Bowie Knife

The Bowie Knife is a special melee weapon which can be bought for 3000 points in Der Riese. It is larger and wider than your standard combat knife in Call of Duty: World at War. From Round 1 to Round 11, the knife makes one-hit-kills, making it very desirable. It first made its appearance in the Map Pack 3 television ad.

One interesting thing to note is that the Bowie Knife will never be lost, even if you completely die, you will get it back when you respawn, making this the only weapon that you keep when you die.

Appearance
The Bowie Knife is very large, possibly one foot in length (by comparison to other weapons bought off the wall), and is anywhere from 3 to 5 inches deep (until the curve of the clip point). The Bowie Knife also has a large hand guard, with brass knuckles wrapped around it (this is known as a "knuckleduster" grip). These sorts of knifes were used commonly during world war 2, designed to punch your opponent to stun them before slicing open their throat for a quick kill. The weapon is similar in most respects to a trench knife, as well as the original design of Jim Bowie's combat knife.

Achievement
There is a trophy/achievement for killing 40 zombies with this knife, called 40 Knives, which is worth 25 gamerscore on the Xbox 360, or a Bronze Trophy on the Playstation 3.

An easy way to get this achievement is to buy the knife at around round 5 or so and go into the tunnel near the teleporter and keep knifing them. You get a lot of points, and the achievement.

Trivia

 * This is the first time in Call of Duty history where you can switch out your knife.
 * It looks like the special Knife of the 1st Rangers Battalion.
 * Upon buying the Bowie knife, your character examines and comments on it before holstering it.
 * The Bowie Knife can only be seen by the player who has it, other players can not see that the player has the knife.
 * When the Bowie Knife is used "R3" (PS3), "RS" (Xbox 360), or "V" (default) (PC) a sound of metal being sharpened is heard.
 * Although some players complain that it isn't worth getting, costing 3000 points in addition to 3750 opening doors if it is obtained early enough a skilled player should easily be able to rack up well over 15000 points before it is no longer one hit kill.