Most Dangerous Knife In America! Bowie Knife and Everything You Need To Know About It.

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Welcome to everything you need to know about the Bowie Knife. We are talking about the Sandbar Fight, James Black, Sheffield England, Civil War, WW1 and WW2, the legacy of modern knife making with Buck Knives and the greatest custom makers of all time, as well as Rambo, Crocodile Dundee, and all the magic and mystery surrounding almost 200 years of history!
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0:01 Introduction
1:25 The Curse Of the Bowie Knife
1:47 The Sandbar Fight/Brawl The Start Of The Bowie Knife Legend
3:26 Why The Bowie Knife Become Popular in the 19th Century
6:16 The Story of James Black Creator of Bowie Number 1
9:09 Interview with Expert Mark Zalesky From The Antique Bowie Knife Association Introduction
9:40 Mark Zalesky Talks About James Black Knives
9:59 Mark Zalesky Talks About The Evolution of The Bowie Knife
11:21 Mark Zalesky Talks About Sheffield England Bowie Knives
12:23 Mark Zalesky Gives His Definition Of What A Bowie Knife Is
13:00 The fate of the Bowie Knife after the Civil War
13:42 Bowie Knives During WW1
14:18 The Bowie Knives During WW2 and the Kabar USMC Story
15:50 How Buck Knives and the 119 Special/120 General helped save the Bowie Knife
18:24 The Roll Westerns like The Iron Mistress, Alamo, and The Adventures of Jim Bowie had in the Bowie Knife history
19:46 "Bowie Knife" by Raymond Thorp The Book That Stoked The Legend.
20:35 Rambo Knife, Crocodile Dundee, Cold Steel Natchez/Laredo, Bill Bagwell's Battle Blade Articles the modern place for Bowie Knives
21:20 Peter Kohler/Dark Timber Knives And The Modern Legacy Of James Black
21:54 TOPS Knives Carrying the Torch For The Modern Bowie Knife Production
22:21 The Bowie Knife As Art With Tashi Bharucha and the Unnamed Society
22:54 The Bowie Knife Legacy

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@darktimbercustomknives6248 Год назад

All I can say is holy shit, and thank you! I can’t tell you how honored I am and how my heart swelled up to be mentioned in this video. Thank you Zach from the bottom of my heart you just made my Christmas.

@zacinthewild Год назад

Great to hear from you! You’re definitely carrying that torch👊

@imugi-16 Год назад

You have incredible passion for knives, and it shows in your work!

@TheLK157 Год назад

Pls let me come apprentice you, I lost my restaurant from the coof, I’ve always wanted to be a bladesmith

@donniegombel Год назад

Do we know where J. Bowie's gravesite is??

@aml8444 Год назад

Trying really hard to find one of the knives he shows from you 21:26!!

@hogheadtb6489 Год назад

I retired in 2008 and I carried a Buck 120 for four deployments in Iraq and one deployment in Afghanistan. I left it with a young Spec-4 on my last deployment and he has had it for fourteen years and it is still going strong. Thank you for the story.

@davidrichter9164 Год назад

Thank you for your service.

@bobwhatley3335 Год назад

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@brotherbrovet1881 Год назад

I carried a K-Bar from '85-'93.

@michaelsmith2733 Год назад

I could never get the hang of sharpening a Buck knife , my favorites are my K bar and my tops both carbon 1095 easy to bring to a razor sharp finish.

@nanovox9418 Год назад

Bet that knife went to hell and back, would love to hear it tell a story, also thank you for your sacrifice

@bobsmoot2392 Год назад

My father carried a Case Bowie in Italy (WW2) in the 339TH Infantry. I still have it. It, and he, went through a lot together. Precious heirloom.

@DinnerMintsOG 10 месяцев назад

That's crazy I have my grandpa's ❤

@SergeantExtreme 9 месяцев назад

Heh, those were the Ka-Bar knock offs that the troops hated.

@kennethdoughty644 6 месяцев назад

Perhaps a Collins #18/V44 ?

@user-zx5fo5xx3o Месяц назад

so your old man is 110 years old ?

