This man is incredible. I come back to this video at least a couple times a year to hear his knowledge on the subject matter. Great stuff.

Bark River Knives makes an "homage" "Edwin Forest Bowie" which I have one of and love it. They offer different handle materials, mine I chose micarta a slight upgrade to the original Edwin Forest Bowie. This is not only a beautiful knife but deceptively formidable, and I can see why this might have been carried for self defense, but also easily used in the kitchen as a "breaking knife ".

I believe this. Our late Dr Pat Wagner discovered the come and take it cannon also. I wish I had the money to go back and buy the relics he had. Like Doc Holliday's flask. It all went up for auction too. Proud to see people take care of these items that were just an every day carry on to these heroes. Jim was a hero, Doc was a hero and many more. God bless Texas and all of the USA

What a beautiful collection. This is amazing

Very, very interesting!! Here's something that is interesting and to get people to checking out flea markets. I bought a knife at a flea market a couple of years ago. The dealer was about to leave for the day and since I bought a lot from him, he offered me some knifes for change. One was an ugly old heavy dagger that had engravings on the blade that said "Toledo spain", like they have on the reproductions of swords today. I used it at home for a letter opener and kept it in a magazine holder by my door for about two years. I was cleaning the blade and had the thought to look it up on Google. Maybe I could find something on it, (I was terrible with looking on Google.) I almost dropped the dagger, it turns out that it was made in the 1800's and is a very rare Spanish dagger worth about $800.00 ! The cost of the dagger covered EVERYTHING that I bought there. So there is one good reason to go and inspect flea markets and garage sales 😀.

Ok. I was skeptical about this until about ten minutes in. I now believe that this man is not just sincere, but is in possession of authentic pieces of history. If I had my way, his information and know would make him a celebrity lol

I wish I could be that passionate about something.

So awesome this collection was video documented!

incredible work on the weight dsitrobution on the knife. I've seen old french chef's knives with similar taper scheme, similar overall shape as well! Looks like a smith upsides an old french made chefs knife

One has to wonder at the 3 (so far) individuals who disliked this video. Mr Larson offers a fine display and in the limited amount of time, gives very well researched and documented Provenance for the pieces shown in this video. For something that is that old, unless it has been retained in the same family & passed down to direct descendants since approximately 1827, I fail to see how it could be done more accurately. Mr. Larson mentions writing a book, and I've searched for it online, but have failed to come up with anything. I hope he does, or has written the book. I'd love to read it.

WOW .. just a fantastic piece of History.. this knife matches the exact description of the knife that jim Bowie's.. brother Reison described that he had the blacksmith make and then gave it to his brother Jim... A single-edged.. straight blade large butcher knife.. no guard no clip point.... I have no doubts that this knife belong to Jim Bowie.. it may or may have not been the original Sandbar knife? but it is most likely an exact copy of the original Sandbar knife

Wow. Amazing Collection of Historical significance! Thanks for sharing 🇺🇸

just a fantastic collection , i would love to see these knives in person some day … maybe you will bring them to a knife show close to me and i can … thx for doing the video ...

Dale mentioned with the case he said it was made in the 1820s (obviously he meant 1920s). also he has since learned that what he thought was an appraisal worksheet was actually a catalog sheet created by a part-time employee of the historical society of Pennsylvania, drawing information from both the 1913 and 1986 appraisals. needless to say, Dale keeps winning best over all and best educational display awards wherever he shows up and his book is now over 400 pages and nearly 1300 endnotes!

Hopefully, somewhere, likely in Mexico, there is a knife taken from Bowie's body after he was killed at The Alamo. Either that knife still exists today somewhere, or it was discarded, lost, or misplaced and is nothing more than a pile of rust now. I like to think that it still exists somewhere & one day will come to light. How could it be proven as the knife of James Bowie? I have no idea, but it would be one hell of a thing to witness. Excellent video & the blades are wondrous to see. I can only imagine the feeling that actually "handling" the Forrest Knife would give anyone who should be so lucky as to have that privilege.

A really good interview. I learned a great deal.

love the video i learned a lot

Pretty cool and informative. Thank you for sharing.

AWESOME informative video!

Great Presentation..

A blade like the first one or the type Rezin had made are the best bets.

Awesome content!!!!

Where is the book? It's been three years.

The Bowie knife was a British creation made to market blades forged in Sheffield, England to people in the Americas.

Contacted the Scottish Historical Society yrs. ago and one stated that if you have the name BOWIE you are related as only one family had that name from the Scottish Highlands.

Ontario still makes knives very similar to the original Bowie knife

It's quite obvious the knife Bowie is holding in the portrait is the Juan Seguin Knife, the one Bowie supposedly gave Seguin when he left the Alamo before the battle to try and get reinforcements. That means Bowie had two knives with him in the Alamo? If he fought from his death bed like they said he did he certainly did have. What was the other one? Maybe the Bart Moore knife? Maybe not?

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I THOUGHT JIM BOWIE CARRIED A SPYDERCO PARAMILITARY II - - - - - - - LMAO! VERY GOOD VIDEO - I HUNG ON EVERY WORD - I LOVE OLD THINGS AND I LOVE KNIVES, IMAGINE HAVING A KNIFE THAT JIM BOWIE GAVE ONE OF FRIENDS (COOOOOOOL!) - GOOD VIDEO - BRAVO!

