An overview of the blade types used on the frontier.
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yeah I think it was more butchers knife and less like the large modern 'bowie' knife you showed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowie_knife
i was wondering where you got your missouri belt knife from. i have looked all over youtube and can't find a video
@@skateman7664 Dixie Gun Works.
@@ArizonaGhostriders also try Track of the Wolf.
I was just curious is all because we always hear about the Bowie knife and everything but we really never heard of an Arkansas toothpick knife fight so that's why I was asking a Bowie knife is a lot different than Arkansas toothpick you know like the movie with the sockets with the mustache shave with the Arkansas toothpick when Sam Elliott save that guy's mustache off with it but I was just curious because we always here to Bowie knife fights but never in Arkansas okay my friend thank you for the information and I love the show hey you might got mail see you at the end of the trail
A truly cutting-edge video! Very sharp and to the point!
Glad you took a stab at this type of humor.
Yall better stop you are pushing me over the edge
TANGks for the funny joke
I love how sharp the quality of the video is
ha
To me, it's all about the atmosphere, the charisma, the vibe, the chemistry, trying to decide if it would be cool to hang out in a club or at a party with these individuals. I get a positive vibe from this guy. I'm gonna hang around this channel from time to time.
Thanks!
Here in southern Brazil and parts of Argentina, gauchos (south american cowboys) used to also make knifes out of broken sheers, I have a few myself
You were born in the wrong time, you are a real cowboy
I appreciate that comment!
@@ArizonaGhostriders I'm happy that you live in this time because you can tell us about the cowboy's
@@samuelclaessens7699 History is important. To some of us, it's also fascinating.
@@ArizonaGhostriders really thanks
@@robertayoder2063 You're welcome!
Beware the man that trains with one gun". The same can be attributed to owning a high quality knife. I still carry and use the "Bowie" knife I made in shop class around 35 years ago.
That's neat. I bet it is a stout knife.
In Anglo-Saxon England, some 1,000 to 1,500 years ago, every man and woman carried a knife called a seax. They were all sorts of shapes but one popular one was similar to the Bowie knife. In fact the best warriors would use a longer version, a blade of about two foot, as a short sword to show just how good a fighter they were.
Cool history! Thank you!
Oh it gets better than that Big Blue. Why? Because the Saxons were named after the seax that they carried. It is where the word Saxon comes from. As for Anglo (from Anglia), this also related to a spear like weapon. As a rule of thumb, any people named after not one, but two, deadly weapons is a people worth watching out for. We are descended from them and they populated the West.
I had Gil Hibben make me a really beautiful custom knife years ago and I love that thing to death. Sad part is, even though it's a Bowie style, it probably wouldn't fit well in a character since the blade is more polished and the handle is a little more modern. I only mention this because I advise people to really look into the history if they're looking for a knife to represent a certain era. The knife may be beautiful but you obviously want to make sure it's accurate too.
Yes. Layer of wood laminate in the grip, albeit pretty, may not be plausible.
Would like to see you make a video about wild west cooking.
Will do!
Cowboy Kent Rollins has his own YT channel and exclusive videos of campfire cooking of the old west.
These knife jokes and puns r really cutting me down
It takes a sharp wit to enjoy them
So awesome to see you tonight, Santee! Awesome video! Wow, love all these old knives. So much detail in how they're made!
Thank you and congrats on your first live stream!
That scene from The Longriders is one of my favorite. Cole, "What does the winner get?" Belle, "Nothing you both ain't already had."
Yeah!
In my knife collection I have a couple of single bladed folding knives from the early to late 1800's plus a large Civil War sheath knife, a skinning knife from a buffalo hunter, and an Indian trade knife. I still use most of them as they were made to last
Loved this video. I carry a kukri and a home made spike as my EDC blades. The kukri is like a more versatile ax and the spike is a surprise weapon. But my buck folder and Kershaw onion are my work blades. My buddy is a old hickory blade man. Those things are dang near indestructible. Great video.
I've got an Old Hickory and love it.
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Point made and point taken! Good episode! Very sharp.... you managed to cut through the crap and deliver the goods.
Hehe! Thanks, Al.
Two of my favorite things knives and the old west.
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Neck knives were often patch knives. Being worn around the neck puts it right by the muzzle if you're loading a rifle.
