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Message: <blockquote data-quote="1911user" data-source="post: 1529283" data-attributes="member: 57493">What is the accepted definition of a bowie knife?  Michael Brown mentioned, at the bottom of page 4 in this thread, that a cold steel SRK could be an option.  My understanding is the unsharpened swedge of the clip point would define it as bowie?  Please correct my (mis)understanding.  I am also curious if an unsharpened swedge would ever be considered a secondary knife edge?  I've seen several spear-point designs with unsharpened swedges that extend a few inches from the tip.    I am thankful for the definition of a dirk as a generic double-edged fixed blade.  I tried to research it but kept running into old Scottish dirks for sale.</blockquote>