The Crypt Bowie

Maker: Joseph Hogan

Specifications:

Total: 15 3/16 inches

Blade: 10 inches

Handle: 5 inches

Thick: 3/8 inches

Blade type: Recurve clip-point

Handle type: Coffin

Weight: 1lds 4 oz.

Blade Steel: 5160

Guard Type: Rough iron

Finish: Cold blued

Description: This has been one of my most anticipated projects of the year: especially considering the fact it has taken me most of 2022 to complete it. The original design was created back in November of 2021, but production didn't begin until May 4th of 2022 after some more refinement in the original design making it more practical. Most of this build is made out of reclaimed materials from nearby scrapyards, railroads and from previous house repairs. The blade was sculpted from a large truck leaf spring, the guard was from a old railroad track clip, the copper collar was from some copper pipe under my house, but the scales and the copper pin had to be bought online.

The Crypt bowie has definitely been my most difficult to make knives in all my life mainly for three reason: one, the blade will be the biggest I have ever worked on. Two, the blade is a encapsulated tang, which I'm not good at. Three, this blade would require a lot of measuring and precise calculation for the guard and the handle to line up without a seam. But in all this has been a fun project, there was definitely a lot of learning I had to do and plenty of patience that was required for every step.

Done