@mgee669 23 дня назад

Easily the best review supplying the most accurate thorough information. Thanks!

@Bhartrampf Год назад

Made my first Bowie knife in 1990, carry it in the woods all the time , while living in Alaska a friend and I got caught out hunting when a cold front moved in and the temp dropped to -80. I used that knife to cut up a six inch birch tree and split it to make a life saving fire. It has since been carried with me every year, Including while in the Army. It is at this moment on a pistol belt slung over a kitchen chair. It will go to my oldest son who was born in Alaska. At the time I made it, I also made a small piggy back knife for the same sheath, I lit count on how many moose, caribou, bear, deer, elk and beef that thing has skinned. The Bowie is more useful and lighter then carrying a small ax or hawk. Great video.

@GuitarGuy650 4 месяца назад

BS 😂

@Bhartrampf 4 месяца назад

@@GuitarGuy650 that's opinion, I wasn't the only one their. I also spent a few weeks in the hospital, because of frost bite.

@illmade2 Год назад

Just as a note of clarification, the knife Jim Bowie carried at The Sandbar fight was not his Bowie knife, it was a butcher / hunting knife loan to him by his brother. The Bowie knife as has come to be known, was not made for a considerably time after The Sandbar fight. This came from Rezin Bowie himself in a letter of complaint to a news paper that had misrepresented the knife and his then dead brother.

@joedoe8655 8 месяцев назад

Lies

@Mr50403 4 месяца назад

@@joedoe8655You calling second hand information on both sides of the stories lies. How dare you!

@guarddog318 Месяц назад

@@joedoe8655 - Get back under your bridge, troll. I've seen the letter from Rezin Bowie myself. And it's very unlikely that he would lie about what happened on that Vidalia sandbar.

@usernameisusername Год назад

Anybody else think that Zac would be really good at making documentaries

@zacinthewild Год назад

We think this is a pretty good one😁

@usernameisusername Год назад

@@zacinthewild it's marvelous

@alpine1600s Год назад

Next History Channel victim eh? 🤣

@blammular Год назад

@@alpine1600s if he adds more ancient aliens.

@pg-l4469 Год назад

Absolutely! This was amazing!!!

@weirdmusicmixmaster Год назад

a bowie is still what i carry into the woods to cover unexpected and expected problems, if i want to split wood or if a wild animal got the drop on me away from my firearm the big chunk of clip pointed steel is gonna be my talisman to get me home again.

@scottfuller1711 Год назад

Jim Bowei's brother described the knife in his book. He took an 1832 butchers knife, had a French clip cut into the end and used a Spanish infantry mans guard placed at the base of the blade. Most Bowei knives I see today have a Texas clip and standard flat guards and most are way to wide.

@M60gunner1971 Год назад

Why the umbrage my boi?

@user-zx5fo5xx3o 3 месяца назад

THATS RIGHT EVERY KNIFE IS A BOWIE KNIFE, ALL MARKETING BS

@thomasotto8693 Год назад

As a german guy I can say I´m a proud owner of an original BOWIE KNIFE! Some say in hard times like these cold steel is your best (only?!)friend...- Well,could be true...! 🤔

@BuckKnives Год назад

Fantastic video. It's a privilege to see our knives in the company of other incredible knives and knife makers. Several of us here learned a lot, and we're looking forward to more videos like this!

@laughingsnake1989 Год назад

One of your pocket knives saved my life thanks for building a excellent knife buck

@tacticalidiot175 Год назад

You guys should be verified!

