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Re: Bowie Knife stxhunter #19387958 04/15/24
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 76,067 Likes: 286 TX chlinstructor Campfire Oracle
chlinstructor Campfire Oracle Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 76,067 Likes: 286 TX	Originally Posted by stxhunter Roger, have you had a chance to stick a hog with that one that I sold you, yet ? I still have its slightly smaller twin I carry when pistol hunting for hogs. Last edited by chlinstructor; 04/15/24. "Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!" ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

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Re: Bowie Knife BOBBALEE #19387982 04/15/24
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 12,230 Likes: 125 North Carolina W wilkeshunter Campfire Outfitter
wilkeshunter Campfire Outfitter W Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 12,230 Likes: 125 North Carolina	I was told today that an authentic Bowie sold for about $18,000.00 at the Tulsa gun show earlier this month. I believe the boys at Ledford’s Trading Post in Hickory, N.C. sold it.

Re: Bowie Knife kaywoodie #19388134 04/15/24
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 46,470 Likes: 166 south of south local_dirt Campfire 'Bwana
local_dirt Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 46,470 Likes: 166 south of south	Originally Posted by kaywoodie My latest "Bowie". A Rio Grande Camp Knife bu Adam Daub up in Maryland. Circa 1850-60. Similar to the one Powell tried to use on Secretary Seward. What a find, K_dub. Congrats. 🤩 Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH

Re: Bowie Knife Leanwolf #19388136 04/15/24
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 28,184 Likes: 261 Arkansas O ol_mike Campfire Ranger
ol_mike Campfire Ranger O Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 28,184 Likes: 261 Arkansas	Originally Posted by Leanwolf Originally Posted by Birdwatcher " ... Meanwhile the Brits were quietly exporting to here many plain ol utilitarian 5-7” blades, far outnumbering Bowies, referred to as “trade knives” or sometimes “scalping knives” when traded to Indians. I wish there were stats on killings with them vs Bowies. ... Sheffield mass produced high quality steel so good and so cheap that it wasn’t until the 1840’s that an American manufacturer could compete; Green River (contrary to pop history, the Rocky Mt fur trade was fading fast by then)." This I. Wilson, Sheffield, England, butcher knife (top of picture) has been in my family since about 1850, according to my late grandmother from whom my mother got it. After my mother died I found it in one of her kitchen drawers so I brought it with me. It was of the type that the fur trappers used, and also traded to the Indians in the Rocky Mountains. It still cuts meat very well, and is easy to sharpen. The bottom butcher knife was bought by my father back sometime in the mid 1930s. My mother used it almost every day in the kitchen. A very handy and useful general butcher knife. FWIW. L.W. LeanWolf , Awesome story and picture. To have and hold a knife your ancestors owned 175 years ago & and your Fathers 90 years is amazing. Was these knives and family in Arkansas? When you're down- stare at a clown

Re: Bowie Knife chlinstructor #19388143 04/15/24
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 48,895 Likes: 172 south texas-Corpus Christi stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana
stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 48,895 Likes: 172 south texas-Corpus Christi	Originally Posted by chlinstructor Originally Posted by stxhunter Roger, have you had a chance to stick a hog with that one that I sold you, yet ? I still have its slightly smaller twin I carry when pistol hunting for hogs. No, not yet. God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter

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Re: Bowie Knife BOBBALEE #19388198 04/15/24
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 12,214 Likes: 11 Mississippi C Crow hunter Campfire Outfitter
Crow hunter Campfire Outfitter C Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 12,214 Likes: 11 Mississippi	The incident that made the Bowie Knife famous was mentioned in the video, the Sandbar Fight. It was a duel held on a sandbar in the Mississippi River in 1827 where Bowie was a second to one of the duelists. The sandbar was neutral territory between Louisiana and Mississippi so therefore outside the laws of either state which prohibited dueling. It devolved into a brawl with Bowie using his knife to kill some on the opposing party. The river has changed course several times over the years and now the location is on the Louisiana side of the river, it's known as Giles Island and is a high end hunting preserve. Even though it's on the west side of the river it's still within Mississippi state lines since the line follows the old course of the river. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbar_Fight https://www.louisianalife.com/historic-hunters-retreat/

Re: Bowie Knife BOBBALEE #19388281 04/15/24
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 135,972 Likes: 856 USA T The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage
The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage T Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 135,972 Likes: 856 USA	I believe his opponent was using a sword cane.

