Bowie Knives And Blade Lengths

Purchasing a bowie knife is an excellent way to gain a powerful tool that can be used around your home, on camping trips, hunting expeditions, fishing trips or even adventure exploration. These famed knives have been in widespread use for almost 200 years and during that time, numerous modifications have been made to the original design. One of these is the blade length available. What blade length options do you have for your new bowie knife?

Smaller bowie knife blades, such as the four to six inch range are perfect for most utilitarian tasks and make wonderful all around knives. These are small enough that they are not conspicuous when worn, and are still large enough that you can use them for a variety of different needs. Whether cleaning a fish or slicing rope, these are excellent blade lengths.

Six to Eight Inches - Six inches seems to be the magical number. This blade length is long enough for a wide variety of different tasks, but is not too long for tasks such as cleaning and gutting fish, skinning game or whittling. However, you will find that blades with this length blade are not the ideal solution if you intend to chop things with them (bone, sinew, muscle, wood, etc). For jobs such as this, you should opt for something a bit larger. The eight-inch range is an ideal option for those seeking personal protection, while still ensuring that they can make use of these blades for utilitarian purposes.

Twelve to Fourteen Inches - These are enormous blades. You'll find that a bowie knife with a blade in this size range is truly formidable. Whether used for clearing brush or for personal protection, these knives are more than handy. However, you will find that jobs requiring precision cutting are not so easily accomplished and that you might need to carry more than one knife with you for the different tasks that you will encounter. However, bowie knife blades in this size range are quite sturdy and provide tremendous resilience for hard use.

Blades larger than about twelve inches are a bit more unwieldy than smaller blades are. However, they are ideal for heavy chopping and can even be used to clear brush in a pinch. However, because of their immense size, carrying these blades can be a bit difficult though you will find that they are more than eye-catching when worn.