The Marine Reaper Bowie / V-44X

*Chopping starts at the 14:00 mark.
This is the pre production prototype of my Marine Reaper Bowie / V-44X. The company making it is a secret for now. My goal here was to make a knife inspired by the Marine Raider Bowie, but bigger able to do heavy chopping as well as finer utility work. I wanted the knife to have a nice belly for slicing and to add some forward weight to give it a sweet spot while chopping. I added a choil so the user can choke up on the knife for carving, or doing quick snap cuts. The handle is designed to reduce pain to the hand during hard use. They can choke down some for harder chopping. This is a utility blade, but is still a weapon…. The tip geometry is intended to facilitate stabbing. I tried to keep it as light as possible buy adding a fuller reminiscent of the Kabar and only using 3/16” steel. The production model will have a kydex sheath, and micarta or G10 scales. Production steal will be similar to 1080 carbon. Hope you enjoy it. I wanted to make a knife the owner would be excited about. Let me know what you think!
*I’ll probably remove the jimping.. as it hits your webbing while using the choil.
Knife was made by Papa Bear Knives out of South Carolina. He did a great job, check him out!
* current weight is 1.5lbs