Been awhile…… just had other life stuff come into picture taking me off here awhile, have definitely missed the connections and groups here on the Hide. Sharing this because it never happens to me…. winning something! This was a “You’re shitting me” moment. A Damascus WW2 Raider Style Bowie, 13 7/8” long, blade 8 7/8” sharpened edge. Originally I saw the knife in Instagram, commented, next time I look it had so much interest it was made into a raffle for the knife. So bought one $50 ticket…I never play lottery even, but for a grail Bowie of any kind I could hang with wasting fifty bucks to feel the possibility, enjoy that, then not win and be totally satisfied with the moment. But..can you guess…….I damn won this thing, it still feels exactly like that moment I found out seeing my name as the winner, even took a few for me to realize that’s what the post was actually saying..that I won!!! So I now have what I always thought would be a “If I could afford it I’d get a HFB Bowie” to top my small collection …it would be the “Now there’s a knife!” Low and BEHOLD….
View attachment 7757923View attachment 7757926View attachment 7757928View attachment 7757929View attachment 7757931View attachment 7757932View attachment 7757933 Surprisingly easy to wield for the size, super comfortable in either hand. Mosaics, Snake Wood, Giraffe bone brass stripes split includes blue and black G10 In the split, carbon fiber bolster. Same black/blue G10 liners, sheath leather w/python insert…the whole thing is a beauty, one day my son will get it as he’s into knives also (thought of giving it to him (He’s now 49 years old)..but just have to enjoy it awhile more…very possible for a fiftieth birthday present…
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we’ll seee. He’s doing well enough to get a HFB knife actually but still family stuffs take precedence, so his blade “gets” are lower working end. I have already given him a Wilson Combat Star Benza I got and never carried, but this would be a cherished piece as it is here. I’m just a lucky son of a gun.