Too good to be true Matthew Danitz Bowie

[Rolling_trip]

I’m not a blacksmith, but with a clunk that large missing.......I’d say something went wrong in the tempering.

 

[Shortcut]

Dang nicaburns that stinks man! Sorry to hear about the broke knife and bad experience. laughable knife misuse, guy has no idea you knowledge on blades!!

 

[nicaburns]

I’m not a blacksmith, but with a clunk that large missing.......I’d say something went wrong in the tempering.

Yes, grain structure in the break was coarse ... I had resharpened after the initial cutting on a poplar to give it a convex edge to help absorb any shock but any knife should be able to make it through a 3/4" green branch

 

[kingdaddy3247]

Maybe in the future you need to ask "makers" and "blacksmiths" if they are in the business of making display pieces or tools...

 

[fastfish66]

Well dummy me thought I would take a chance on a guy and have Bowie made by a new young maker. Took a couple of months to arrive and while it was thin with a higher degree of distal taper than I wanted he assured me it would hold up.
Well, one day of cutting back some branches did it in. He initially offered a refund but, like a dummy, I asked him to make a replacement and even offered to pay for the supplies. After I sent the knife back he decided it was "misuse" and refused to do anything. I live, I learn... life goes on!
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MAN THAT REALLY SUCKS

 

[BIKER13]

get more out of a Pakistani blade than that

 

[nicaburns]

get more out of a Pakistani blade than that

Indeed... that is why I was shocked that he changed his tune from "glad to stand behind my work" and I'll give you a full refund" to "Bowies are not designed to be choppers" and "I was not informed that it would go through an extreme chopping test"... not sure how green wood with no batoning, prying, stabbing is an "extreme chopping" test. If you can't make an 8.5" bladed bowie knife that can make it through a 3/4 green branch without breaking then you should not be making knives.

 

[Yander1776]

If you got it from ebay, you need to dispute it right now, and ask for a refund. Ebay will more than likely back the buyer.

 

[Boz1911]

Helluva way to build a reputation............

 

[Shortcut]

Helluva way to build a reputation............

Especially in the world today, word spreads fast and bad word even faster