Whether this is the exact Bowie Jim used in the great Sandbar Fight is unknown. The scabbard of the knife is engraved with a saying: “R.P. Bowie to Captain W. MY Lacey.” Q: How long should a ...

But a closer look at the silverwork on the knife’s scabbard gives a tantalizing sign of its true significance. Engraved in a flowery script are the words: “R.P. Bowie to Capt. Wm. Y.

But a closer look at the silverwork on the knife's scabbard gives a tantalizing sign of its true significance. Engraved in a flowery script are the words: "R.P. Bowie to Capt. Wm. Y. Lacey." ...

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 ...

But a closer look at the silverwork on the knife’s scabbard gives a tantalizing sign of its true significance. Engraved in a flowery script are the words: “R.P. Bowie to Capt. Wm. Y.

"Bowie wore it in a silver-mounted black-leather sheath. The Bowie knife gained widespread notoriety after the celebrated Sandbar Fight on Sept. 19, 1827, near Natchez." From here, the historical ...

But reader Belinda Molina Yndo also asked for more information about a Bowie knife passed down by Agustin Barrera (1803-1883) to his grandson, Dr. Charles Augustus Rosenheimer Campbell ...