Before the fight, Bowie's brother gave him a large knife described as being 9.25 inches long, 1.25 inches wide, with a single edge and uncurved blade. Bowie has it on him, and with a sword in his ...

What’s more American than Apple Pie and Baseball? A Bowie Knife, of course. The Bowie Knife was made famous on September 19, 1827, during an epic knife and gun fight that followed a formal duel on a ...