[dave]

Can someone tell me if there a particular lengths on a knife to be carry.

 

[Glock23-4-Me]

Can someone tell me if there a particular lengths on a knife to be carry.

if you dont have a license, then you can only conceal a "common pocket knife, plastic knife or blunt-bladed table knife.

If you have a FL concealed weapon and firearm license, then you can carry one of these if you want (machete)

 

[Rvrctyrngr]

Heck...you can carry one of those openly if you like, license or not.

 

[freefallin1309]

Heck...you can carry one of those openly if you like, license or not.

I do for a living

 

[T.S.]

Naaaaaa, if I'm gonna carry a knife, I'm gonna carry a real knife ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01NHcTM5IA4

 

[brownie]

Naaaaaa, if I'm gonna carry a knife, I'm gonna carry a real knife ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01NHcTM5IA4

I've been known to carry this custom bowie on occasion on the streets. It a 10" damascus blade in a custom River City Sheath [RCS ]. The bowie is by Greg Covington to my specs with a presentation grade elk stag handle. The sheath handmade by my good friend Mike Sastre of RCS :drinks

If I'm not carrying that bad boy, I could also be carrying the Cold Steel Laredo Bowie in a custom RCS sheath as well. The Laredo's blade measures 10.5".

Yes, there are people that actually carry the big blades on them often. Mike Sastre is never without a custom Bill Bagwell bowie. We've both got some professional training on the big boys through Jim Keatings Riddle of Steel camps.

 

[Glock23-4-Me]

Naaaaaa, if I'm gonna carry a knife, I'm gonna carry a real knife ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01NHcTM5IA4

leave it to my brother TampaSsgt to go all out. :rolf

 

[teter09]

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I wonder if I spend TOO much time on this forum when I see a post like Glock23's with the machetes and instantly think of Crocodile Dundee.....

To which I see TampaSgt post that clip.....and then I think to myself 'I bet Brownie can beat that'......

To then see that Brownie in fact DOES!!!!

:thumsup

 

[Red Dawg]

:rolf
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I wonder if I spend TOO much time on this forum when I see a post like Glock23's with the machetes and instantly think of Crocodile Dundee.....

To which I see TampaSgt post that clip.....and then I think to myself 'I bet Brownie can beat that'......

To then see that Brownie in fact DOES!!!!

:thumsup

Now this is funny. But what is really funny is that it is true.

 

[brownie]

I've not ever been able to find how long the knife was that was used in the Croc movie in any official release by the movie studio, though many companies cashed in on the movies popularity with a plethora of their own versions later on. It was made of aluminum by an Australian movie prop man who's made various knives used in movies like Mad Max, etc.

It appears to be about 12-13" in blade length, and the ones I actually carry are 10 and 10 1/2" in blade length. I do have two knives that are 12 and just under 13" in blade length, as shown here in this picture.

The second and third knives from the top are Bagwell Fighters. The blades measure 11 1/2" long.

The 5th knife from the top measures 12.75" in blade length. It was made by a mountain man living in the Montana wilderness out of a model A leaf spring in 1930 or 1931. It's razor sharp, fully capable of shaving your face.

The bottom knife is the "Brown Bowie" as made by a custom maker in Pennsylvania from my own design. It was photographed at the New York custom blade show back in the mid 80's and featured in one of the national knife rags shortly thereafter. It measures 12" on the blade length, 2 1/2" wide, and a full 3/8" thick, flat taper grind to the tip and is 18" overall in length. I had the blank of D-2 carbon tool steel custom made for me by Jessup Steel also in Pennsylvania. It contains 12.5% chromium making this knife fully a carbon tool steel blade, and just 1/2% shy of being stainless steel.

