Bowie Knife

[@davehackett8848]

Knives are reliable, and never run empty. A gun might put a half inch hole, but a knife can remove body parts at will.

[@kittycatcat6962]

Steven Segal here 🎉

[@BROKENVessel-z5n]

My names kiabiaca shephardsling has always Ben my suppressed weapon of choice its not size of rock in sling its the jagged caliber of rock in sling.

[@elliotdryden7560]

And at card-table distance, fast with a knife beats slow with a gun. IF you have the stones for it.

[@bluedog521]

You think you sound cool?

[@txnurse101]

Yes but still last resort

[@silent.reaper.4429]

He wasn't cocky about the sandbar fight...even he knew....he barely walked away with his life...in my opinion that makes him even more badass

[@philobeddoe3495]

Yeah, because that guy was really Bowie and this scene really happened. Wow, just wow.

[@AlexKS1992]

From what I read of that fight he got really lucky. Even today the likelihood of one person surviving a two person knife duel is rare. They say the winner dies on his way to the hospital and the loser is left on the street to picked up by the coroner.

[@MrTigre6]

Mr Beddoe, now you are blathering even more stupidly, trying to convince people Crockett never met Bowie… I call your attention to Crockett’s detailed description of Bowie’s knife…

[@danielblackburn1241]

@@philobeddoe3495 just a comment about a movie. Get a grip

[@nickpesetsky1897]

This scene felt like Crockett trying to find a bigger myth than himself so he didn't have to live up to his own for the sake of the defenders' morale. He's curious about how sick Bowie is, asks him about the stories that made him famous. Like others have commented, Bowie knows he was lucky to leave that sandbar. He doesn't see himself as a legend. At this point he's a broken man with nothing to lose after the death of his wife.

[@philobeddoe3495]

Wow, sounds like you were there and actually knew what Bowie was thinking. I'm just so excited to find such a person like yourself. I can ask any historical question and get a real answer. Can you tell me where Bowie's lost mines were located, too?

[@brandtbollers3183]

Those wounds affected all of His Life.That He recovered and was Very Active was More Noted than Renzins Hunting/Bushcraft Knife."My Knife that I Gave My Brother for the Unrealibty of His Pistols.Was 9.25ins.long.1.5 ins wide and straight backed with wooden grips Rivted on.Utterly Plain in All Respects.

[@philobeddoe3495]

@@brandtbollers3183 another guy that was on the scene and knows the deep inner feelings of these guys from nearly 200 years ago. You guys don't even know what your wives are feeling, yet you know about these guys.

[@brandtbollers3183]

@@philobeddoe3495 Lol.I Quoted Rezin Bowies Description of His Hunting Knife The Comment about his Wounds and Health are From Comtempary Acounts Feelings are no Where Mentioned.How can I help you Fuq Off?

[@philobeddoe3495]

@@brandtbollers3183 You cannot help me fuq off one bit. Too many know it all assholes on these sites, so my apologies, or I would have apologized if you hadn't told me to fuq off.

[@stevek8829]

A well done scene. It discussed the legend but didn't embellish. The truth belongs to the ages as always.

[@brianboisguilbert6985]

Well stated, Bravo Zulu.

[@AdamasOldblade]

One of the best quotes I've ever heard was similar to this... Funny enough it was from a guy in the drunk tank in Phoenix, Arizona. He stated, "look there's three sides to every story. My side, your side and the truth." -- He literally isn't wrong.

[@SladetheBlade..]

Later on in the scene Bowie says it was three shots instead of two and he cut out the guys heart

[@Mandelbrotmat]

"The only real question is whether you believe in the legend of Davey Crockett or not. If you do, then there should be no doubt in your mind that he died a hero's death. If you do not believe in the legend, then he was just a man, and it does not matter how he died." : Worf, Son of Mogh

[@timesthree5757]

No they need to embellish. We need to make legends and myths from these men.

[@potobserver9191]

Crocket spoke of the first time he met bowie in one of his journals. When Bowie caught crocket looking at his knife, bowie stated, "Colonel, you might tickle a fellow's ribs a long time with this little instrument before you'd make him laugh; and many a time have I seen a man puke at the idea of the point touching the pit of his stomach."

[@Lightingwarrior]

Now THAT'S a Knife

[@JSharap]

Nice toothpick!

[@CSGraves]

Guy with lange messer: Hold my beer...

