The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum will present an exhibition The Bowie Knife: Icon of American Character, open Apr 01, 2011 – Nov 20, 2011.
Among domestic arms, only the names Deringer and Bowie have entered the English language as generic terms for their respective creations: a small, single-shot pistol and a large, heavy-bladed fighting knife. Forever associated with frontiersman and Alamo-martyr James Bowie, the Bowie knife was involved in many historical currents in mid-19th century America. This exhibition looks at the history, art and legacy of the Bowie knife by drawing upon Museum collections and superlative specimens loaned by Bowie-knife authority Mr. E. Norman Flayderman, author of the recently published book The Bowie Knife ~ Unsheathing an American Legend.
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