@silverwiskers7371 Год назад

over 40 plus years i have owned at least 10 x 110's, i'd wear them things plum out in the oilfields and on drilling rigs, if Buck company only knew what we would put them through they simply wouldn't believe it was possible a knife could stand that much torture and abuse and still keep working

@silverwiskers7371 Год назад

i'll even add this, i'd see roughnecks bring out a cheap knife and it would hold up even a couple days "to do this job i'm describing you had to have a good knife everyday to do your job" i'd laugh at them and tell them "go buy a damn Buck 110 and be done with it man" anyway i'd thought i'd share this "because, it's true'

@furrycircuitry2378 Год назад

Buck knives have saved my hide multiple times

@twalk6164 Год назад

Just a reminder that the Bowie is an EXCELLENT hard working large game butchering and skinning knife. I have used mine for elk and buck. The long blade makes certain large cuts (such as a hind leg removal) far less work than a smaller knife. And when packing out bloody quarters in the dusk in bear country, it is comforting to have a Bowie on your belt. I have used mine to cut brush and split firewood, too, and these jobs are in the province of a large heavy blade, not some cutesy art piece. The Bowie still has a solid place in the hunter's/outdoorsman's world, and likely will forever.

@DrumCoversFromHell 4 месяца назад

Why is there such a long wait to get one ??

@andrewgarrett4959 Год назад

I've been a hobby knifemaker for 18 years. My favorite projects are always Bowies. I like to imagine being a blacksmith in the 1830s or 1840s at the edge of the frontier, trying to put my spin on the 'Bowie Knife" for spendy pioneers heading west to find fortune. A current project is to imagine what an 'Idaho Style Bowie' might have looked if one had ever materialized during the great western migration. Thanks for the video!

@sonsofkojimarip 4 месяца назад

Do you take commission work? I'd love a custom Bowie

@hekpacobctac616 4 месяца назад

If you are smith, then try to do a Damascus steel.

@Blrdman 4 месяца назад

Could you imagine how sharp the guys knives were that he could widdle on hickory for an hour and still shave hair.

@fuglbird 10 месяцев назад

Thank you. This was the best description of the Bowie knife I've ever seen! Since I read David Crockett a Bowie knife seemed magic to me and I drool a bit every time I see one. 40 years later when going on solo kayaking expeditions in Greenland and New Zealand I looked at Bowie knives but opted for a more humble solution. I settled for a short dive knife for protection in case I got caught in a fishing net, a Swedish Morakniv Basic (stainless steel) for general outdoor activities and a Victorinox Swiss Army Spartan for a lot of reasons. It worked nicely and only set me back $35 ($21+$7+$7). In New Zealand I replaced the Morakniv with a $7 Czech scout dagger with a sawback. I've never ever needed my most expensive knife - the dive knife - but it's always ready. The other $7 knifes are used a lot and they have served me well. I always bring a small sharpening stone on my trips; but I've only used it at home. Modern knives are often made of high quality steel. I still dream about that big David Crockett Bowie knife. The problem is, that I don't need it. Sigh.

@user-xt9kl1vm3z 17 дней назад

Crocket didn't use a Bowie?

@LilYoungDaddy Год назад

Great work Zach and crew. The quality of your videos from script, to lighting, transitions & effects, etc is getting better and better. Not your average knife channel.

@zacinthewild Год назад

This one was a beast but definitely opened a new level for us🤘

@cocokolah8567 Год назад

It's good except for the one-word-at-a-time thingie that pops up when you want o emphasis something. Just put the entire sentence into one panel, please.

@LilYoungDaddy Год назад

@@cocokolah8567 I like it. To each their own.

@savage22bolt32 Год назад

Constructive criticism: lose the background noise! The subject & your narration of it is great. The addition of distracting, annoying music ruined the vid for me.

@eddiecastellana9339 Год назад

My father has passed but he handed me a buck 119 special that was so hard that I couldn’t sharpen it with the coarsest oil stone we had at the time. That knife is still in a display case at my mother’s house. Buck knives are my introduction to the hobby of the “knife craze” in my life. I don’t think I could ever spend the money on a Chris Reeve or a Hinderer and especially any custom variant but I will always be proud of the buck knives!

@hardrock1826 Год назад

Amazing presentation. Thoroughly enjoyed hearing this history of the much loved and revered Bowie Knife. Bravo.

@PontifexByzantinus Год назад

Great video! As a native Texan and lifetime knife enthusiast, the classic Bowie will always hold a special place in my heart.

@Master_Yoda1990 Год назад

Oh, Bowie knives are great. I have a 10 1/2 inch Bowie with an antler handle and it's a great piece of functional art.

