Bowie Knife

Bowie Knife
General
Games
Purchasable by	Counter-Terrorist Terrorist
Statistics
Kill award	$1500 (Competitive) $750 (Casual)
Firing mode	Slash Stab
Other
Entity	weapon_knife_survival_bowie

“This full-tang sawback Bowie knife is designed for heavy use in brutal survival situations.”
―Inventory Description

The Bowie Knife is a cosmetic knife available to players in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive & Counter-Strike 2, and are a rare special (★) item. It was released in the February 17, 2016 update for Operation Wildfire.

Overview

The Bowie Knife is cosmetic only, and shares the same performance as the default knife.

Trivia

• The Bowie knife was created by James Black in the early 19th century for Jim Bowie, who had become famous for his use of a large knife at a duel known as the Sandbar Fight.
  • Coincidentally, the Bowie knife was added to the Global Offensive after the death of rock star singer David Bowie, who was named after the knife.
• The knife is officially called the Bowie knife, but all files refer to the knife as the "survival bowie."
• The design of this knife is modeled after the real-life AITOR Oso Negro.
• Due to the way Valve has re-sized the Case Hardened skin for the Bowie Knife, the chances to get a completely blue Case Hardened Bowie Knife are much higher than the other knives.

Behind the scenes

• References to the view model textures were removed in the July 1, 2014 update (Operation Breakout) from the game files along with M48 Tomahawk and Classic Knife. This suggests the knife was planned early on and only released two years later.