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#42953 - 06/08/08 05:23 PM Knife Of The Week Rick Bowles Special!!!!!!!!!!!!! **
JesseEgnew Offline
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Registered: 10/31/07
Posts: 428
Mr. Rick Bowles will step in later with a full description of his own guarded design Dealer Special knife but until he dose lets show of some of those Bowles Specials


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Edited by JesseEgnew (06/08/08 05:25 PM)
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Jesse Egnew
RKS# 5614

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#42954 - 06/08/08 06:19 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Rick Bowles Special!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: JesseEgnew]
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Registered: 09/18/05
Posts: 1965
Loc: Virginia Beach, VA
My Rick Bowles Dealer Special first hit the streets in 1991. The first ten had different examples of exotic wood, ivory inlay and scrimshaw. The Greg Gutcher custom basket weave sheath has a stone pocket made to accommodate the mini leatherman tool. These ten were numbered RBS #001 thru RBS #010 and were etched “Ten Years Of Scrim ’81-’91"
There is also an RBS #000 and RBS #XXX prototype as well as an ivory RBS with just “Rick Bowles” etched where the number would be. Serial numbers RBS #101 thru RBS #110 do not exist. I reserved this block of numbers for an edition that never materialized. To avoid any confusion in the years to come, the last RBS will be etched “RBS THE LAST ONE”...clever huh. If I have the math right the total number of Rick Bowles Specials is 331.
The RBscrim was a series of 50 knives with Australian Ringed Gidgee wood, a special handle shape and a scrimshawed ivory inlay in the rear of the handle. Greg Gutched furnished a custom Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake sheath for this limited edition. These knives are numbered in their own range RBscrim #001 to RBscrim #050. Lastly the Bowles Hunter. Though these knives are newly crafted from Randall, the blades were forged in 1991. These are actually a subspecies of my popular guarded design, dealer special and are different in grind and profile from the current RBS. The thinner profile is distinctive and unique to these carbon blades. All of the Hunters featured stag, a nickel silver hilt and a compass in the butt with the exception of Bowles Hunter #001 which featured ivory and full coverage scrimshaw. The total production of the Bowles Hunter is 82 knives with the last one being etched “Bowles Hunter THE LAST ONE.”
I do know of at least one counterfeit RBS of but I don’t count that one. I’ll post images of all varieties tomorrow after I get’em all together.
This brings the total production...in every flavor to 463.
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Rick Bowles RKS #012
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#42955 - 06/08/08 07:09 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Rick Bowles Special!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Rick_Bowles]
Chief Offline
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Registered: 12/05/05
Posts: 5414
Loc: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
One of mine & Dale's Custom made Back ground.
Crown & Pure Silver!

See Ya, Chief


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RKCC CM-037
RKS #5154

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#42956 - 06/08/08 07:36 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Rick Bowles Special!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Chief]
Chief Offline
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Registered: 12/05/05
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Loc: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Ivory with David Perdue engraving.

See Ya, Chief


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RKCC CM-037
RKS #5154

If you put off following The LORD just remember......They don't serve breakfast in hell!

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#42957 - 06/10/08 05:32 AM Re: Knife Of The Week Rick Bowles Special!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: JesseEgnew]
Ausblade Offline
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Registered: 03/29/06
Posts: 397
Loc: A land downunder
Here's mine
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#42958 - 06/11/08 09:22 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Rick Bowles Special!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Ausblade]
JesseEgnew Offline
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Registered: 10/31/07
Posts: 428
I just got these!!


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#42959 - 06/11/08 10:38 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Rick Bowles Special!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: JesseEgnew]
7033grip Offline
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Registered: 10/10/05
Posts: 5148
Loc: Winter Haven, Florida
Jesse, those are really great knives brother.

Tell us a little about them please.

Dubie Baxter
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RKS #5099

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#42960 - 06/11/08 10:40 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Rick Bowles Special!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: JesseEgnew]
Burnie Offline
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Registered: 04/22/07
Posts: 1387
Loc: United States
Beautiful knives Jesse!!!!!
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#42961 - 06/12/08 06:20 AM Re: Knife Of The Week Rick Bowles Special!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Rick_Bowles]
Guido_Bitossi Offline
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Registered: 09/22/05
Posts: 2779
Loc: Florence, Italy
Two of...463...and more to come...



My best compliments to this great American Artist.
Best
Guido


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RKS # 3775
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#42962 - 06/12/08 08:39 AM Re: Knife Of The Week Rick Bowles Special!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Guido_Bitossi]
Oldvetnam1 Offline
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Registered: 06/02/08
Posts: 2039
Loc: NJ
Those are great looking knives guys. Beautiful work all the way around.
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RKCC #CM157
RKS #5715
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