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Old 01-28-2016, 03:51 PM
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Big Bear Bowies of the Modern RMK Era

Hi folks!

I'm sure we would all like to see your "modern" Big Bear Bowies, namely those crafted from 1990 to the present.

Please feel free to share your beauties on this thread.

I'll start off with a teaser and will follow up later with detailed photos and information on my four unique #12-8s.

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Until I get my act together, you're most welcome to show us yours.

Cheers!

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Old 01-28-2016, 04:28 PM
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Give me an email address and I can send some pics to you to post on my behalf.
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Old 01-28-2016, 05:14 PM
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One of my bears

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Old 01-28-2016, 05:30 PM
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I'm a HUGE fan of Crown Stag, especially on Model 12's!
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Old 01-28-2016, 05:39 PM
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OK David
What's the significance of the L R on the back of your sheath?
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Old 01-28-2016, 06:30 PM
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Firstly to 505Gibbs: CONGRATULATIONS on successfully posting your first photos.

And what terrific photos they are showing an impressive piece of crown stag on that Big Bear!

To Sam: Good question. The R on the sheath means it's a replacement of the original and the L stands for left handed.

The reason for this replacement was to enable a scrim on the handle to be seen when the knife is sheathed. This, because the scrim was done on the trademark side.

The black sheath also matches the natural handle material.

Don't worry folks, all will be revealed when I show you the scrim.... maybe tomorrow...

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I won't tease you folks any longer.

I obtained this Big Bear Bowie in 2003 when my dear late wife and I (both cat lovers of all felines large and small) fell in love with the scrim.

It's a Snow Leopard scrimmed on the horn of a Water Buffalo handle by very talented Rick "HutcH" Hutchings of Crestwood, Kentucky.

You can read all about Hutch here:

http://www.cartertown.com/Knives/Hutch/Hutch.htm


So without further ado, here's the knife:























You can see in the above photo why the sheath was replaced with a lefty.







The eBay seller was the one who ordered the knife from RMK and commissioned the scrim from HutcH. Here are his photos:




I hope you like this knife as much as I still do.


It should be noted that Randall no longer accepts Water Buffalo horn for handles on their knives. I believe the reason is the difficulty working with this material.

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David

P.S. I'm looking forward to seeing your Big Bears, so I'll wait for awhile before I show you who's in the rest of my lair.


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Nice 'scratching' - literally!!


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That is an awesome Bear Bowie David!
If the horn is hard to work with for the shop, I wonder how difficult it is to scrim?
I see a corner of a sheath in the sellers pic, is that the lefty sheath? Or did you order it from Sullivans? Great idea.
The black handle with the brass hardware, outstanding look.
The scrim is well done as well.
Beautiful knife, or should I say, work of art.
Was that an auction on eBay, or were you fortunate to see it just after it was listed buy it now, and snatched it up?

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Hi Sam!

Thanks for your comments and questions. I'm glad you like the knife.

I did win it in an auction. If I remember correctly, I was pleased that I didn't have to pay what I bid.

It was the seller who ordered the lefty replacement sheath. You can see it along with the knife in the 7th photo.

As far as being hard to scrim, perhaps our own Rick Bowles could tell us if he ever scrimmed on Water Buffalo horn.

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OK guys, post up pics of those bears, I don't have a modern bear. I am anxious to see what David has in his lair!

I did see this one in Hunts book - Randall Knives, Rare, Unique, & Experimental-, that is quite nice. I know, its not a modern one, but very nice one.





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Moosie David that is an absolutely stunning Randall. Those Bowies usually don't appeal to me but that one is unique. It is a beauty.
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Thanks very much, Ronnie!

I know you're hard to please...

Where are more Modern Big Bears?

Oh yeah it's winter and they must be hibernating.

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This one isn't mine, as of 2007 it belonged to Burnie Austin, but David, the scrim was done by the same artist as yours, Hutch.



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I don't know if I had ever seen a Randall with Water Buffalo Horn as handle material. It is beautiful stuff. I will look for one now.
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