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  2. Bowie knife - Wikipedia

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    The historical Bowie knife was not a single design but was a series of knives improved several times by Jim Bowie over the years. [20] The earliest such knife, made by Jesse Clift at Bowie's brother Rezin's request, resembled Spanish hunting knives of the day, and differed little from a common butcher knife. [20]

  3. James Black (blacksmith) - Wikipedia

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    In 1830, Black made the famous Bowie knife for Jim Bowie who was already famous for knife-fighting from his 1827 sandbar duel. [1] Bowie's killing of three assassins in Texas and his death at the Battle of the Alamo made him, and Black's knife, legends. [1]

  4. Rezin Bowie - Wikipedia

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    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] However, in a letter to The Planter's Advocate, Bowie claimed to have invented the knife, [27] and many Bowie family members and "most authorities on the ...

  5. James Bowie - Wikipedia

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    Many craftsmen and manufacturers made their own versions, and major cities of the Old Southwest had "Bowie knife schools" that taught "the art of cut, thrust, and parry." [ 49 ] Bowie's fame, and that of his knife, spread to Great Britain, and by the early 1830s, many British manufacturers were producing Bowie knives for shipment to the United ...

  6. Knife - Wikipedia

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    A Bowie knife of pattern-welded steel. A knife (pl.: knives; from Old Norse knifr 'knife, dirk' [1]) is a tool or weapon with a cutting edge or blade, usually attached to a handle or hilt.

  7. Chronology of bladed weapons - Wikipedia

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    The present chronology is a compilation that includes diverse and relatively uneven documents about different families of bladed weapons: swords, dress-swords, sabers, rapiers, foils, machetes, daggers, knives, arrowheads, etc..., with the sword references being the most numerous but not the unique included among the other listed references of the rest of bladed weapons.

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  9. Western Knife Company - Wikipedia

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    Logo of the Western Knife Company. The Western Knife Company was an American manufacturer of hunting knives which began operations in Boulder, Colorado in 1911. The company is probably best known for its "Bowie" style hunting knives. The company was purchased by Coleman (the famous manufacturer of outdoor equipment) in 1984.