The mountain man Bowie and the "Brown Bowie" would be roughly the same size as the Croc Dundee prop used in the movie, but they are much too large to carry for most even in custom sheaths. A knife that's much over 11.5" in length is going to be strictly a show piece and too heavy to actually use effectively for SD with the exception of the Bagwell Fighters. These Bagwells are so well balanced that if you close your eyes on the two in the picture and I handed them to you, you'd think you were just holding the handle and there was no blade. Light and fast, they'll reach out and tap you from further than you'd think in less time than it takes to blink.

The ones I carry and the two Bagwells have custom River city Sheaths by my buddy Mike Sastre. They can be concealed under a T shirt, you can sit, stand and move around all without noticing the blade all day long in his sheath systems and be drawn from concealed as fast as I can draw my handguns from under the same T shirt. I'm limited to about 10 1/2" of blade length maximum comfortably based on the length of my arm and torso.

I've presently got another Bagwell Bowie on order [ 14 month delivery time due July 2010 ] that will be 10" of pure fighting knife I'm going to carry regularly when I get it. This one will be 5160 tool steel and with a stag handle and brass guard. It'll be a working knife carried daily as I'm retiring my 5.5" custom Rob Patton knife as soon as this one is delivered.

It wasn't that long ago I was really into the blades and professional training in how to use them for SD with two of the best blade masters in the country. Now I'm just a little old man

 

[brownie]

Here's some better eye candy of the damascus Bagwell Fighter along with a better picture of the mountain man and Brown Bowie for those who are interested.

 

[Jim45]

Here's some better eye candy of the damascus Bagwell Fighter along with a better picture of the mountain man and Brown Bowie for those who are interested.

Incredible collection sir, as usual!

Any of those making the trip to Lake Mary in November?

Jim

 

[brownie]

Incredible collection sir, as usual!

Any of those making the trip to Lake Mary in November?

Jim

I'm not sure yet. I have to insure the package for over 8K if I ship just some of them and it may be too cost prohibitive. I'd hate to lose any of them and several could not be replaced at any price. That top knife with the stag handle is the second knife Bagwell ever made while he was in college which I was fortunate to get my hands on from another collector. Bagwell has asked me to sell or trade it back to him for over 5K and I've refused the offers.

I'll have to think about it some and thanks for your thoughts on the long blades.

 

[Jim45]

I'm not sure yet. I have to insure the package for over 8K if I ship just some of them and it may be too cost prohibitive. I'd hate to lose any of them and several could not be replaced at any price. That top knife with the stag handle is the second knife Bagwell ever made while he was in college which I was fortunate to get my hands on from another collector. Bagwell has asked me to sell or trade it back to him for over 5K and I've refused the offers.

I'll have to think about it some and thanks for your thoughts on the long blades.

I would keep them in the safe, especially the Bagwell.

Thanks for sharing the pictures, one does not see something like that too often!

Jim

 

[brownie]

I would keep them in the safe, especially the Bagwell.

Thanks for sharing the pictures, one does not see something like that too often!

Jim

I'm glad to hear someone appreciates them as much as I do Jim.

Stay sharp, we're going to have a great time in Lake Mary in November with the blades training. :drinks

 

[Rvrctyrngr]

Great pics, Brownie. Thank you for showing the good taste to NOT post a pic of the FB04. I can't afford a trip to Appache Junction right now...

Note to self: R. Brown, ESQ owes RCR one keyboard drool removal. :rolf

Geez, that's some gorgeous steel, sir. November can't get here soon enough....or September, for that matter! :thumsup

 

[brownie]

Thanks RCR, hope that FB04 works out for you.

Looking forward to hooking up on both dates with you and the other members as well.:thumsup

 

[Rvrctyrngr]

Thanks RCR, hope that FB04 works out for you.

Oh yeah....I owe you a PM or a phone call tomorrow.

 

[teter09]

Now I'm just a little old man

I've heard that phrase before!

/sprints to Canada...................................................

 

[Rvrctyrngr]

I've heard that phrase before!

/sprints to Canada...................................................

Ummmmm.....you're not safe there, either! :rolf