Pictured on pg 285 of The Bowie Knife: Unsheathing An American Legend by Norm Flayderman, 2004. "BEFORE THE WORDS "BOWIE KNIFE" ENTERED THE AMERICAN LEXICON THERE WAS THE "LARGE BUTCHER KNIFE"...and this sturdily made specimen splendidly qualifies for the unbefitting, if not vague terminology. Well constructed, huge fighting knife of no particular recognized prevailing configuration. More or less, a nondescript type such as Jim Bowie might have used at the Sandbar Fight. It has every appearance of fabrication by a blacksmith or similar craftsman, utilizing a worn out heavy-duty tool of unknown nature; circa 1820-1830. 19" overall, 14" single edge, thick blade almost 2" wide at the juncture of the ricasso; weight 2 pounds. Two-piece stag antler grips fastened with three roughly forged iron pins. Thick leather sheath with plainly fashioned brass mounts." In Mr. Flayderman's monumental text, this knife is pictured as frontis to "The Defining Moments; The Sandbar Fight". Like Norm states based on the most scholarly research of the fight, this knife most closely is described in first hand accounts of the type of knife that made Jim Bowie an American icon. SIZE: PROVENANCE: Ex Norm Flayderman Collection. CONDITION: Fine overall, blade exhibits old cleaning, staining and pitting, gray/bright overall, 3/8" forgers mark is unknown. Accompanying brass mounted scabbard fits knife snugly and well, frog button possibly has small glue repair at its base. 50412-64 JS (8,000-12,000)