Limited Editition Deer Bowie Knife

Whether you are the avid knife collector, hunter, man woman or child, you will be proud of this beautiful limited edition handcrafted bowie knife. From the stag style handle with the scrimshaw style deer image. The custom forged stainless steel blade bears the glory of the whitetail deer. This beautiful collectors item is made complete with the hand tooled sheath.

Arkansas and the History of the Bowie Knife

Arkansas was on the edge of the United States in the 1830s, and when Americans thought of a "rough and tumble" place where people might even pick their teeth with big knives, they thought of Arkansas. Washington, Arkansas, was the home of James Black, a blacksmith who became well known for the knives he made. Black's knives were copied by cutlers in Sheffield, England, and sold in America as the "Arkansas Toothpick." As early as 1835, the "Arkansas Toothpick" and the "Bowie Knife" were tied together as two terms used for the knives that were then popular. A Knife for Jim Bowie

Jim Bowie became known for his ability to fight with knives after the "Sandbar Duel" in Mississippi in 1827. In this fight he used a knife which was given to him by his brother. According to many sources, James Black made a knife for Jim Bowie. Some people called this the first bowie knife, the first knife actually made for Jim Bowie. By the time Jim Bowie died at the Alamo in 1836, the term Bowie knife was established as the name for the knives popular at the time.