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Bowie's killing of three assassins in Texas and his death at the Battle of the Alamo made him, and Black's knife, legends. [1] After Bowie's death in 1836, Black did a brisk business selling his knives to pioneers bound for Texas. Everyone seemed to want "Jim Bowie's knife." Black forged his knives behind a leather curtain and kept his process ...
A replica Arkansas Toothpick on display board. In modern terminology, the Arkansas toothpick is a heavy dagger with a 12-to-20-inch (30 to 51 cm) pointed, straight blade. [1] The knife can be used for thrusting and slashing. James Black, known for improving the Bowie knife, [2] is credited with inventing the Arkansas toothpick. [1]
In 2016, the White River Sendero knife collection designed by Jerry Fisk was awarded the Sporting Classics Magazine 35th Anniversary Knife of the Year. [ 4 ] Fisk produces Bowie knives , hunting knives and daggers using mammoth bone, gold wire inlay and Damascus steel which he forges, himself.
In 1971, Lile became a full-time knifemaker and was known as "Gentleman Lile" or "The Arkansas Knifemaker". [3] He was particularly known for his Survival knife designs known as "The Mission" series, created by request for Sylvester Stallone to use in his first two Rambo movies. These designs would go on to influence other knife makers in the ...
Bowie knives often had an upper guard that bent forward at an angle (an S-guard) [30] intended to catch an opponent's blade or provide protection to the owner's hand during parries and corps-a-corps. Some Bowie knives had a notch on the bottom of the blade near the hilt known as a "Spanish Notch". The Spanish Notch is often cited as a mechanism ...
The American Bladesmith Society, or ABS, is a non-profit organization composed of knifemakers whose primary function is to promote the techniques of forging steel blades.The ABS was founded by knifemaker William F. Moran, who came up with the concept in 1972 when he was Chairman of the Knifemakers' Guild; the following year, he introduced Damascus steel blades at an annual show.
Cooper made knives used in film and television such as the Arkansas toothpick in The Sacketts and a Bowie knife for Jeremiah Johnson. [6] In 1978, Cooper opened a new knife shop in Lufkin, Texas, where he made 1,000 knives per year until his retirement from knifemaking in 1981. In retirement he made a few knives every year until his death in ...
A. G. Russell (August 27, 1933 – October 12, 2018) [1] was an American knife maker. He was born in Eudora, Arkansas where his great-grandfather taught him how to make knives when he was nine. Russell went on to make knives as a hobby and profession. In 1964, Russell switched his focus to selling Arkansas whetstones and a year later began ...