Bowie knife

William Aymette was convicted of carrying a concealed bowie knife, in violation of a state law providing that if any person shall wear any bowie knife, or Arkansas tooth-pick [a type of bowie knife], or other knife or weapon, that shall in form, shape, or size resemble a bowie knife or Arkansas toothpick, under his clothes, or keep the same concealed about his person, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. He appealed the conviction. 

The best evidence that bear arms was primarily used to refer to military situations comes from Aymette v. State, 2 Humph., Tenn. 154 (1840), a prosecution for carrying a concealed bowie knife. The Supreme Court of Tennessee, in construing section 26 of its declaration of rights, providing that the free white men of this State have a right to keep and bear arms for their common defence, stated ... 

Typical edged weapons, (a) Lock knife, (b) Survival knife, (c) Kitchen knife, (d) Bowie knife, (e) Craft knife, (f) Screwdriver, (g) HP White spike (White, 1988), (h) American ice pick, (i) PSDB N°1 test knife (Parker, 1993), (j) PSDB N°5test knife (Parker, 1993), (k) HOSDB P1/B test blade (Croft and Longhurst, 2007b), (I) HOSDB spike (Croft and Longhurst, 2007b). 

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