Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Bowie knife, Pugio, Tant, United States Marine Raider Stiletto, Combat knife, Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife, Trench knife, KA-BAR, Commander, Strider SMF, OKC-3S bayonet, SARK, Aircrew Survival Egress Knife, V-42 Stiletto, Gerber Mark II, SOG Knife, Glock knife, NR-40, KM2000, Hitler Youth knife, Corvo, Morey MK 1 Knife, Mark I trench knife, BC-41, Mark 3 Knife, M3 Fighting Knife, Cuchillo De Paracaidista, Kampfmesser 42. Excerpt: A Bowie knife (pronounced -ee or -ee)is a pattern of fixed-blade fighting knife first popularized by Colonel James "Jim" Bowie in the early 19th Century. It was first made by James Black, although its common use refers to any large sheath knife with a crossguard and a clip point. The "Jim Bowie knife" first became famous due to Bowie's use of a large knife at a duel known as the Sandbar Fight. The knife pattern is still popular with collectors; in addition to various knife manufacturing companies there are hundreds of custom knife makers producing Bowies and variations. An early Bowie of the type made for Rezin Bowie and commissioned by the Bowies to Searles and Constable. This is a copy of the Fowler Bowie currently displayed at the Alamo.The historical Bowie knife was not a single design, but was a series of knives improved several times by Jim Bowie over the years. The earliest such knife, made by Jesse Clifft at Rezin Bowie's request resembled the Spanish hunting knives of the time and differed little from a common butcher knife. The blade, as later described by Rezin Bowie, was 9.5 inches (24 cm) long, 0.25 inches (0.64 cm) thick and 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) wide. It was straight-backed having no clip point nor any hand guard with simple riveted wood scale handle. Rezin presented the knife to his brother because of a recent violent encounter with one Norris Wright. This is the knife...