Re: Bowie Knife ol_mike #19388529 04/15/24
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 14,361 Likes: 107 Idaho Leanwolf Campfire Outfitter
Leanwolf Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2003 Posts: 14,361 Likes: 107 Idaho	Quote Ol Mike - " ... LeanWolf , Awesome story and picture. To have and hold a knife your ancestors owned 175 years ago & and your Fathers 90 years is amazing. Was these knives and family in Arkansas? " Yes, Ol Mike. We lived in a small, rural town in north central Arkansas named "Mountain Home." We moved there in Feb. of 1941, from Batesville, and moved to Little Rock in 1957. My brother and his family still live in L.R. I remember great times living in M.H. L.W. "Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)

Re: Bowie Knife BOBBALEE #19388728 04/16/24
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 15,351 Likes: 24 Central Texas poboy Campfire Ranger
poboy Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2010 Posts: 15,351 Likes: 24 Central Texas	I read where the "trade knives" were sent over by the barrel-full. --- CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE ----- MAGA-----

Re: Bowie Knife The_Real_Hawkeye #19389165 04/16/24
Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 2,393 Likes: 91 C Crash_Pad Campfire Regular
Crash_Pad Campfire Regular C Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 2,393 Likes: 91	Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye I believe his opponent was using a sword cane. Yes. And he was shot too, maybe twice. It's a miracle he survived, only to die from malaria in the Alamo. One TV show way back when gave credence to the simple butcher knife. Bowie's hand was badly cut. He's lying in bed designing the iconic Bowie Knife shape with guards. It became a felony to carry one of those things in Arkansas after a brutal fight in the congress that left one man dead and the other severely wounded. The Arkansas Toothpick variety was particularly nasty.

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Re: Bowie Knife stxhunter #19389168 04/16/24
Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 2,393 Likes: 91 C Crash_Pad Campfire Regular
Crash_Pad Campfire Regular C Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 2,393 Likes: 91	Beautiful examples. Well done!

Re: Bowie Knife Crash_Pad #19389224 04/16/24
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 135,972 Likes: 856 USA T The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage
The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage T Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 135,972 Likes: 856 USA	Originally Posted by Crash_Pad The Arkansas Toothpick variety was particularly nasty. Halfway between a Medieval dagger and a Roman gladius. Here's one made by Randall: And a much more affordable example:

Re: Bowie Knife BOBBALEE #19389418 04/16/24
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 3,099 Likes: 21 Texas BOBBALEE OP Campfire Tracker
OP BOBBALEE Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 3,099 Likes: 21 Texas	Tell Sackett shaved a man with a toothpick. Well, his mustache. NRA-Benefactor TSRA-Life "It's a terrible thing when governments send their young men to kill each other." Charles Byrne,WW2 Vet. On the day Desert Storm began.

Re: Bowie Knife Leanwolf #19389464 04/16/24
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 28,184 Likes: 261 Arkansas O ol_mike Campfire Ranger
ol_mike Campfire Ranger O Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 28,184 Likes: 261 Arkansas	Originally Posted by Leanwolf Quote Ol Mike - " ... LeanWolf , Awesome story and picture. To have and hold a knife your ancestors owned 175 years ago & and your Fathers 90 years is amazing. Was these knives and family in Arkansas? " Yes, Ol Mike. We lived in a small, rural town in north central Arkansas named "Mountain Home." We moved there in Feb. of 1941, from Batesville, and moved to Little Rock in 1957. My brother and his family still live in L.R. I remember great times living in M.H. L.W. I remember you saying you were from MH, Ar. When you're down- stare at a clown

Re: Bowie Knife BOBBALEE #19389510 04/16/24
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 11,470 Likes: 36 Good Life Esox357 Campfire Outfitter
Esox357 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 11,470 Likes: 36 Good Life	I'm partial to INFI steel....

