Bowie knives

Bowie

— a profile originally created for combat and hunting knives. The shape of the cutting edge is similar to the drop-point — it is straight in the back and middle parts and smoothly curved towards the tip in the front. But in terms of the shape of the butt, the “bowie” is a kind of opposite of the “drop point”: the front part of the butt is made not convex, but concave, as a result, the tip turns out to be “snub-nosed”, slightly raised up. Many appreciate these blades primarily for their distinctive external style, but they also have quite practical advantages: a centre of gravity shifted back (which is especially noticeable on large heavy knives) and high efficiency both in cutting and in stabbing, which is enhanced in some models. the presence of sharpening on the concave part of the butt.