One afternoon Rezin was hunting and killed a rabbit. He was going to skin his rabbit when he hit a bone, his hand slid down and badly cut his fingers. Inspired to prevent a reoccurrence, he subsequently designed what became known as the Bowie knife.Edmondson (2000), pp. 84–85. This knife had a blade nine and a quarter inches long and one and one-half inches wide.Kennedy (1841), pp. 122–128.
