Gunroom
Mar 16, 2022
2 minutes
The Bowie (pronounced boo-ee) knife is an American icon. Although its true origins have been obscured by myth and legend, it became associated with the hellraising frontiersman and soldier James Bowie (circa 1796-1836). Bowie used a large knife to great effect in the celebrated Vidalia Sandbar Fight of 1827,which left two men dead and two more badly injured. Thereafter, Bowie always carried a large
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