Hallo Leute
Anlässlich einer Rückfrage an einen amerikanischen Berufsjäger schickte er mir ein Foto eines Muela-Messers, das er für die Jagd auf Russian Boar umgearbeitet hat. Kann mir einer sagen, um welches Bowie es sich handeln könnte? Textauszüge seines Schreibens könnten hilfreich sein, deshalb ergänze ich sie – auch, da die Thematik an sich den einen oder anderen interessieren könnte.
"Sorry for the late response, but I was out hunting. A man must have his priorities.
The knife that I have used on several Russian boars has a 10 inch blade. It is the shortest that I would recommend for wild boar. This will reach 3/4ths of the way through any wild boar and will cut the lungs and heart. I have attached some photos of my knife.
After much research, I designed and re-milled the blade on my knife. The best way to describe it is that it has the shape of a Boeing 747. The top part of the blade is slightly rounded upwards and sharp. The tip is not like a Bowie knife (very pointed) but spear like. The reason for this is that when you stick the boar, you have about a 50% chance of hitting a rib. If you have a very pointed tip; it usually will stick in the rib requiring you to withdraw the knife and try again. With the slightly rounded tip on my knife, it will slide around the rib bone and enter the chest. I have never had to re-stick a boar from hitting a rib bone. However, I have seen other hunters have this problem.
Another important part of the knife is the finger guard. You should have a rather large guard. This prevents slippage if you hand is wet (boars like to go to water to avoid the dogs) and also allows you to use two hands without endangering your self.
There may be better designs out there, but this one seems to work for me and everyone else that has used my knife.
As far as hunting grizzly bear with a knife, I wouldn’t advise it. I have never killed grizzly anything other than a very heavy caliber rifle. I would have no idea how long a blade you would need; but if I would try this method I would want my blade to be about 800 feet long.
Hope this answers your questions; if you have others, let me know. Good luck on the book! What is it titled and when will it be out?"
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Nach Rückfrage:
"The knife is indeed a Muela, I just changed the blade; it was shaped more like a Bowie and not sharp on top.
The blade is 10” long I just measured it again. It will reach 3/4ths of the way through the chest of a Russian boar. It goes all the way through smaller boars.
I look forward to your book.
Thanks
Ken"
Also, mir sieht es nicht "umgebaut" aus, die Klinge scheint auch kürzer als 10 Zoll.
Vielleicht hat ja einer eine Idee.
Gruß
Rockwell
Anlässlich einer Rückfrage an einen amerikanischen Berufsjäger schickte er mir ein Foto eines Muela-Messers, das er für die Jagd auf Russian Boar umgearbeitet hat. Kann mir einer sagen, um welches Bowie es sich handeln könnte? Textauszüge seines Schreibens könnten hilfreich sein, deshalb ergänze ich sie – auch, da die Thematik an sich den einen oder anderen interessieren könnte.
"Sorry for the late response, but I was out hunting. A man must have his priorities.
The knife that I have used on several Russian boars has a 10 inch blade. It is the shortest that I would recommend for wild boar. This will reach 3/4ths of the way through any wild boar and will cut the lungs and heart. I have attached some photos of my knife.
After much research, I designed and re-milled the blade on my knife. The best way to describe it is that it has the shape of a Boeing 747. The top part of the blade is slightly rounded upwards and sharp. The tip is not like a Bowie knife (very pointed) but spear like. The reason for this is that when you stick the boar, you have about a 50% chance of hitting a rib. If you have a very pointed tip; it usually will stick in the rib requiring you to withdraw the knife and try again. With the slightly rounded tip on my knife, it will slide around the rib bone and enter the chest. I have never had to re-stick a boar from hitting a rib bone. However, I have seen other hunters have this problem.
Another important part of the knife is the finger guard. You should have a rather large guard. This prevents slippage if you hand is wet (boars like to go to water to avoid the dogs) and also allows you to use two hands without endangering your self.
There may be better designs out there, but this one seems to work for me and everyone else that has used my knife.
As far as hunting grizzly bear with a knife, I wouldn’t advise it. I have never killed grizzly anything other than a very heavy caliber rifle. I would have no idea how long a blade you would need; but if I would try this method I would want my blade to be about 800 feet long.
Hope this answers your questions; if you have others, let me know. Good luck on the book! What is it titled and when will it be out?"
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Nach Rückfrage:
"The knife is indeed a Muela, I just changed the blade; it was shaped more like a Bowie and not sharp on top.
The blade is 10” long I just measured it again. It will reach 3/4ths of the way through the chest of a Russian boar. It goes all the way through smaller boars.
I look forward to your book.
Thanks
Ken"
Also, mir sieht es nicht "umgebaut" aus, die Klinge scheint auch kürzer als 10 Zoll.
Vielleicht hat ja einer eine Idee.
Gruß
Rockwell
