WESTERN WW49 BOWIE with leather swing style sheath
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: This Western Bowie measures 14-7/8" in overall length and features an 8-7/8" 420HC high carbon stainless steel blade, @ 57-58 Rc. Laminated exotic Rosewood handle with Brass guard and pins. Classic traditional Bowie styling comes complete with beautiful leather swing-style sheath.

THE BOWIE KNIFE
Bowie knife is a term commonly used in modern times to refer to any large sheath knife. It also applies to a specific style of knife designed by Colonel James "Jim" Bowie and originally created by James Black. The shape and style of blade was chosen so that the Bowie knife could serve usefully as a camp and hunting tool as well as a weapon. Many knives and daggers existed that could serve well as weapons, and many knives existed that could serve well as tools for hunters and trappers, but the Bowie knife was designed to do both jobs well, and is still popular with hunters and sportsmen even in the present day. It is said that for a knife to be considered a Bowie knife, it must be long enough to use as a sword, sharp enough to use as a razor, wide enough to use as a paddle, and heavy enough to use as a hatchet.

The first knife Bowie became famous with was allegedly designed by Jim Bowie's brother Rezin in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, and smithed by blacksmith Jesse Cleft out of an old file. Period court documents indicate that Rezin Bowie and Cleft were well acquainted with one another. Rezin's granddaughter claimed in an 1885 letter to Louisiana State University that she personally witnessed Cleft make the knife for her grandfather. This knife became famous as the knife used by Bowie at the Sandbar Fight, which was the famous 1827 duel between Bowie and several men, including a Major Norris Wright of Alexandria, Louisiana. The fight took place on a sandbar in the Mississippi River across from Natchez, Mississippi. In this battle Bowie was stabbed, shot, and beaten half to death but managed to win the fight.

THE BOKER KNIFE CO.
For 135 years the Boker Knife Company has been building a world-wide reputation by providing affordable, high quality German knives made with careful craftsmanship and superior materials. In recent years they've been strengthening that reputation by pioneering the use of Ceramic, Titanium, Cera-Titan, and X15T.N Steel blades.