Province or Bradley bowie
Province or Bradley bowie
Hi everyone,
I'm going to need you guys' advice:
I'm looking at getting a new fixed blade.
And the Province and Bradley bowie both cost the same on my local retailer.
At the same price point, which one would you get ?
(Or would you just get a street beat LW?)
I'm going to need you guys' advice:
I'm looking at getting a new fixed blade.
And the Province and Bradley bowie both cost the same on my local retailer.
At the same price point, which one would you get ?
(Or would you just get a street beat LW?)
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Re: Province or Bradley bowie
Get the Bradley while you can and then get the others later. All great, but all very different.
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Re: Province or Bradley bowie
You should be able to get the bowie cheaper than the province but whatever.
I like the province more. It gets my vote.
I like the province more. It gets my vote.
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Re: Province or Bradley bowie
What do you plan to do with it? Province is larger and heavier. And should be more expensive. If it's for a camp knife and hard landscape use, the Province. If it's for hiking the bowie (or something smaller still). And if your local dealer has them for the same price something is amiss. Should be seeing closeout pricing on the bowie. Suggest checking prices online.
Re: Province or Bradley bowie
The Bowie is past the initial discounted discontinued pricing and is in the marked up discontinued pricing. The discontinued model roller-coaster if you will
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Hiking and outdoors mostly, and as an addition to my bow River, aqua salt and South fork.Spook410 wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 3:39 pmWhat do you plan to do with it? Province is larger and heavier. And should be more expensive. If it's for a camp knife and hard landscape use, the Province. If it's for hiking the bowie (or something smaller still). And if your local dealer has them for the same price something is amiss. Should be seeing closeout pricing on the bowie. Suggest checking prices online.
And here in Europe, we sadly don't see a lot of the big discounts. :rolleyes:
Re: Province or Bradley bowie
If this were my money, I would get the Province, but only because it’s a simple, functioning, design that caters to my preferences and offers a unique steel to sweeten the recipe.
rex121 is the king of steel, but nature’s teeth have been cutting for hundreds of millions of years and counting :cool:
Re: Province or Bradley bowie
I prefer the Province, of those two.
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I haven’t held a Province but it looks like a great blade, I have a Bradley Bowie and love it, great design and good steel(D2). I’ve used it hard and even baton firewood with it for kindling.
Josh
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I have the Province and there is no doubt that it is one of the best knives that I own.
These knives are totally different and I'd like to own the both of them!
These knives are totally different and I'd like to own the both of them!
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I have both. I prefer the Province.
This is a strange choice to make though. These are two very different knives.
The Bradley is a hunting knife that can double as a wilderness knife. I have broke down some larger animals with it and it worked well. I don’t love the upswept tip or the huge ricasso. I do like the ergonomics of it and while the grind is a bit thick, especially at the tip, you can beat the snot out of it. I have batonned mine a lot.
The Province is much larger and is more of a camp knife and survival knife. It isn’t a dedicated chopper but will easily out chop the Bradley. If I was stuck in the woods I would take the Province. It would be much better at shelter building. It would clearly be better for self defense. It is better looking. Around a campsite it can double as a kitchen knife. I would say that it is kind of big for hiking if you are concerned about weight.
This is a strange choice to make though. These are two very different knives.
The Bradley is a hunting knife that can double as a wilderness knife. I have broke down some larger animals with it and it worked well. I don’t love the upswept tip or the huge ricasso. I do like the ergonomics of it and while the grind is a bit thick, especially at the tip, you can beat the snot out of it. I have batonned mine a lot.
The Province is much larger and is more of a camp knife and survival knife. It isn’t a dedicated chopper but will easily out chop the Bradley. If I was stuck in the woods I would take the Province. It would be much better at shelter building. It would clearly be better for self defense. It is better looking. Around a campsite it can double as a kitchen knife. I would say that it is kind of big for hiking if you are concerned about weight.
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So the Bradley's in the mail.
And the Province to the top of my wishlist
And the Province to the top of my wishlist