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A Bowie knife from an old spring is an exciting and rewarding DIY project that combines craftsmanship and creativity. In this step-by-step guide, we’ll show you how to transform an old, discarded ...

It’s 1827. Jim Bowie, a frontiersman, illegal slave trader, and real-estate scammer, is in a fight to the death on an island in the Mississippi River. Several of his rivals have attacked him with cane ...

Watch as we create Wootz steel from engine valves and craft an amazing Bowie knife. This process is truly fascinating! If you ...

As I learned from one of my favorite podcasts, The Dollop, several years back, the story of the Bowie knife is rife with murky details. What we do know is that a large fixed-blade knife with a ...

Texas historians have written volumes about Jim Bowie, who died at the Alamo, but what people remember most about him is a big hunting blade he carried — a weapon known in history simply as the Bowie ...

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas can claim to be the home state of one of the most legendary blacksmiths in American history - James Black, the maker of a famed fighting knife for Jim Bowie. While working as a ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This bowie knife was found on the ...