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The Inventor of the Bowie Knife from 1962

Here is a short story from a December 1962 True West magazine about

the Inventor of the Bowie Knife.

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Comment by Rome D. Rushing on May 11, 2020 at 17:01

A friend of mine who still visits all of the resale shops supporting charities gave me a few of the magazines from

this time period.  Great reading, the ads themselves make some entertaining reading.

Comment by Jan Carter on May 11, 2020 at 15:55

Rome,

Thank you...I love it!  What a great story

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