Check out the “sea of mud” Bowie knife artifact found in Texas.

Darryl: what thickness is the blade by the handle? Does it taper to a thinner point? I am wondering if a modern butcher knife would be thick enough to penetrate wool clothing worn in Bowie's day. All dimensions of the blade & handle would be greatly appreciated. I am 71, a lifelong knife collector and have 7 or 8 quality Bowies, but my turkey carving knife most closely resembles the Forrest Bowie shown.

To me, a Bowie knife is the kind, the size, and the shape of the one Jim Bowie made famous. If his name is attached, I think it's silly to say any large knife from that perios, and from a hundred years past his death, is a Bowie knife.

Did Dale publish his book?

Seems like a very intelligent fellow. Did some good research. A lot better than the provenance of the "Musso knife" for example. Not saying it couldnt be Bowie's, just saying Joe Musso hasnt come up w/ enough to convince me quite yet.

I love the aesthetics of the bowie design.. I've been thinking about buying one. Anybody have any suggestions that are not absurd? Never going to pay 3 grand for a Randall

Wow....this is probably legit. It fits exactly the Rezin Bowie description and the modern designs based on that description..not sure about the Spaniard story apaniards were some of the best knife ever. One thing is sure though. Jim Bowie was killed by a Mexican. Great historical accounts right here....👍👍👍👍💪💪💪

The knife with the black chequered grips is identical to or the actual one belonging to David Crockett

Jim b. Knife was near Found

The sword Bowie posed with in that painting was most likely provided by the artist and had nothing to do with Bowie.

i don't know who jim bowie was 1820s ? so he wasn't daniel boone or davy crockett or the kentucky guy . . how many times did bowie draw a knife ? how many fights ? how many he kill ? he would have wanted a fancy knife so accoutrements such as hexagonal washers under the pins might be used embellishments as the ricasso or spanish notch or even filework could all play a part. important is how the knife makes you feel, i once held a antler handled bowie with a 9-1/2'' blade i liked the grip but felt the blade could be a bit longer . i also had opportunity to use a 9-1/2'' blade of a much wider variety like the western w49 frontier knife - i could slip it in side my jeans and just have the litlle dangle loop outside to pull the sheath out - the wide blade is good for elk ribs

Looks more like Bowie is holding Dusters than a sword hilt.

that rezin handle looks like micarta .

I would much rather hear about those katana blades behind him ...

Awesome collection but I hope this is donated to the Alamo museum before this gentleman passes away and it’s sold off to another collector

Know one Know if he had a knife at the Alamo.

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I believe one fact is certain here: No one really knows WHAT knife Bowie had at the Alamo, or if he even had one there. He died on his cot, never fighting back, hence, his knife had no part in the battle.

i have bowie's original knife, someone took it to world war 2 and peened the name of the island of luzon into the blade but the real deal is his name scratched into the horn handle, and its not as big or heavy as the claims are

Where would one go to in order to identify such a knife, with little to no known history? Going purely off aging and design characteristics; who is credible that would be interested in taking a gander at any items of interest?

Who is the bud light drinker stalker in the background What a freek

Jim Boowee 😂

Jim Bowie was a land swindler, and the "reason" you can't find the original "Bowie" knife any more than you can find a valid Jim Bowie land grant is simple. Everyone looks with "star-spangled eyes" at Jim Bowie. They ought to be looking at *The other Bowie* Rezin had more to do with the Bowie legacy weapon than his "famous" Martyr of a Brother did. Rezin made it, but Jim sold it. Most people today couldn't tell you enough about Rezin to fill an el-cheapo Texas made fortune cookie. Now just why do you suppose that is? Because it's easier to add layers of mythos to a marble man like Jim Bowie than it is to "bother" going against the "convention" that sells so many knives each and every year, that's why.

Creepy guy with hat 😆

This knife is not the original alamo knife is it magnetic no an it's in to good of condition

you hear how the interviewer speaks the name? he'll call him james bowie then call the knife boowie. you don't call a bow with arrows a boo with arrows you call it a bow, there is a way to spell bow and there is a way to spell boo and if the proper vocabulary we all learned in school is the second vowel capitalizes the first as in bOwIe then everyone who calls them boowie knives is wrong and has been wrong since day one and i honestly believe something should be done for once and for all

Boowee?? WTF?

The Bowe family we're alleged slave traders using a complicated import loophole / discription of design by rise Bowie from a file (farrier rasp) and looked like a butcher knife / the heavy clip point skinning butcher knife were around before Bowie was born/ etching of blue beard the pirat has a clip point with s hand hard stuck in his belt

jim bowie was a brawler and drink. i don't know where you guys get your information but i suspect from glamour stories to sell papers . jim bowie was a womanizer and card cheat but he's your hero so you overlook the truth . you change out words to suit your wishes , words like modest generous kind honest do not describe jim bowie

Bowie's knife is somewhere in Mexico LOL

Is there an appraisal, dollar value of this original? Im ALL the way NORTH Central B.C. Canada, and this knife, and Jim Bowie story is famous in CANADA.

I believe that is the knife! He did his work and it adds up! Those who, dispute it. Are jealous plain and simple! I have heard every single collector that disputes it give there reasons why its not. And they just sound plain stupid to me. Jealousy is very much a real thing between some collectors! This guy had enough proof that only a idiot would deny it!