Bowie Knife

In 1827 the famous duel occurred on a Mississippi River sandbar. Jim Bowie found himself in the middle of the ruckus armed with only a knife. Before being stabbed, shot and badly beaten Bowie single handedly cut one man to shreds before disemboweling a second. The Bowie knife was referred to as Jim’s butcher knife used at the sandbar fight. Jim's older brother told a story of a blacksmith named Snowden making a hunting knife for Jim that was used in the famous duel. Either way the bowie knife became legendary. In 1830 in Texas, Jim Bowie wield his knife against three men hired to kill him. In the end, one man was almost beheaded, another was disemboweled and the third had his skull split open. When the Alamo was overrun by Mexico, Jim Bowie was in the Low Barracks with his knife and pistol at hand. The legend says that before he was killed, he took out nine of the oncoming soldiers. The original Bowie knife was 2” wide ¼” thick with 12” blade. The back of the blade had a soft metal inlaid to catch the opponent's blade during a scrape. The top edge was razor sharp. In order to protect the hand a brass quillon was in place. This “Jim Bowie Legend” inspired knife has a 9 1/4" blade with an overall length of 15".