Yes! Another use was trimming chest hairs. Maybe...uh...not. :-) Thanks!
NO THEY WERE NOT! Patches were already cut. Neck knifes were back up weapons used after you had fired you guns!
@@lordeden1475 You cannot say with absolute certainty that they were not used for cutting patches. Patches were pre cut - until you ran out of pre cut patches... I'm always dubious when people make these absolute statements about history. Whatever the subject, whatever the activity, there was always someone doing it differently or who had a different style to what was mainstream at that time. For example - I'm always being told that men never had long hair before the 1960's, without exception. More than once I've been told that men didn't have long hair in the old west. Buffalo Bill & Pistol Pete sure as hell did & there are plenty of other pictures showing men with hair down by their shoulders too. Don't fall into the trap of absolutism. There is almost always an example that will prove you wrong.
@@runlarryrun77 general Custer was very vain about his "golden locks". Fort Lee Virginia has a bunch of historical stuff on him. I spent some time there in the Army
@@lordeden1475 Little column a and a little column b
This is really good content, I just found your stuff, have been binge watching your whole catalog ever since 😅
Welcome aboard! Thank you!
This show is the cutting edge Santee! Thanks! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
Ha! I stuck to the point.
@@ArizonaGhostriders Santee Bowie fer ser !
Thank you guys so much I was wondering what kind of folders were used during the old west. Pretty much EVERYONE I know has heard of the Bowie knife, hell my mother got me one as a gift once due to her love of the old west, but no one I know really talks about the folders back then.
You're welcome.Yeah, the folder goes back to the Revolutionary War...maybe even further.
Folding knives go back to at least the Romans, but the back spring didn’t appear until the 1600’s. Kansas City has a museum of the steamboat Arabia that sank and ended up buried. It’s entire cargo survived including a buttload of fixed and folding blade knives. Most look like they could still be used they are so well preserved. The boat went down in the 1850’s. There are pics of the knives on Google. Pretty nifty.
@@ArizonaGhostriders Are pocket knives back then domestically made or are they imported? I heard stories where European pocket knives back then are first-tier while domestically made are more of a second-tier knife.
Another fun production and what fun!!! Happy New Year Santee and can’t wait for next years videos! Well done Sir!
Thank you!
Sharp and to the point. Not dull at all! 🤠
HA!
Love this one Santee. Thanks.
You're welcome Bob!
This video about the different knives was really interesting and very informative and got right to the point!
Thank you! LOL
This was seriously fun to watch!! Good job!
Love the videos man short and straight to the point....keep it up man
Ah! There's that episode on Old West knives I was looking for. Thanks Santee.
You're welcome!
By far one of thee best channels on youtube.
Why thank you!
Video excellence! Great info and you guys make it so fun to watch
Thanks. Happy New Year!
Awesome! Another epic video. This is my favorite channel!
Right up my alley! Just watched this with my son.
So glad to hear it.
Awesome video I was hoping at some point old Batjac JW would appear in this knives special. Great channel Santee
The boy's getting over a nasty flu, so I searched the archives and came up with this skit we filmed earlier.
Just like in the old west, if you spend your free time tromping through the wilderness, a quality knife always comes in handy. Liked the nod to the magnificent 7 at the end. Great video Santee, I’ll catch y’all on the flippity flop 👍
Will do.
Great Video 👍 Old West and Knives - can’t get enough🇺🇸
Right on
Im a US Navy veteran . Back in the '90s (1990s , I'm not that old !) I bought a Cold Steel Trailmaster Bowie with the black rubber handle and black cordura nylon sheath . Since then I've worn out the handle and sheath and replaced them . I made a coffin shaped handle out of teak wood and an old timey leather sheath for her . Now she looks like a California Bowie and would probably pass muster with the reenactment judges . I don't think many old west knives had handles made of teak , as it is a wood usually used on ships . But I can imagine a sailor becoming a frontiersman and bringing some of his maritime experience with him . I think of Matthew Quigley sailing to Australia on a ship . I reckon he must have learned a lot from the sailors during his time at sea . Imagine pirates attacking the ship Matt was on , then he snipes them from the quarterdeck . Well Sir , you just got yourself a new subscriber .
I've heard of old ship timber being used for buildings, maybe a knife maker would have liked the look of teak and decided to use it. Or was it hard to come by?
Love this. particularly the Quigley idea!