@magnagermania9311 Год назад

As an european i absolutely adore bowie knives, they are so perfect.

@billy3114 Год назад

This is by far the most underrated RU-vid channel I've ever seen it's such high quality and professional material

@zacinthewild Год назад

Jamie does a great job making it look so dang good!

@stormkb174 Год назад

@@zacinthewild you give him good stuff to work with lad, don't sell yourself short

@maxlvledc Год назад

100% agree

@donbrown1091 5 месяцев назад

Well done history lesson of my favorite knife! This was great! Thankful to stumble upon this video!

@jack_batterson 10 месяцев назад

Probably the best discussion about Bowie knives I've seen. Well, researched!

@obviousgreyman Год назад

Love this “mini documentary” style video, I learned a lot. Bowie knives aren’t always my favorite but I’ve always loved my buck 119 my dad bought me in high school, the same knife he’s always carried hunting, fishing, and camping.

@valeriegogel4214 Год назад

I love the buck 119. I just wish it was at least an inch longer. It's only 6 inches. Which is plenty lethal but it doesn't scream Bowie

@NeevesKnives Год назад

Great video Zak, you guys put alot of work into this one and it turned our amazing 👊

@zacinthewild Год назад

Thanks! We had a blast with doing something a little longer and polished.

@jschiek8054 9 месяцев назад

Fascinating, and gorgeously presented! Thank you!

@patriot4258 Год назад

Great video, I have a Randall #14 with a 7.5 inch blade for many years hunting , fishing and camping etc. love my knife and would never trade it.

@rogerhancock8732 Год назад

Love this story on the bowie knife. Back in the early 80's I made my first and only handmade knife and yes, it is in a bowie form. I was recently made an offer for it, and it was above what I ever thought it would be worth. I turned it down as I just can't let it go, plan to leave it to my son.

@MnemonicHack Год назад

Well obviously, you should make more. Time permitting, of course.

@rogerhancock8732 Год назад

@@MnemonicHack actually I plan to make several this coming summer as I have the materials I need. Since I will be retiring soon I thought I would make a few as gifts for this coming Christmas to give to the guys I have worked with for the last 20+ years before the time comes to put down my wrenches. Will make one for my son as well for his coming 21st birthday to go with mine that he will get this year.

@Tacosaucemann Год назад

@@rogerhancock8732 sounds cool nice dude

@tmille10 Год назад

Zac you and Jamie are absolutely doing the best work for both the knife community and general related interest out right now. Love you guys and the entire progression to this point. Very few contemporary channels come off with a true interest and care to detail as you guys are doing. So please keep it up and stand strong in doing your own independent production because they are definitely coming with offers for you to give them the heart and soul you guys exude in this genre. Merry Christmas and you guys deserve a special gift this Christmas ❤

@zacinthewild Год назад

This comment means a ton. We have been working really hard on this project and have some awesome stuff coming soon. Merry Christmas to you and the only gift we need is awesome people like your self watching and supporting to get us to our bigger goals!

@shopnwoods9901 Год назад

Great video! I've loved the Bowie since I first saw it as a little kid in the 70's. It's the American knife. I think even the Buck 110 folding knife is based off the Bowie and it's one of the most popular folders of all time I think.

@edgaraquino2324 2 месяца назад

Excellent production, thanks! Lots of good info...my compmements!😊🎉

@ra8640 Год назад

Zach needs a contract. Great telling of history. Zach's voice is very clear and not going to put you to sleep. Great Video too!

@jonlouis2582 Год назад

A true knife geek-fest. You guys are really knocking out of the park. I have a really vulgar Schrade version that I can’t legally take out of my house, but I love it to bits.

@addicted2tone349 6 месяцев назад

I’m a knife nerd and love Bowies, I learned things today. Excellent video!!

@WyldIndigo Год назад

REALLY Interesting , thank you . There was so much I did not know.

