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The Legendary History of the Bowie Knife

The Bowie knife is a very famous blade and was made famous by the notorious fighter named Jim Bowie. The knife was actually designed by his sibling Rezin in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana and smithed by metal forger Jesse Cleft out of an old document. The Bowie knife was quite famous and distinguished for its curved blade and a cross guard. It also had a special kind of blade point known as the clip point blade. The Bowie knife is actually quite long and mostly its blade goes up to twelve centimeters. Period court records do demonstrate that Rezin Bowie and Cleft were all around familiar with each other. Rezin's grandaughter guaranteed in an 1885 letter to Louisiana State University that she saw Cleft make the blade for her granddad. The Sandbar Duel This blade ended up renowned as the blade utilized by Bowie at the Sandbar Fight, which was the well known 1827 duel among Bowie and a few men, including a Major Norris Wright of Alexandria, Louisiana. The battle occurred o...

The 4 Most Popular Types of Pocket Knives

Typically, a pocket knife is also known as a folding knife which is constructed in a way that its blade is folded inside the knife’s handle. Folding knives are known as pocket knives due to the fact that these are compact in size and can be carried easily inside the pockets. Pocket knives are basically folding knives that can be used for lots of purposes i.e. they can help you in cutting vegetables and fruit, cut rope or open packages. In this article, I will explain the major and minor differences between 4 types of knives: traditional pocket knives, spring assisted knives, lock back pocket knives, and pocket knives with a linear locking. Types of Pocket Knives The following are the four most popular and common types of pocket knives . Let us have a look at them in detail. 1- Traditional Pocket Knives The typical length of traditional pocket knives is three to five inches; whereas, the knives comprise more than 2 blades which are used for various purposes. However, de...