[@rebelj3sse992]

Second only to Mr Dundee!

[@Cebuano_Edc]

Knoife

[@ShonenXIV]

Hans Moleman: You call that a knife? *pulls out a larger knife* THIS is a knife!! *feels the weight of the knife pulling him down* Oooh! Down I go!

[@thisoldbelair]

The bagpipes in the background are playing a beautiful period correct tune called a Piobaireachd. The classical music of the great highland bagpipe

[@grantgarrod2232]

I read a book from my high school library many years ago, titled "The Iron Mistress", a semi-biographical story of James Bowie. It was a wonderful book, & in it was an outstanding account of the Sandbar Fight, which made Bowie famous. It was very vividly written, literally blow-by-blow, & practically made you feel like you were in Bowie's boots. The book is worth reading for that chapter alone, but there's another great chapter about blacksmith James Black forging his fighting knife design for Bowie that I found quite fascinating.

[@ukestudio3002]

The iron mistress is also a movie . There was a tv series also .

[@82584]

Thank you for sharing that. I will look that up. Sounds interesting.

[@PreacherLevi]

I thought Jim's brother made his knife, I'm from LA. Ppl tell passed down storys , so idk.

[@COMEDIC_EDDIE]

Who wrote it... trying to find

[@grantgarrod2232]

@@PreacherLevi, supposedly Jim first had a large knife that was a twin of one owned by his brother, Rezin, who may have made it for Jim. Later, Bowie visited the renowned bladesmith James Black, with a carved wooden model of a knife he wanted made. Black made Bowie two knives, the one Jim ordered, & another of his own design. Jim liked Black's model best, & that's the knife he carried ever after, 'til his end at the Alamo.

[@peach8685]

0:53 bowie still has the knife in its sheath

[@martinguerre8220]

LMAO nice catch

[@ginandcreme]

Mfer‘s exploiting a duplication glitch smh

[@TheWartHawg]

Good catch.

[@chrispile3878]

Look again. There are TWO knives in his belt - the 2nd behind the Bowie.

[@brianbird3756]

Rule #1 never give a man your only weapon.

[@arctodussimus6198]

“I don’t remember...... and it was three shots.”

[@chrisnewport7826]

You could tickle a Man a long time with that before he’d laugh.

[@thecowboy9698]

Has it ever been determined exactly what Bowie was sick with during the siege? I've heard some say it was Typhoid, others Pneumonia, and still other say Turburculosis. Well, whatever it was, evidently it was so bad that by the time of the battle in which the defenders were slain, it's believed that Bowie was too ill to even lift his head off the pillow, so his death might be characterized more as an execution, than a last stand. His mother was quoted as saying Jim sat up in bed and took a bunch of Mexicans with him, but then she was his mother, so what would you expect her to say about her son.

[@forrestgumball]

Who needs a knife when you have a fucking short sword?

[@DavidHarrison-js3ji]

That is a stunning knife . More a short sword .

[@slingshotwarrrior8105]

That's an awesome knife scene!

[@puzzled_pelican3626]

It was 2 shots and sword cane through the lung. He cut his heart out

[@allopez8563]

Knives and swords go chiiink in movies.

[@jasonkerr7040]

You mean ssssshhhinnkk

[@dannytallmage2971]

Jim Bowie would have made a lot better chinaman than Whiteman so it makes sense.

[@valeriegogel4214]

Makes my Bowie ( Buck model 119 ) look like a toothpick. Even though it's 6 inches of steel and around a foot of handle..... That's a foot of knife. I'm guessing his was almost if not double that in length and width. The hand guard is fat more pronounced as well. I'm betting his actual knife wasn't that big

[@johnanon658]

That knife is himalayin imports dbad big jim bowie, or maybe they made it to copy the knife in this film, dunno.

[@edwardrivas2304]

I carry a Bowie to this day 200 years after the duel

[@johnanon658]

Based

[@txgunguy2766]

Historically, a "proper" Bowie(boo-ee) knife is supposed to be able to "stab like a dagger, slash like a saber, cut like a razor and chop like a cleaver". The one shown here is the style known as the "primitive" bowie.

[@AAA16k]

Amen to that!

[@thecowboy9698]

So what would a "proper" Bowie knife look like? From the way you describe it, it sounds like it would look different than the knife shown here, yet as far as Bowie knives go, the style of knife shown here is really the only style I've ever seen. In fact, honestly, how would rate the Bowie knife by today's standards, especially if you were say using it for wilderness survival?