@lindafoxwood78 Год назад

I never learned so much about Bowie that I did from your video. WOW. My best knifes that I own are: WW2 Marine Raider Stiletto by Camillus, WW2 Sheffield's daggers, WW2 V2 by Case, 225 Q by Cattaraugus and a ton of WW2 Mark 2's by Ka-bar, Camillus, Union, Robeson, PAL. Always good to know how to use a knife for defensive issues. ... Gulf War Veteran/Cherokee America 1990-1991...

@roostermasa0956 Год назад

When ever I go into the woods or on my family friends property I carry a Bowie knife. Love the videos keep it up Zac.

@zacinthewild Год назад

Perfect setting for a great carry!

@av8orAH64 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for the informative Bowie history lesson. I own both of the anniversary versions of the Buck 110 and 120. I also have a K-Bar USMC although mine is labeled US Army (no since giving free press to my esteemed brothers from another mother) I am proud to have these Bowie-inspired knives as part of my collection. I have been watching you for years. I must admit that I miss Knife Banter and wa wa wa WOW (Wednesdays). I tuned in to watch the original gang's shenanigans, camaraderie, and fun. You guys had the chemistry to make a fun show that garnered a lot of views. I tuned in to see you Ben, Kurt, and Jaimie because it was just entertaining. Made me want to move to Utah to find friends like you guys. Cheers Zac.

@wadeevans8739 9 месяцев назад

What a great video! So much information in such a small amount of time. Thank you. When I went to Boy Scouts from Cub Scouts, My daddy gave me a German made stag handle knife in the Bowie style with about a four inch blade. That knife went everywhere with me. Well not to church or school. It was lost in a great hurricane. I still miss it when I am outdoors. I replaced it with a Buck 119. Thanks again for your work.

@thomaskerby8908 Год назад

I have never seen a video so focused, well researched, and entertaining focused on the steel we all love to carry. Bowie knives are all what we grew up thinking was a "man's" knife, but modern iterations of the design have left us with the lessons learned by history. I think your interpretation and shout outs at the end have done more to show the progression and history of the knife (or any knife design at that) than any one historian could do.

@roycolglazier1061 Год назад

@Zac, this's possibly your BEST vid! You've done us all s great servuce, non-knifers & knifers as well, with a scholarly and well balanded presentation of known history and folklore! As an Arkansas resident & patriot for nearly 50 years, I'm well steeped in the doings in and around Old Washington, AR, 200 years ago, and am truly apprecistive of how you brought it all to life! Thanks & best wishes for a great Christmas, RRC

@zacinthewild Год назад

Thank you for the kind words! So much great history out that way.

@danielhuff1397 11 месяцев назад

This is the best video I've ever watched on the subject of Jim Bowie and his legendary blade. Well done, thy good and faithful researcher!

@maximoran9863 Год назад

Awesome and very informative documentary. The bowie as we know it today will always be one of my favorite blade styles.

@superdeluxesmell Год назад

Great work Zac, really great. The references to “slow news cycles”, “side-hustles” and the Marvel universe really gives a sense of how the history operated outside of the usual myths and legends. Terrific.

@thomasfallone744 Год назад

Professor Zac, preach on! Your content is fun, philosophical and intellectual! Many thanks!

@zacinthewild Год назад

Glad you dug it🙏! This one was a ton of work and a ton of fun! So many ins and outs with the history!

@jillatherton4660 Год назад

My favourite bow-making tool, TY. 👍

@charlest1984 6 месяцев назад

This RU-vid show was a mixture of Ancient Aliens meets Forged in Fire lol

@kevinmorgan6382 Год назад

One of those new makers here. I love building Bowie's and just won novice class in Sam Towns bladesmiths Bowie build challenge here on youtube... Heard some new stuff here and that was cool...that was a well put together piece on the history and obscurity of the actual Bowie... Those unnamed society builds are absolutely stunning so check em out if you haven't yet...

@nirvana613 Год назад

Zac all I can say is that this is the greatest documentary I've seen on the topic of knives. You've done an amazing job and I feel as though I can speak for all the viewers in saying - WE WANT MORE !

