TORCUTT said:

Gresh said:

the swedge (upper edge) isnt meant to be sharp. even if you buy an expensive or older bowie its not gonna be sharp enough to cut you unless an end user sharpened it on their own

mainly cause it doesnt need to be, and it would make the knife illegal to carry outdoors in some countries,including the US, cause it constitutes a "double edge" and they think that means it can only be used for violence

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bow·ie knife
ˈbo͞oē,ˈbōē/
noun
a long knife with a blade double-edged at the point.
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en-US&ie=UTF-8&source=android-browser&q=bowie+knife+define&gws_rd=ssl
Knife laws are regulated by the state and not the feds. So double edged blades ARE legal in some states. Namely Oregon.

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you may be right about the double edge laws, im not really read up im just going by what ive read. i guess there are a few states that allow it, but most don't. and if you kill someone with a double edged knife, even in self defense, your gonna get charged with something

but i can pretty much garuntee most bowies aren't gonna have sharpened swedges.

cold steel makes several 150-300$ bowies, all swedges unsharpened

chris reeve makes several bowies, again, no sharp swedges

KA-BAR makes several bowies, none with sharpened swedges. even the ones the military would issue don't

even your knife you posted for example, take a look at these photo from a different angle



this is an even better picture, but its huge so im just posting a link : http://www.knife-depot.com/images/product/c6/390934.jpg

the swedge is clearly unsharpened, whereas you can see the beveled cutting edge on the front

i could go on with different companies, but those are 3 well known ones, plus your own knife. not saying there arent any bowies out there with sharpened swedges, but they really arent made like that and people just put em on themselves

i go to knife shows (actually gun shows, but people bring lots of knives too) and ive seen a fuckton of bowies and knives in general. approximately very very few had sharp swedges, and the ones that did werent even bowies


im not trying to be a dick, im just passionate about knives