[@spectermad9180]

That's not what his knife looked like..its was more of Butcher's knife..the Clip point came latter on...and they got the clip point from Mexican knives...look it up

[@timesthree5757]

Ok we have know idea what it looked like. He married a Mexican lady so explains the clipped point.

[@stefanklaus1652]

He had three knifes allways with him Not only one

[@rollothewalker5535]

Source?

[@stefanklaus1652]

RolloTheWalker history Books , documentary’s

[@johnanon658]

Based

[@mcpheonixx]

Looks like a Natchez design by the belly and the brass spine!

[@flowerruby833]

Jim was also carried on a cot at one point when his sickness was badly damaging

[@kennethcrane9848]

some scholars think he might have all ready been dead....maybe a blood clot broke loose from his damaged lung from the sandbar melee, or malaria~crockett had an episode while in the siege, but he rode all over tejas to hellngone trying to raise men, along w/almeron dickerson...i can't imagine that, fighting x-treme high fever/chills/shaking to bust the teeth, crapping yer knickers, and riding all over unknown hostile territory!! my own thought is that houston sent his main competition for this new powerseat, to san antone, knowing they were so much meat. machiavelli coulda learned from sammy boy, protege to andrew jackson...crockett playing the fiddle on the walls was true, along w/macgregor playing the battlefield pipes...discount any acc'ts. from candelaria woman...

[@thecowboy9698]

@@kennethcrane9848 - I once read the book, Three Roads to the Alamo, which chronicles the life stories of Crockett, Travis, and Bowie, and Sam Houston was mentioned in it, and from what I read, rumors were going around that he did sacrifice the Alamo for his own personal gain. And given Crockett's legendary status, if he had survived, and there are some rumors circling even today that he may have, he surely would've been a hell of amount of competition for Sam Houston when it came to political office, which latter did win, becoming the first and only President of Texas before she joined the union. And yes, it is true that Crockett had bouts with malaria, having first contracted the illness when on a hunting trip in Alabama, where he had thought about moving his family to at one point, which according to accounts nearly killed him. In fact, his 2nd wife, after having heard nothing from him for weeks, thought he was dead, until one day after two to three weeks, he walked in the door frail and emmeciated. Little trivia, both Crockett and Houston were Freemasons, as was Santa Anna, from what I've heard.

[@rc59191]

No matter where I look I can't find a replica of that Bowie knife I gotta have one lol.

[@ginandcreme]

I’ve seen them listed as “Musso” bowies and “primitive” Bowies. You’ll probably be able to find some via those search terms. The only (really good) quality ones I’ve seen come from a guy in Pakistan (“URSA INTERNATIONAL”). But he’s so hard to get a hold of lol. People say he’s on EBAY but I can’t find shit there. And he has a website supposedly but it’s always down on my end so I can’t confirm nor deny if it’s actually him. This guy has one from that craftsman: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hF6UipyCfdWKd7c And so does this guy kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3u5c3p6hpifptE

[@clearmelody6252]

GIl Hibben made the knife for the movie, and . . .USED to sell copies of them. Just a side note, that isn't what the actual Bowie knife looked like, from this time. For that, look to the Searle Bowie, it's a lot closer to reality.

[@SoldierDrew]

Visit the weapons Museum in old Washington Arkansas. You'll see examples of the original design made by James Black for Mr Bowie. Black walnut wood scales on a coffin shaped handle with a long slightly curved spine with sharp Clio point that allowed it to be held blade facing upward in combat. The thick spine was used to parry and break the popular thinner butcher blades and green river knives of the era. The slight bent curved spine facilitated thrusting with the point in alignment with the power line of the thrusting arm. And no guard attached at the ricosso. The coffin shape handle locked the grip in and prevented self inflicted injury and aided in retention. There are bladesmiths in Arkansas whom will forge you one for a handsome fee if you're serious.

[@johnanon658]

Op, That knife is himalayin imports dbad big jim bowie, or maybe they made it to copy the knife in this film, dunno.

[@rc59191]

@@ginandcreme thank you I'll check that out and see if I can't find it.

[@magetaaaaaa]

I am curious about this time. People like Bowie were known for the knife, but where did they learn to fight with it? Was there a particular style that they used?

[@Lion718]

You cut put the best part..

[@travispadilla3972]

A s that is why I love Bowie knives

[@АнтонВоробьев-с8е]

Я тоже.

