Full historical and collector details on all known types of knives made in Confederate factories including unidentified types and the Georgia and Alabama Contracts. All your favorite makers, from Boyle & Gamble and Louis Froelich to Nashville Plow Works and Thomas Leech & Co. Extensive, valuable coverage of locally made Southern knives, including the many identified makers as well as those whose origins are still unclear. New research and freshly discovered makers with previously unpublished info. A full discussion of “dug” relic knives, with a large selection of intriguing examples shown and explained. Perhaps the largest album of historical Confederate soldiers holding Bowie knives ever assembled. A magnificent resource. H/C. 287p.