Description
Bulk set discount: 15% off. Buying this set of 6 costs 15% less than buying the same knives one at a time.
This set is 6 of the same knife: Yakushima Knife 12 Inch Long Damascus Fixed Blade Hunting. It is the same knife sold on its own single listing, packed together for groomsmen, a wedding party or a team. Every knife in the box is the same model.
Buying the set costs 15% less than buying 6 single knives. If you want names on them, tick the engraving option, type one name per line and each name goes on its own knife.
Sixty people have bought the Yakushima, which makes it our reference point whenever someone asks what a full-size clip point bowie should cost.
| Overall length | 12 inches |
| Blade length | 7 inches |
| Handle length | 5 inches |
| Handle | Rosewood with a polished steel guard and pommel |
| Steel | 1095 + 15N20 Damascus, 352 layers |
| Hardness | 58–60 HRC, oil tempered |
| Weight | 11.2 oz |
| Included | Hand-stitched leather sheath |
Chosen by: first-time buyers of a serious fixed blade, more often than any other knife we make. Twelve inches with a seven inch blade is where a bowie turns properly capable without becoming something you leave at home, and 11.2 oz is heavy enough to work and light enough to wear all day.
The clip point, in the size that works
The long clip along the top of this blade is the defining bowie feature and it does two jobs at once. It drops the tip below the line of the spine, so the point goes in cleanly and steers from the wrist. And it takes weight off the front, which is why a seven inch bowie handles more nimbly than a drop point of the same thickness. Behind the clip the belly sweeps far enough to skin comfortably, and the straight run near the guard takes anything needing a push cut. It is the profile most people picture at the word bowie, and this is the length to learn it on. Our Damascus care and sharpening guide works through maintaining exactly this kind of edge.
Polished steel fittings
Guard and pommel are polished steel rather than brass, which gives a colder, more restrained look than the brass-fitted bowies in the range and means the fittings never need polishing to stay matched to the blade. The pommel cap earns its place: it shields the butt of the tang if you tap something with the handle, and puts a little counterweight behind your hand, which is why the balance sits close to the guard.
What 11.2 ounces feels like
Weight tells you more about how a knife behaves than any other number, and 11.2 oz across twelve inches is a genuinely balanced figure. It is enough mass to carry a cut through hide and light branches unforced, and little enough that an hour of detail work does not wreck your wrist. Heavier bowies chop better and tire you sooner. If you want to see the difference, the eight inch California King Snake at 5.6 oz is what the same construction feels like at half the mass.
Care for this knife
Both alloys in this blade rust, and the acid etch that reveals the pattern leaves more texture than a polished surface for moisture to sit in. Dry it every time. A film of mineral oil across both flats, renewed every few weeks, is all it needs indoors. The one thing that ruins these knives is storage inside the leather sheath — tanned hide holds moisture and the tannins are mildly acidic. Keep the blade out of it. Sharpen on a whetstone at a consistent angle, and expect the etch to fade along the very edge as you go.
Questions buyers ask
Will it rust if I hunt in the rain? Not if you dry it that evening — our page on whether Damascus rusts goes into detail.
Is the tang full length? Yes, with the handle scales pinned to it and the pommel capping the end.
Why is it cheaper than similar bowies here? Simpler fittings, plainer handle. The blade work is identical.
Model: BMK-808
Matched sets for the whole wedding party are in Groomsmen Knives. Want just one? See the single knife listing.
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