A.G. Russell Knives

Unsheathing an American Legend

Norm Flayderman has written the ultimate in Bowie Knife books. I have read every one published in the past 50 years and personally promise you this is the best. It seems to contain every word published in the early 19th Century; all of the newspaper articles, many of the personal letters and excerpts from books of the day. In the 500 pages of this 9" x 12" tome there are many hundreds of wonderful pictures which have survived from the period, both known and rarely seen. Many are from the Civil War era and many from the latter part of the 19th Century.

This is a book for the serious historian as well as those of us who just like to look at pictures of great knives. I took the photo sample home and spent hours intrigued before I had to bring it back. Buy this book, you will love it. Hardcover, 512 pages, over 260 full color plates.

The Bowie Knife