[@taclas1]

That's a knofe!

[@robertobarrale8900]

Great Jim Bowie 😔🌹❤️

[@salvadorvizcarra769]

Great Jim Bowie? Well... Mr. Bowie was a PRO-SLAVERY, and not from Texan but was originally from Kentucky. He was also a Pirate and Delinquent on the run from the Tennessee Law. In fact, none of those who died at the Alamo were originally from Texas. All of them came from Carolina, from Virginia, Kentucky or from Tennessee. Therefore none of them fought for the "Independence of Texas", but for Piracy.

[@Joe3pops]

Fatal illness plagued the Bowie family. His Mexican wife and her family all died of yellow fever when he was away on business. Very tragic.

[@dwightschrute491]

"I don't remember."

[@eduardonavarro5910]

Ain't that a musso style bowie?

[@Danko_Sekulic]

Yes! It's a great knife. I would recommend it, but I have no idea whether they're still making them since I got mine in 2010.

[@johnanon658]

That knife is himalayin imports dbad big jim bowie, or maybe they made it to copy the knife in this film, dunno.

[@Junaid_baghdadi_]

What is the name of this kind of bowie?

[@daryldixon6480]

lucian Alexander gil hibben old west knife.

[@kennethcrane9848]

wrongkind. 1st one was straight outta mama's kitchen drawer. james/rezin were born to lie... james had several made to give away, one to a famous actor he met, which s'pposedly burned up in a fire, though there are extant replicas. what accounts i've read the brothers/caiphis hamm, their friend, had a run n gun w/commanches, and jim picked up a broken/resharpened mexican espada ancha, a type of short sword, and bowie said "this'll do just fine!", and kept it w/him til the end. rezin stated the very 1st was "designed by me, and made by a smithie on our plantation.". who knows the truth? no one... the one in this movie has several varieties...this version might make a great canoe paddle.

[@guarddog318]

@@kennethcrane9848, this fellow claims the Forrest Bowie didn't burn up, but was in a part of the house the fire didn't get to: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5LEnp9_fbl5bK8 Don't know if he's right or not, but he has an interesting collection of old knives just the same.

[@Danko_Sekulic]

Musso bowie knife. Like Daryl said - made by Gil Hibben.

[@johnanon658]

That knife is himalayin imports dbad big jim bowie, or maybe they made it to copy the knife in this film, dunno.

[@andreyche193]

And it is nothing like the actual historic bowie knife...

[@guscorry6592]

Ah but there lies the problem. Unfortunately we don't really know what James's knife was truly like. I presume it was similar, if not exactly like the knife that remained in Juan Seguin's possession, but we may never know.

[@xanatos3633]

@@guscorry6592 Jim Bowie had many knifes in his hard charging hard crazy life . The knife shown in the video is a Representative of the final and greatest of the fighting Bowie the mighty musso Bowie.

[@cha5]

XANATOS True, it’s thought that Bowie may have had as many as fourteen different knives in his lifetime.

[@kennethcrane9848]

the forrest knife. bowie gave it to a NYC actor he liked...the one from seguin is a cut-down espada ancha, good choice too. the forrest knife is a straight outta the kitchen knife...bowie s'pposedly had ordered a maker to supply him w/copies of "the original bowie", but he got deader than good friday on a sunday.@@guscorry6592

[@kennethcrane9848]

he even broke a tooth trying to open a pocket knife on one of the sandbar fighters, before the sandbar. and there's no proof that this style was there w/him at the end.@@xanatos3633

[@h1ob355]

Always liked that knife style from an esthetic point of view, but in a fight that huge blade would be pretty useless. It´s too short for a sword and too heavy for a knife. You will lack range and quickness with it. I would always change a Bowie knife against an ordinary scalpel.

[@brolly2479]

Movie name please

[@kennethcrane9848]

"the alamo" disney/john hancock movie.

[@ReformedSooner24]

The Alamo (2004)

[@Slug99]

"I don't remember" the man was blackout drunk wasn't he?

[@Fr3unen]

Bushwacka from TF2

[@zemetrius]

0:39 that is a pretty knife.

[@johnanon658]

That knife is himalayin imports dbad big jim bowie, or maybe they made it to copy the knife in this film, dunno.

[@odysseusrex5908]

Do you think Crocodile Dundee would approve?

[@jlloyd2004mcs]

I’ve had many rounds at Under-The-Hill in Natchez.

