DETAILED NOTES ON LARGE BOWIE KNIFE

the main American Bowie knives ended up simple, rugged blades that achieved up to 2 inches in width and 9 to 13 inches in size. Their grips were fashioned of bone, horn, or hardwood. Even the idea of an easy crossguard to shield the user’s hand was far from typical at first. Some Bowie knives had a notch on the bottom of the blade near the hilt

The Bowie knife derives Section of its title and name from James Bowie, a notorious knife fighter, who died for the fight with the Alamo. James Bowie left an extremely slim paper trail; in the absence of verifiable information, his record was buried in unverifiable knife-fighting legend. Historians critically entertain the chance that Bowie fought