Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name)
5. equipment
6. [equipment by process]
7. cutting equipment
8. cutting tools
9. knives
10. knife weapons

Anotations

Scope note:

Large hunting and fighting knives with a heavy blade, typically from 10 to 15 inches long, that is straight and single-edged for most of their length until it curves concavely and acquires a double edge at the end. They were first produced for the American Colonel James Bowie in 1830.