Can diabetics join the military?
Howdy Arizona Ghostriders! Just found your channel! Love everything about it! Thank you for producing these videos, it is beyond awesome! Don't go trading your spurs for wings anytime soon!
By far my most favorite knife design is the Bowie knife. Big and tough looking just like me.
Some knife historians believe the original Bowie knife was commissioned by James Bowie's brother, Rezin, and made by a man named Jessie Clift. The knife featured a straight, unsharpened back and curved tip and had essentially no hand guard on a simple handle. Later versions had significant modifications but can still be referred to as Bowie knives.
Very interesting. Does a version or replica of this original style exist so I can see a photo?
hans granheim Although the Musso Bowie from that era did have a clip point and a guard as did the Seguin Bowie and some others. There is some thought that Jim Bowie May have had as many as fourteen different knives in his lifetime all of which came to be called ‘Bowie Knives’ even if some of them technically weren’t.
@@ArizonaGhostriders Yes! Bark River Knives makes one. It's called the Edwin Forrest Bowie and they are discontinued. Very hard to find. I have one if you want to borrow it for a video. Maybe Edit: typo
@@AriesTheCam Wow, that's darn cool!
I love how much creativity you put into your videos! The are so entertaining :) I love the beginning and the end was hilarious 😅 Sorry Santee, but it was fun watching you run away like that😅😅
Glad you laughed.
Absolute awesome Video. You definitely earned my subscription. Cheers, Mike
Thanks, Mike! I heading to your channel to have a gander.
Yes! The Long Riders fight scene between Sam Star and Cole Younger! Thumbs way up! 👍
thanks
Love the mail cutaway! 😂 This video is fun man! Learnt something too
Your content keep getting better and better my friend.
thanks, Austin!
Loved the Bowie knife. I carry a ten inch kukri everyday. Wonder if any cowboys could have had access to such a blade? Love your videos. Just an additional thought alot of pioneers carried knives very similar to the old hickory kitchen knifes that served double duty as both field knives and household kitchen knives. I subscribed. You do great work.
0:44 Dutch Van Der Lin with a knife
LOL, but seriously knives are so versatile and necessary.
Absolutely. Like I mentioned, it was an essential tool back then. But we're such cut-ups here!
Bear claw handle and a barlow blade Best ol' knife that ever was made I carry one in my pocket everyday too! Either that, a trapper knife (my favorite), or a Buck 110.
Yeehaw!
Excellent video my friend! The last clip had me laughing!! You underestimated your opponent's skill! Happy New Year!
You too, Martina. Glad it made you smile!
Short and to the point....Thanks
Great video 😊👍👍
Nice, loved it!
Looks like you struck a winner here Santee!! 547 views in a day! we all love knives!
So it seems!
I just got one of those new Becker Knife and Tool-kabar reproductions of the Kepheart. Becker recently came upon the only other kepheart knife known and he with the Kabar company have started making exact recreations of them. It does use newer style rivets for the tang instead of the traditional brass but still a wonderful blade. Very sharp in the box and from a distance looks accurate enough for a show. If you're a knife guy you should look into one!
I will!
The Kephart design is timeless. I've been eyeing it myself!!!
Cool info! Thanks for sharing
I appreciate it.
Another informative & entertaining video by you fine guys & gals. Now time for a COLD beer.!
In Germany we have a very strict law concerning weapons. Till now you were allowed to carry knifes with blades up to 12cm long.(No butterflies) Now they consider to have knife-free zones.....
Really? Interesting....and not that fun.
Another great video! I have one just like you have for the opening of this video. I also have a D guard Confederate Bowie, a Kephart, a standard throwing Bowie, and a few pocket knives that would make Doc Holliday drool.
I bet. Now I wanna see 'em!
Great video per usual. Would it be possible to do one on specifically pocketknives ? Thanks Lobo
Sure thing!
Great video thanks
Your welcome!
Love the magnificent 7 reference at the end
Love my John Russell Green River knives!⚔
I've got one too. Love it.
@@ArizonaGhostriders I got one of those Russell Green River knives . You can get her sharp enough to split a frog hair three ways .
HA! Victor I've got one too and agree totally. Rugged sons o' guns, eh?
