I bought a Western W49 F model Bowie back when we lived in Lander, Wyoming, around 1983. It was in the display case at the old ALCO store for "many years," according to the sales person behind the counter. In fact, it had been there long enough that the blade had a tiny rust spot on it at the base of the blade, probably from being handled. I asked the manager how much he would take for it, and he answered, "make me an offer." Well, times bein what they were, I offered him thirty dollars, fully expecting him to show me the exit! He, however, surprised me with one word: "Sold!" Long story short, when I saw your review of this Cold Steel Bowie, I thought at first you had an old Western Bowie in your hand. My Western Bowie has a blade of tool steel (I don't know what grade or type) and I have carried it over many a hunting and camping trip and it has never failed me. Holds an edge like no other knife I have ever owned. It has limbed and cut down many a small tree for firewood and shelters and gutted and skinned probably over a hundred Mule deer, elk and antelope, and a few coyotes, as well. That Cold Steel Bowie is an almost exact duplicate of my (made in USA) Western Bowie! The sheath is the same, as well. I pray your Bowie gives you equally good service over the years you own it. Congratulations for insisting on quality from Cold Steel.

Cold Steel overbuilds all of their stuff. It's why I love their products so much. No nonsense!

I have one and I like it. But it seems that all of them could have spent two more minutes on the buffing wheel or sharpening stone to be exceptional??? Just two more minutes…

This knife was not easy to find i ordered it from Finland and i like it Very mutch i think it is a real workhorse and Will not break, my was not easy to clean but i like it a lot, nice video

I did a small video on this guy as part of my “ Cold Steel Collection “. OMG !!! I absolutely LOVE ❤️ this Bowie !!!! Will treasure always !! You got Great Taste my friend !!

Thanks for posting this video.. nice knife, excellent review. Wish it was 1/4" thick, but the width of the blade might somewhat make up for that as far as blade strength goes.

Sorry ... I’m back again ... But you just had me thinking in deep thought about this Bowie knife . I have over 150 knives ( mostly Bowie ). If I were to sell all of my knives , I would absolutely keep This Guy here , and my Movie collection knives ( I did a video just the other day on my movie knife collection), and I would keep all of my Buck Knives . ( all sentimental). Oh -/ and my Cold Steel collection of course . The rest I could part with one day . It would still be very hard to part with my collection but you just never know when you get into a financial crisis ( knock on wood ) “ knock - knock - knock “!! Thanks for this vid bro !! ( and also for allowing me to comment ). 🤠

It looks good, but it's awful light built. I thought about getting one however after doing some research on the specifications I figured that this knife 🔪 wouldn't have a chance of withstanding the use and abuse my work requires. I needed a good Chopping tool. Something weighing a couple of Pounds or more that wasn't too expensive that if damaged, lost or destroyed I wouldn't cry over. I found a style that fits my needs for a good price so I bought Four of them. Thank you for the video,

I have one. It's beautiful and badass at the same time!

I love the way you say 'measure'. Mays-zure

Cool New Doomsday Intro Joe. 😊

When I bought mine, it was so dull that I had to work the edge with a file just to get it to where I could use a stone. The retention strap fell off within a few minutes. I love Cold Steel, but the quality control is very poor lately.

i would like to have a bowie where the pommel is reversed so that when fighting it would be more comfortable sharp side up.

Nice vid... I enjoy mines also...even bought my son one with his name engraved.

Cold Steel package it and put a tip guard on that beast , nice unboxing video Joe.

I saw a video by a fellow that toke his handle scales off and Cold Steel is stamped on the Tang.

Ya buddy great blade looks alot like my Western 49 . The reason for the right hand retention is so when you pull the blade you unsnap .pull and it's out of the way ? Lol big bugger huh the India thing I do t like let us know how it holds up pls

Nice knife and video, dude. Thanks

I almost bought one of these. Then I realized its pretty much a copy of my Western W-49 Bowie knife I bought back in the early 80's. So I bought the 1917 Frontier Bowie instead. Not oil, its called Cosmalline, hope I spelled that right. And you clean it off with WD40 and a rag.

I bought this knife my wood is beautiful it's dark brown almost black with a dark orange color running through the grain i got lucky I think most are not as dark as mine

It sucks that Camilus went out of business. That means no more Carbon V on Cold Steel. I have an old Carbon V Tanto from Cold Steel that I bought over 20 years ago.

They are nice. I have that one.

I prefer a blade made in the USA . There must be nearly a million knife shops in India and Pakistan .

Ho w is the balance? It is longer than the Western w49, is there a reason?

opening a Cold Steel knife with a Spyderco is just sacrilege

It’s a birds beak saber handle

I'm interested in this knife. Thank the Blade Gods that it comes with a leather sheath, not the cheesy plastic or kydex!

A true limb remover ...

UPDATE!!!! RUST. Blade was oiled and stored in a dry location for two weeks and I opened it today for a cleaning and oiling & there was rust on the spine of the knife and what looked like mold growing on the leather sheath! The only other knife I own that did this was my other cold Steel Frontier Bowie. Both cold steel knives and pretty expensive.

That sheath looks cheap.

Made in India no thanks.