From: deowll@gmail.com   
      
   "the wharf rat"  wrote in message   
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   > 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.   
   >   
   Yes. A flat section not a false edge.  I bought a modern stainless blade   
   that is as near as I can tell an exact match as for as blade shape goes.   
   It's very practical.   
      
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