From: decypher.signature@sig.line   
      
   On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:24:37 +0000 (UTC), wrat@panix.com (the wharf   
   rat) wrote:   
      
   >In article ,   
   >deowll  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>I've seen pictures of a sax from 900 AD that many would call a bowie. The   
   >   
   >	Did it have a clip point?  A Bowie has a clip point.   
      
   I thought that was the defining factor - the clip point, sharpened. ?   
      
   cheers,   
      
   Schweik   
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