Bowie knife

The term "Bowie knife" does not refer to a specific company, as many believe. The term actually refers to a particular type of knife made popular by Colonel James "Jim" Bowie. Today is a Bowie knife any knife sheath What type of large size with a clip point.

The first knife for Jim Bowie, during his life made it possible for other popular knives of the period. The first knife Bowie brother Jim designed and built by blacksmith James Black, looking like a cross between a SpanishHunting knife and a butcher knife with a steady slide of almost 10 cm in length, one quarter of an inch thick and wide about an inch and a half. Unlike modern Bowie knife, this knife is not a clip, but not to protect a hand, unlike modern versions. be the first Bowie knife and all subsequent James Black did a very hard steel known, died without secrecy, and so far the process is not duplicated.

This first version ofBowie knife was very famous for a brawl after a duel in 1827. When the duel was over, a brawl erupted between spectators, and Bowie killed three men with a knife when he was shot with a rifle. As a Bowie knife and his popularity has increased immediately began Bowie and his brother has received numerous requests for the knife, and at the end of the commissioning of many different versions of Cutler.

Most of the Bowie knife has a blade of 6-12 cm in length. Steelis usually relatively thick and wide, up to 2 cm wide and 1 / 4 "thick. Some Bowie knife, cut a strip of brass, copper or other soft metals, which was conceived as a shock absorber blades are relatively low quality, not broken. Features include a blade more protective than the opponent to capture and protect the user's hand. Some also have only one notch on the underside of the leaves, near the handle. The "Spanish Notch" was used to capture the enemyBlade, even though their actual use is somewhat obscure. It may have been used as a tool or as a guide for sharpening blades.

The clip on the most Bowie had a single back edge, honed, sometimes called "false edge" might be. These knives by many companies in Sheffield, England, has been made since 1850 and are sometimes called "Sheffield Bowie" knives. The Bowie knife has a curved tip. Since 1960, many have had with Bowie knifeserrated teeth on the back during the Vietnam War, the U.S. Army released these knives, because the teeth could cut acrylic shot down a plane or helicopter.

Today many companies make Bowie knives and the duration is often used to describe any large sheath knife. They are available in commemorative and decorative and functional hunting and survival knife. This knife in its modern incarnation, it is useful for camping and hunting as well as a weapon,to make both work exceptionally well, what his popularity.