Does anybody know the legend of the bowie knife??

Question

Like what was it made of?

Answer 1

It's likely that the knife was made of steel.
The actual making of the Bowie knife was a progression of knife designs. The first knife was claimed to be designed by his brother Rezin in Avoyelles Parish in Louisiana and made by a blacksmith Jesse Clift in order to protect his younger brother from some of the company he was keeping

This knife was referred to by many as Bowie's butcher knife that was used at the Sandbar Fight. Another rendition of the story according to Jim's older brother John was that a blacksmith named Snowden, made a hunting knife for Jim which was used during the duel. Either way the prototype and the legend had begun

In 1827 the famous duel occurred across from Natchez, Mississippi on a Mississippi River sandbar. As a second in the duel, Bowie found himself in the middle of the ruckus armed with a butcher knife. In the events that followed Bowie found himself badly beaten, shot and stabbed but before him laid one man cut to ribbons and another one disemboweled

In 1830 in Texas, Jim Bowie armed with the famous Bowie knife made by James Black, was attacked by three men hired to kill him. The stories flourished as Bowie wielded the heavy knife against his attackers. In the end, one man was almost beheaded, another was disemboweled and the third had his skull split open

The original Bowie knife was two inches wide and a quarter inch thick with the blade being about 12 inches long. The back of the blade had a soft metal inlaid to catch the opponent's blade during a scrape. Razor sharp was the top edge of the clip point. In order to protect the hand a brass quillon was in place

At the Alamo, Jim Bowie had his trusted Bowie knife. As the Alamo was overrun by the Mexican army, Jim Bowie laid on a cot in the Low Barracks with his Bowie knife and pistol at hand. Tales exist that before he was killed that he took out nine of the oncoming soldiers

Answer 2

In searching available data, I cam find no reference to a legend of the Bowie knife without mention of Jim Bowie. He is often refereed to as a legend, ironically before the Western Hero became popular and glorified.

Given Jim Bowie, and his knife, as the legend the composition would be; integrity, determination, valor etc.

Both of these sources are about the Bowie knife but devote more tome to the 'Legendary Jim Bowie' and his life.

http://www.thealamofilm.com/bowie_knife.shtml
http://users.aristotle.net/~russjohn/bowie.html

Answer 3

The historical Bowie was not a single design, but was a series of knives improved several times by Jim Bowie over the years. The version most commonly known as the historical Bowie knife was rather large and of massive construction, as knives go, usually having a blade of at least six inches (15cm) in length, some reaching 12 inches (30cm) or more, with a relatively broad blade that was an inch and a half to two inches wide (4 to 5 cm) and made of steel usually between 3/16" and 1/4" thick (from 4.8 to 6.4 millimeters). The back of the blade often had a strip of soft metal (normally brass or copper) inlaid intended to catch an opponent's blade, and also often had an upper guard that bent forward at an angle, also intended to catch an opponent's blade. The back edge of the curved clip point, also called the "false edge," was often sharpened in order to allow someone trained in European techniques of saber fencing to execute the maneuver called the "back cut" or "back slash." A brass quillon was attached to protect the hand, usually cast in a mold. It is likely that the blade shape was derived from the Spanish navaja clasp knives carried in Spain and the Spanish colonies in the Americas.

Answer 4

Yes, I'm sure that someone knows the legend of the bowie knife.

Answer 5

i known that Davide bowie made it and thats all

Answer 6

You mean that it was supposed to have been made from metal from a meteor?