enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Bowie knife - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowie_knife

    The James Black Bowie knife had a blade approximately twelve inches (30 cm) long, two inches (5.1 cm) wide, and 1 ⁄ 4 inch (0.64 cm) thick. [33] The spine of the knife was covered with soft brass or silver, reportedly to catch the opponent's blade in the course of a knife fight, while a brass quillion protected the hand from the blade. [33]

  3. James Black (blacksmith) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Black_(blacksmith)

    James Black (May 1, 1800 – June 22, 1872) was an American knifemaker best known for his improvements to the Bowie knife designed by Jim Bowie. [ 1 ] Early life

  4. James Bowie - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bowie

    According to his older brother, John, James Bowie was born in Logan County, Kentucky, on April 10, 1796 (Historical marker: 36° 46' 25"N 86° 42' 10"W). [5] [6] In his 1948 book, Bowie Knife, historian Raymond Thorp gives Bowie's birth date as April 10 but does not support it with any documentation. [7] Bowie's surname was pronounced / ˈ b ...

  5. Weird and Unexpected Things Your Favorite Celebs Collect

    www.aol.com/weird-unexpected-things-favorite...

    Collins has spent decades amassing more than 400 artifacts linked to the legendary Texas battle, including musket balls, documents signed by Davy Crockett, and an original Jim Bowie knife.

  6. Rezin Bowie - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rezin_Bowie

    There is disagreement among scholars as to whether the knife used in this fight was the same kind of knife now known as a Bowie knife. Many different accounts exist of who designed and built the first Bowie knife. Some claim that James Bowie designed it and others attribute the design to noted knifemakers of the time. [26]

  7. 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/39th_Infantry_Brigade...

    The Bowie knife that adorns the shoulder sleeve insignia is worn by certain field grade officers and command sergeants major in the brigade combat team. [32] The most famous version of the Bowie knife was designed by Jim Bowie and presented to Arkansas blacksmith James Black in the form of a carved wooden model in December 1830. [33]

  8. Arkansas toothpick - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_toothpick

    There was no consistent distinction made between Bowie knives and Arkansas toothpicks in the mid-19th century. There were enough occasional distinctions to shade any dogmatic statement of equivalence. Americans were observed to use pocket knives to clean their teeth in the era, so the "Arkansas toothpick" term may predate the Bowie knife.

  9. Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.