@danielanthony9621 4 месяца назад

Thankyou for this video. The Bowie is my favorite knife and I own more of them than any other in my collection. Knowing the History the way you have portrayed it makes me appreciate it even more. Thanks 🗡

@jdpresslasvegas Год назад

Zac: Outstanding history study and summary of the Bowie knife - Very enjoyable and entertaining too! My personal favorite is the Randall Smithsonian Bowie knife that is both forged and grinded.

@camman532 Год назад

I would love to see more documentary style videos like this. It was super fun and interesting to hear the story of the blade and connecting it to some of the stuff I love today

@christiancannon3364 Год назад

Zac you guys are absolutely crushing it lately. I flippin loved this video. Super cool that your videos have so much differentiation and yet stay true to what you, and this community is passionate about.

@christophersykes1857 Год назад

Now I know why I love knives. Thanks for the historical information. It makes me want to expand my knife collection and share this info with my family over, when you say; Thanksgiving Dinner.

@GeorgeRuiz1 10 месяцев назад

This is one of the best written and researched knife videos I've ever seen.

@RJsKnives Год назад

What a great video! Loved the history and the quality of this video. Thanks for diving into the murky waters of Bowie history and tracing it to modern times. Really cool stuff!

@ReferenceFidelityComponents Год назад

Great history, thank you for posting this. Some of the finest examples of of the Bowie were reputedly made by the Wostenholm works in Sheffield, England and Wolstenholm collaborated with one of my grandmother’s relatives, Joseph Rogers who went on to produce and sell Bowies world wide. Bowie had knives made for his friends by Wolstenholm. The Sheffield Foundries and especially Rogers were regarded as the producers of some of the finest carbon steel blades in the world. I have a later style buffalo horned hunting knife made by one of the last foundries to survive shortly before its closure in the mid 2000’s.

@robertmorano2372 Год назад

This is the content we need. Beautiful job.

@RandoCalrisiann 4 месяца назад

I live in Rogers Arkansas, a few miles away from AG Russell's store. I met and spoke with him many times before his sad passing. Shopped in the store very often. I have many knives of all types. The big Bowie is my favorite style of knife. I've also visited now called Old Washington Arkansas where James Black lived and worked. I love the mystery and lore around this great American icon of a blade. You did a very wonderful job making this video. Thank you so much. I'm just sad it took me this long to see it in my feed and watch it lol. Again thank you, but now onto looking into my next purchase. You gave me that itch again to get more blades and go enjoy using them out on my family's property here in the beautiful Ozarks.

@jinxjones5497 Год назад

Holy cow!!! That wasn't the typical knife video but something else! Quality content. The Buck 119 was the first quality fixed blade i ever owned and i have a mint condition 1970s one now. It has influenced my taste in hunting knives to this day. A true classic born of a great historical knife

@johnnyd667 Год назад

Great job Zac and crew! Everyone who digs knives needs to have at least 1 Bowie in their collection.

@zacinthewild Год назад

Totally agree!

@Supraman7777 4 месяца назад

Absolutely fantastic video. Thank you so much for this wonderfully entertaining and informative piece. Bravo.

@Bodhi1satva 2 месяца назад

Terrific video! Love all the history!

@kolbusfletchus Год назад

This was excellent. I would love to watch more like this. You are a wonderful narrator. The content you were able to scrape up from history combined with wrapping it all up with the present day relevance and current artists, projects, and availability is very well done. Thank you!

@jasonmccomas7220 Год назад

Love the history lesson. I’ve watched many videos on the history of the Bowie knife and cheers to you for such a great and informative video on this historic blade shape!

@JamesMBC 11 месяцев назад

Zac's the man! This video actually fills a void of a proper account of the Bowie knife made by a knife guy.

@adensmith8553 Год назад

Great video!!, this video will live on and grow just like the great legacy of the bowie. I stumbled across the video and I couldn't turn away. Well done not a second wasted.

@cameronbuckner254 Год назад

Bowie knives are just the best! I have a Tops Prather War Bowie that I absolutely adore! And you're right, alot of the myth of the Bowie is created through story and, well, myth! But gosh darn it a big clip point fixed blade is just the best haha! Another great and informational video like always Zac! Really loved you digging into the history on this one! I love what you're doing with this channel! The RU-vids and the Knife/EDC world is better with you in it!

