was it not Jim Bowie who commissioned the knife that bears his name???
Honestly... I am not sure. I have heard that but if it's true or not I couldn't say. Thus I have to concede my own ignorance on this one..
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Honestly... I am not sure. I have heard that but if it's true or not I couldn't say. Thus I have to concede my own ignorance on this one..
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Wow! Look at all the hits Google just took...
Must be all 5800+ members of this Forum running to look it up... 
Here's one account -
http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/define_the_west/bowie_knife/bowie_knife.html
And another -
http://users.aristotle.net/~russjohn/bowie.html