Horse-Gator Bowie knife
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Horse-Gator Bowie knife from the Paul Chen/Hanwei Historical Bowies Collection. High carbon steel blade. Full tang. Wood handles with nickel silver guard and pommel featuring half horse, half alligator artwork. Brown leather belt sheath with nickel silver tip. The horse-alligator seems to have originated with an old keel-boatman’s brag, "I’m half-horse, half-alligator, and I can whup anybody in the house..." The Horse-Gator was popularized in the new nation by a song about the War of 1812: "The Hunters Of Kentucky."
length: 13 7/8"
blade: 9"
grip and pommel: 5 1/2"
weight: 12 oz