@zacinthewild Год назад

Thank you so much🙏! Totally agree there’s nothing better then a big old clip point blade!

@bruceleroy8063 Год назад

That one's on my short list. Wish it came uncoated. You can't beat the glint of steel for deterrent factor.

@nunninkav Год назад

When Zac did the Tops walk through, I razzed them that no one had the Prather War Bowie in their pocket. Lots of scandi folders instead.

@bkanderson2659 Год назад

Great mini-documentary! This was really well done. I've always loved bowies - one of the first ones I ever saw was one Grandpa had made for him while he was serving in Dutch Harbor, AK, in WWII, with a handle made from aircraft plexiglass. It's been a fun ride ever since. Keep up the good work!

@scotismydog Год назад

Absolutely fantastic video. I’ve been a fan for years, and I honestly think this is the best video you’ve ever made. Kudos and congrats! Keep on keepin on.

@thebrander2238 Год назад

Bought my Bowie at the age of 12, with my paper route money. I was heavy into scouting and backpacking. I still have it and a lot of stories that go with that knife!

@shawnwhipple8503 Год назад

Great video! Interesting and informative. Fun to watch as well. It was crafted better than most shows on TV. Keep up the great work.

@papabearedc2820 Год назад

This is an awesome video!! We obviously LOVE knives, and to learn some of the best history on one of the most iconic knives history has is just bliss for us. Thank you for a very very well put together video.

@garetkonigsfeld2 Год назад

Very well done. You keeper me watching the hole way through. Thanks for sharing 👍.

@420spuzzard Год назад

Zac Thank you, thank you, thank you! That was a great documentary, made my day! You brought tears of joy to me.

@maxlvledc Год назад

One of my favorite videos you have ever made.

@brawndothethirstmutilator9848 Год назад

More of this type of content good sir! Your abilities as a narrator and enthusiasm for all things knife are infectious.

@darenanderson1960 Год назад

That was awesome! I bought a D guard Civil War style Bowie knife recently that I love. The Massive 14” blade was made in Nepal.

@twodogshawkeye9968 7 месяцев назад

I live 35 minutes from Washington Arkansas. Even played jimbowie in the skit for the first Jim Bowie James black festival

@bigjayroadstar1700 Год назад

Dude, this was awesome, left me wanting more. A full length documentary might be needed! Great video. Thank you.

@shawnsynnestvedt5292 Год назад

This video was excellent. Love it. Since i was a kid looking at hardware store and outdoor store displays the Buck knives have always stood out to me more than any other that I remember. Thanks for doing this Zak. Hope to see other awesome knife history inspired videos.

@zacinthewild Год назад

The 120 was my grail knife before I knew what a grail knife was😁

@mikchrungBLADES Год назад

I've been making Bowie knives for a long time and I didn't even know it's rich history.! Thank you Zac.

@andrewjordan7967 Год назад

Thx for the video. Good job. Very informative and entertaining. My grandfather said that a man without a knife is half a man. Grateful that we have this heritage in our country. Long live cutlery. Keep 'em sharp.

@travisgriggs1773 Год назад

I enjoyed this history of the Bowie knife! My mom named me and all of my brothers after Texas Hero's, having a son of my own a few years ago I named him Bowie. My favorite Bowie knife is a Buck 102 (Woodsman).

@dannyb2783 Год назад

My dad gave me a Woodsmen when I was 13, shortly after I killed my first deer. He engraved the date on the handle. I'm 42 now and still use it.