Re: Bowie Knife Leanwolf #19390676 04/16/24
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 32,419 Likes: 143 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana
kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 32,419 Likes: 143 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas	Originally Posted by Leanwolf Originally Posted by Birdwatcher " ... Meanwhile the Brits were quietly exporting to here many plain ol utilitarian 5-7” blades, far outnumbering Bowies, referred to as “trade knives” or sometimes “scalping knives” when traded to Indians. I wish there were stats on killings with them vs Bowies. ... Sheffield mass produced high quality steel so good and so cheap that it wasn’t until the 1840’s that an American manufacturer could compete; Green River (contrary to pop history, the Rocky Mt fur trade was fading fast by then)." This I. Wilson, Sheffield, England, butcher knife (top of picture) has been in my family since about 1850, according to my late grandmother from whom my mother got it. After my mother died I found it in one of her kitchen drawers so I brought it with me. It was of the type that the fur trappers used, and also traded to the Indians in the Rocky Mountains. It still cuts meat very well, and is easy to sharpen. The bottom butcher knife was bought by my father back sometime in the mid 1930s. My mother used it almost every day in the kitchen. A very handy and useful general butcher knife. FWIW. L.W. Leanwolf! That is a nice Sheffield butcher!!!! Thanks for sharing the pic!! Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "I can regard Texas as little more that Big Drunk’s big ranch." Mirabeau B. Lamar 1847

Re: Bowie Knife BOBBALEE #19390685 04/16/24
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 32,419 Likes: 143 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana
kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 32,419 Likes: 143 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas	Original English Wolstenholm Sheffield I picked up a few months back. Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "I can regard Texas as little more that Big Drunk’s big ranch." Mirabeau B. Lamar 1847

Re: Bowie Knife stxhunter #19390735 04/16/24
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 46,470 Likes: 166 south of south local_dirt Campfire 'Bwana
local_dirt Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 46,470 Likes: 166 south of south	Originally Posted by stxhunter Originally Posted by chlinstructor Originally Posted by stxhunter Roger, have you had a chance to stick a hog with that one that I sold you, yet ? I still have its slightly smaller twin I carry when pistol hunting for hogs. No, not yet. Some great knives there, Roger. Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH

Re: Bowie Knife The_Real_Hawkeye #19390757 04/16/24
Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 61,561 Likes: 316 Next to the dump that Del Shan... 12344mag Campfire Kahuna
12344mag Campfire Kahuna Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 61,561 Likes: 316 Next to the dump that Del Shan...	Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye Originally Posted by Crash_Pad The Arkansas Toothpick variety was particularly nasty. Halfway between a Medieval dagger and a Roman gladius. Here's one made by Randall: And a much more affordable example: A friend of mine had a very large Randall collection. he died 2 years ago and I have no idea what happened to the collection. Paul "I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D. “A lot changes once you get shot in the face.”.............Donald Trump Jr. molɔ̀ːn labé skýla

Re: Bowie Knife 12344mag #19390771 04/16/24
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 46,470 Likes: 166 south of south local_dirt Campfire 'Bwana
local_dirt Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 46,470 Likes: 166 south of south	Originally Posted by 12344mag Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye Originally Posted by Crash_Pad The Arkansas Toothpick variety was particularly nasty. Halfway between a Medieval dagger and a Roman gladius. Here's one made by Randall: And a much more affordable example: A friend of mine had a very large Randall collection. he died 2 years ago and I have no idea what happened to the collection. Pawn shop got it, probably. Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH

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