Making a copy of an old knife?

[RyanT26]

Anyone ever had knife or blade replicated by knife maker? Short story is it belonged to grandfather, it has no markings or maker identifiers on the steel, for all I know he could’ve bought it at the Walmart of the day.
Looks rough, but can get it stupid sharp and it handles well I also thought it would be cool to have like a modern copy of it?

 

[ODB]

to be honest it ljust looks like one of the many baby bowie knives out there. the steel looks like it is higher carbon so that is probably why you favor it for sharpening, etc.

 

[Slickhill]

GEC H110 Bowie they made a run of a couple years ago looks like a pretty good match. They’re very high quality if you can find one.

 

[logem]

I am (used to be) a knifemaker. I got to where I would not take orders for custom commissioned knives because of the stresses involved with meeting promised delivery dates, meeting expectations, etc. I evolved to where I made what I felt would be functional and meet other's desires on my on timeline and all finished knives sold almost immediately as they were completed through word of mouth or frequent inquiries.

I say this because I think you will have a hard time finding a quality knifemaker to duplicate what you have. I suggest shopping for the closest thing you can find from a reputable brand with high quality blade steel. The design is fairly common so you should be able to locate something. Sorry, I don't have any specific knife or brand to point you to, though.

Best of luck.

 

[Wolfshead]

It would be relatively easy to make a knife similar to this.
Cost from a maker would be something to also look into.
What are you willing to spend on a knife like this that some company can press out for a lot less than a maker will charge.