THE SMART TRICK OF LARGE BOWIE KNIVES THAT NO ONE IS DISCUSSING

right after his 3-12 months stay in California all through the height from the gold rush, writer Hinton R. Helper wrote, “I've seen purer liquors, much better segars [sic], finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirk and Bowie knives, and prettier courtesans right here in San Francisco than in any other place I've ever frequented, and it i