From Randall Made Knives: The History of the Man and the Blades by Robert L. Gaddis.
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...The first order for this knife [Bear Bowie] was recorded in the journal on 6 February 1964, with nine more orders following during the next six months. This is quite impressive for one of the most expensive Randall models, especially when it wasn't even listed in the current catalog! These orders... appear to have been the direct result of one magazine article.... in the February 1964 issue of Argosy Magazine....
Of the four pages, two contained color photographs of 14 different Randall knives, while the remaining two pages were pretty well covered by four large black-and-white pictures.... One of the smaller pictures on the second page of color photos is of an unusual Bowie-type knife with a uniquely attractive shape to the blade. Sand's caption read: "A hefty college student ordered this rugged Bowie knife because he wanted to kill a bear with its 8-inch blade." All evidence indicates that this one color picture and short description led to a flurry of inquiries at Randall, the firm orders for expensive knives we spoke of, and also gave a name to this suddenly popular, previously unknown style of Randall knife -- the Bear Bowie. (pp. 212-213)
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