[@Goatboysminion]

He's a bit small to be playing Jim Bowie, isn't he?

[@lonl123]

A little too young and "Pretty-Boyish" as well....of the rare drawings of Bowie, he looked to be a big somewhat heavy set man with big sideburns....was in my opinion the only casting mistake of the movie. Billie Bob was perfect as Crocket. Travis (Cant think of the actor at the moment) did a fair job as well. Regardless, the movie is quite brilliant and a huge step up from the John Wayne version.

[@user-ee8us7cw2k]

@@lonl123 Bowie was played by Jason Patric who grew out of his pretty boy looks in the 1990's into the stunning handsome man in this film. He is an excellent actor so perhaps the casting people were looking for depth & quality over rare drawings.

[@dannytallmage2971]

@@user-ee8us7cw2kif Patric were half as pretty as he was Jackie Gleason’s grandson then he’d have been pretty handsome. Alas he was just Jackie Gleason’s grandson.

[@user-ee8us7cw2k]

@@dannytallmage2971 Jason Patric is a million times more handsome than Gleason. You need glasses, dude.

[@dannytallmage2971]

@@user-ee8us7cw2k completely missed my point silly goose. He got his job because his mom’s dad is Jackie Gleason not because he can act or is good looking.

[@noonsight2010]

The Alamo - symbol of American imperialism.

[@timesthree5757]

Hell yeah.

[@dannytallmage2971]

Good.

[@noonsight2010]

@@timesthree5757 You seem proud of a nation founded on invasion, tax evasion, slavery and genocide. Then it went downhill from there!

[@pauldockree9915]

Is that a fact? That is a fact. You are terrified that I am not your Huckleberry but Val Kilmer playing Simon Templar. Ice man in Top Gun? Shall I go on? Wonderland? John Iadarole is unwell? Missoura? I had best cease and desist right there. Mounting mammas.

[@TheWartHawg]

Were you having a stroke when you typed this?

[@dragonovitkyron6081]

Musso bowie

[@zyxmyk]

Bowie should go back and trade that in and get a really big knife.

[@vosbudimir]

фильм Форт Аламо

[@sir_i.p.freely3757]

Who can tell me what knife that is I’m not talking about the style of knife I’m talking the company that made it cuz that’s a mean cross guard

[@petelarosa282]

CHRIST loves you and wants to be your 💓 Savior!!!;

[@danielblackburn1241]

Leave it for when you're in church . Not in the comments

[@burningdaylights]

@danielblackburn1241 Keep your anti-speech opinions out of the comments section.

[@username82765]

​@@burningdaylightsif asking someone not to say something in the comments is "anti-speech" then so is your comment.

[@sovietunion8928]

I love God an Jesus with all my heart,

[@ponurezapomnienie]

Im the Only one from Call Of duty black ops zombies? XD

[@danielblackburn1241]

Good on ya

[@SKY-jv9ue]

That's a silly looking knife. Bowie was killed on his bed, and never got a chance to use his knife per eyewitness accounts!

[@Danko_Sekulic]

Well, at least watch the movie first, because that is PRECISELY how his death was depicted! Also, don't knock it til you've had it in your hand. It is not nly a beautiful piece, it is also quite useful - unless you buy some cheap under 100$ crap from China (not talking about Hanwei of course) or something like that . While I - surprisingly enough - never had to fight off a a bloke wielding a swordcane, I used it in the woods often enough. It looks a bit cumbersome ,and it is on the heavier side, but for many outdoor activities, that can be an advantage.

[@SKY-jv9ue]

@@Danko_Sekulic NO DOUBT that type of knife has useful uses. But my point was that Bowie was killed in bed, full of sickness, and never had a chance that Sunday morning to use it again his attackers.

[@Danko_Sekulic]

@@SKY-jv9ue True...but he did use it in the Sandbar "duel"- the fight they are discussing in hthis scene. A,though to be true, we don't know if that was the orifinal design.

[@Danko_Sekulic]

@@SKY-jv9ue Have you seen this movie? I mean, I can tell you know your history so you could appreciate it more. It is one of the more accurate historical epics, and definitely much more true to life than the 1960 version.

[@SKY-jv9ue]

@@Danko_Sekulic Your correct, and at that time he did a great job!

[@wcwnwofan2512]

Ain't no bears out there

[@TheMalf1978]

David Bowie made knives?