) is this knife anygood? ty
Those are great knives for the price! Hell, those are great knives for any price.
There are four, possibly five of those knives in that series, that bowie was the first to hit the market a few years back. After that, a drop point, a double edged dagger, a tanto etc etc showed up. No one really seems to know who makes them. I've seen four diff manufacturers given credit for them.
They're rock solid, almost a 1/4" thick steel, sharp as any survival type knife should be, they hold an edge damned well etc. The one I took the time to grind off the black coating (not paint, it's more like some type of tough oxide stuff....fits a survival/military knife well!) it was carbon steel under. The handles, which folks will say is everything from "metal" to rubber to aluminum to what have you is actually a thick cast fiber reinforced plastic very similar to the stuff used in synthetic gunstocks. It's not cast in place....it's pressure fit up onto the knife tang and then fixed into place with the thong ferrule. The guards are welded into place....no rattles.
On one of my survival forums, as a project, I took one of those small machete/chopper knives and drilled out the handle ferrule and removed the grip. The blade tang then easily fit into a slotted staff end and paracorded in place to make a survival spear. When not used on a stick, simply slip the grip back into place and use an inch long piece of 1/4" brass rod in place of the ferrule to keep the grip solid in place. You can then do a small turk's head and lanyard out of the paracord on top of that to keep the rod in place and to give the grip some extra pommel to hold onto.
Those are great knives. You won't be sorry.
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