@trakyboy5128 Год назад

This was fun 😊 Butcher style knives was extremely common during the 17 and 18th century and coming into the more modern times of the Great West. This style was brought over with us from Europe the basic design of the knife changed from maker to maker there was no hard-facet world to it but basically it had to be able to also skin so it had a bit of a curve towards the front half and it also allowed for people in the kitchen to do chopping and stuff because the blade was higher than the handle so in other words if you were to sit the knife blade down onto a flat surface and you're gripping handle in your hand your knuckles would not be touching the table top just the sharp edge of your blade would be touching it that allowed you to do the slicing and dicing which is where a lot of modern kitchen knives come from. Bowie's knife partly because he wanted it to be slightly modified for I guess you could say stabbing purposes but also because they've been sharpened so many time it took a slight daggerish form to it that's where you now get the drop point. Some nights from Arkansas were known as the Arkansas toothpick because of its very sharp point and narrowness. What this guy is saying about what we know of the Bowie knife today is exactly true it just kind of evolved and grew over time to what it is today which happens to be a very excellent multi-purpose Bushcraft / hunting knife. This is what the mountain men preferred to carry with them because they needed to fight with it cook with it skin with it everything with it.

@monsterslayer4317 6 месяцев назад

Nice piece! All the way from James Black to Bill Bagwell. Well done.

@samuelrodriguez1314 2 месяца назад

Excellent doc. That buck 916 is so beautiful

@jacbosmitt Год назад

This has been my favorite video you've done so far, and I would love to see more content from you and Jamie in this format. I think a full history of Buck knives would be awesome! I currently am on the hunt for a Buck 102 and a custom kydex sheath for it so I can edc a small Bowie inspired blade.

@daveburklund2295 Год назад

Wonderful video! I enjoy how you point out the marriage of cold, practical utility and romance in this knife. It's a tool but so much more. It's like the kukri of America, or the machete of America.

@DarylOster 23 дня назад

Having owned and used all 3, the kukuri is still my favorite to use (but not the best to carry every day)...

@daveburklund2295 23 дня назад

@@DarylOster I own and use all three as well. I like my kukri a lot. I don't have the cultural attachment to it that other folks do, but it's a great tool.

@gamallsdokkalfs7253 11 месяцев назад

Wonderful video. Thank you!

@alphadawg81 Год назад

I really enjoyed this video! Thank you Zac! PS: I'd love to see more blade history content.

@GOxHAM Год назад

Really great video! Lots of fun stories, folklore, and history around the bowie knife. You guys are killin it!!!

@zacinthewild Год назад

Thank you!

@joshuaritzheimer1382 Год назад

Thank you for making this awesome video! I don't know if I've ever learned so much in a short amount of time and been entertained! Great job guys!

@zacinthewild Год назад

Means a ton!👊

@Bill-xx2yh Год назад

Zac…these knife history videos have all been REALLY GOOD.. Label me pleasantly surprised..as..I thought I already "knew" most of this.. THANK YOU.

@John-gu7jq Год назад

Great Bowie Knife history video!

@jorgefernandez6407 Год назад

What an EXCELLENT documentary! I thoroughly enjoyed watching every minute of it! It's by far, the very best Bowie knife documentary I've seen to this day!!! Thank you for presenting this to us... Subscribed!

@zacinthewild Год назад

Thank you very much!

@christophersutley7625 Год назад

Honestly Zach you should do more videos like these. This was an awesome quick documentary on the Bowie knife

@garrettdemoss9465 Год назад

Being from Bowie Texas (Named after Jim bowie and home of the worlds largest Bowie knife), I only clicked the video to make sure you pronounced it right... Good work and keep spreading the good word.

@CharChar2121 Год назад

I have a KA-BAR. Bought it when I became a Marine in 2011. I honestly haven't taken it out of my truck, ever, but I'm going to UA in the spring and I think this is one of the two knives I'll bring.

@NikosKatsikanis Месяц назад

how r things?

@brettcashmeredesigns688 Год назад

Complements to you and your team for another awesome video. This was very interesting. I hope u do more of these historical videos on other knives. Great work!

@daveshikingandbiking8274 Год назад

Love the history lesson on the Bowie Knife! Thanks for your hard work!

@zacinthewild Год назад

It was a blast to make and research!

@FARACI1 Год назад

Awesome review for knowledge. Thank you.

@mrnorcross Год назад

I just watched this video and it is really great! You have done a fantastic job with research and the film work - everything! Really excellent! Thanks for sharing. I look forward to more!