I’ve discussed this build in the cascity forum but not here. Many years ago I picked up a cheap 1917 Bolo with bad scales and no guard. I bought replacement scales but never got around to building a guard. Some months ago I discovered the Krag Bowie, a really georgeous hunk of steel. But at 2 to 4 grand definitely out of my neighborhood. But I got to researching and figured that if I turned the bolo blade slightly I could get a pretty good facsimile of a bowie out of my junky bolo blade. Would of had to cut it anyway. So I found a rough Krag bayonet without a scabbard and started cutting. I had discovered some dremel cut off blades with the little bowtie reenforcements in the wheels. These worked great making the top bowie curve and the tang cuts. I used several belt sanders to get the blade shaped. Got the tangs tig welded together and the scales fitted. I oxpho blued the tang and guard and truoiled the scales. Last thing is to set the rivets. Here it is on my Constabulary Krag. I plan to use it this month as my cas club is trying a boltgun, 1911 and 1897 match. Ought to be a hoot. Plan on using my homemade charger then too. Hope my build doesn’t upset anyone, I wasn’t trying to build a fake, just a lookalike. This was how the first Krag Bolo was created according to Hartman’s Krag bayonet book.

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Here’s another shot.

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I don't know.  *snap* *snap*.  reminds me about a movie about some kid, a yappy dog and bicycle with a picnic basket. some kind of rogue tornado.

ah heck.  Hand me another beer.

Really cool!

I see what you mean, Culpeper .... Look under the Deck!

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BR cracks me up! :D

The Fillipino barber, who used to cut my hair as a little boy, would ask me "You want de bolo cut today?"  Lucky thing I never got the bolo cut.

Very nice use of the bolo and turning it into a super nice bowie bayonet!!!

That’s no wicked witch’s foot, it’s my wife’s wind chime that fell to it’s death. ......And your little Krag too.

Looks like a water bucket and puddle to me. You liquidated her.

(BTW - nice job of improvising a 'Wicked Bowie Bayonet').

"Go .... and take it with you".

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The BIG day!!! We shoot boltguns, 1911s and 1897s Saturday so I’ll see if my Wicked Bowie of the West stays on my rifle.....and your little krag too. No rain in sight.

We-ohhhh um ... Oh wee -oh .... We-ohhhh um ... Oh wee-oh

              DANG! Be careful with that THING!

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We finally shot our bolt gun, 1911 and 1897 match yesterday. We had 7 boltgunners and 6 cowpokes show up. Had a nice day, clouds and a breeze with a hotdog cookout for lunch. Somehow I came in first in military. There were 3 krags in the rifle rack, a legit carbine, my constabulary and Charles Iassac’s 30 in bbl rifle. A good time. Shot a stage with the bowie mounted too.

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Cool! How much did the fixed bayonet change your Krag's point of impact?

The 5 round plates all went clang twice. I’ll have to try it on paper for that experiment.

IIRC - It is usual that attaching a bayonet changes barrel vibration, hence point of impact will be altered.

That is what the British experienced with the Lee-Enfield No. 4 Rifle, per Major E.G.B. Reynolds.

butlersrangers wrote on Aug 24^th, 2018 at 2:27am:

We-ohhhh um ... Oh wee -oh .... We-ohhhh um ... Oh wee-oh               DANG! Be careful with that THING!

This isn’t commonly known, but the Palace Guards were actually saying...”We all love, The Old One”

"We all love ... the old Krags".