The Fascinating Story of How the Bowie Knife Got Its Name

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James Bowie is a man today known primarily for two things- his participation in the Battle of the Alamo and a large knife design that bears his name. It’s impossible to separate fact from legend concerning an amazing amount of this American folk hero’s life, owing to Bowie leaving exceptionally little in the way of a paper trail documenting the events of his life and the fact that contemporary news articles about him are conflicting in their reports. That said, concerning the topic at hand today, we do definitively know how the style of knife now known as a “Bowie” knife got the name and how it was popularised.
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22 мар 2019

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@old-moose 5 лет назад

I did a lot of hiking and camping when I was a kid (50+ years ago) and I never went anywhere without my bowie knife. I even would hike home after high school (10 to 15 miles depending on my route). No one even blinked an eye at my 11" knife. I can just imagine if some student walked into a high school today with one on his belt. (FYI: I did keep it in my locker during school.)

@UncleDon226 3 года назад

Not saying the bowie is the best knife ever made, but if I could only ever have one knife, it would be a bowie.

@aroneaton2639 5 лет назад

Just FYI. When you were talking about flintlock pistols the illustration showed a cap lock pistol.

@Blackpanthersrevenge 2 года назад

A bowie knife is as fundamentally American as apple pie, rock music, pit bull tarriers, cheating on your taxes and Ar15 rifles.God bless Eugene Stoner, the constitution and the free state of Texas.

@Kenxclout 5 лет назад

James Bowie? No wonder why my history teacher kept getting annoyed when I called him David Bowie.

@DMWayne-ke7fl 5 лет назад

Only people from texas and maryland know how to pronounce bowie knife.

@barryjohnson990 5 лет назад

You failed to mention that one of the key features of the Bowie knife was that the top edge of the tip of the knife was sharpened so that it didn't just cut with downward pressure, it also cut on the upstroke. It was often called" the knife that cuts both ways".

@jonmichael6746 5 лет назад

So awesome you guys gave a shout out to Lindeybeige!

@RobKinneySouthpaw 5 лет назад

I've always considered calling a weapon "perfectly balanced" not to mean it balances right at the grip, but rather that the point of balance of the piece is in the perfect place for that particular design. A rapier balanced like a perfectly balanced falchion would be a crap rapier.

@lindybeige 5 лет назад

Thanks for the plug!

@CeltKnight 5 лет назад

I find it darkly amusing how those old accounts describe Bowie as having "Violently Disemboweled" his opponent ... as opposed, I guess to politely and gently disembowling him? ;)

@ZackLondres 5 лет назад

great episode. thank you for not randomly losing composure in this one. keep up the good work! =) i happen to be an avid knife and blade collector. really neat to have some context on one of my favorite knife designs.

@kaiserwigglesiii2369 5 лет назад

You're telling me it WASN'T David Bowie?

@ShaggyAltman 5 лет назад

I wish you were a teacher i had in school. I probably would have paid more attention. The way you speak and give the story around the subject is great. I watch your videos when ever i get a chance to. Always learn something interesting.