Fascinating- I never knew there so many different kinds of knives. For me, my favourite is the #2 Ex-Acto with a #11 blade. I do have a nice bone-handled pocket knife called an "Uncle henry" that I got at the Imperial-Schrade factory in New York about 30 years ago. I was there to inspect the boilers and asked for a free sample and they gave it to me. It was an interesting place, there were rows of desks with women at each one, assembling the knives with tiny rivets, using hammers and small precise tools. They also had an exhibit of various knives they had given to several Presidents such as Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
Hey that's pretty cool! Glad you asked for a sample, eh?
I love the magnfasent 7 reenactment so cool.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Ha!! Well put together on a neat subject.
Saw a folding knife for sale in tombstone that had pair of pliers built into it, wasn't pretty and had seen hard service. Not sure if it was frontier vintage but struck me as an early attempt at a multi tool, I'm thinking it would come in dang handy on the trail.
It would.
I like the sgein dubh ( scottish)for the short run ,my barlow in my pocket , and the boot knife ( with tie down scabbard). For skinning I use my 8in schrade. Veggies chop well with a french knife .
Nice collection!
That was great. I appreciate good humor. More old west knives Sir. Trade knives,household knives used in the outdoors. Knives used in western movies would be great too. The knife/fork Tommy Lee Jones used in Missing. The brojen sword used by Cherokee Jack in Lonesome Dove the return. Its a beauty.
Great ideas and I will use them!
Thanks for this
My pleasure!
Very Interesting!!
Thanks!
Great Editing, good video!!
I appreciate that!
My dad loved collecting pocket knives. He gave me one as a keepsake. Its a tiny thing. I think it's called a little buck. I'm fairly skilled in the kitchen with a paring knife too, just sayin' 😄
I bet you are!
i have one of those, nearly cut my finger off with the thing
Great rendition of the knife throw from the Magnificent 7.
Happy New Year 🎆 🎇 🎆 🎇 🎆 🎇 2018. I love knifes. Beautiful looking knifes.
You too, Darren!
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
i prefer a hand forged knife over the shiny store bought. they hold a edge better
Look cooler, too.
Arizona Ghostriders I bought a custom Haag Bowie knife at a knife show we had down in Texas, it was far more expensive than any other store bought Bowie I’ve ever bought $275 (originally $300 but I got a little discount on it) It was pricey but it’s the most beautiful knife I’ve ever gotten. 1095 high carbon with a full tang Texas Pecan handle and a stainless steel guard. It’s maker really put a lot of love into that knife. 😊
Your videos are so great! I recently got a revolver and am binging your content :)
Thank you do much!
Jejeje muy buen vídeo amigo felicidades😉👍
Gracias!
Seen some old timers with little mini knives in their bolo ties, when I was a boy. Can't find any info online about them nowadays. Found a traditional celtic neck knife that's basically just a blade on a ring. Stuck it sheath and all in my coin pocket. But it has me wanting a slick little blade to wear on a neck tie for when I'm not at work and I can dress how I want to, without hiding my knives from the customers.
I get it. I have an automatic that scares customers when I engage it.
Sure you probably don't need ideas, but things I'd like to know. What was in the average saddle bags, tools of shaving (not at a barber), pocket watches, and personal items of towns folk, cowboys, and others. Thanks, and Happy New Year.
Got plans for all those, Adam! Thanks.
2:50 Hey, that looks like J. Nielson's store! Not only was he on Forged in Fire but he also lives in the same county as me, interestingly enough. All of his knives are about $2000 outside of my price range though.
Yeah, they can get expensive. Hard to put a price on handmade items...
Hey Santee , a video on the Barlow folder would be great. Almost everybody carried one, men and women
I will do that.
back then, every knife was a skinner, a whittler, a chef knife, a butter knife, a steak knife, a scalpel , a toothpick, a fighter, and thrower, depending on the day.
Likely.
you’re channel was made for me sir!
Glad to hear it! Welcome.
Awsome video guys
Thank you.
Jim Bowie had a knife made in old Washington, Arkansas by a man named Black. He had a guard put on it because his brother, Resin had just cut himself while skinning a buffalo.
Cool
Not quite what I was looking for but it helped a little. Can you possibly do one on what kind of handles were on those knives in the old west, like were they antler, bone or just all wood? That would really help me as I am looking to redo the handle on my Mora knife and make it look more western, but I want authentic.
I realize this is an old post but for what it's worth, all three were used. I make knives for medieval re-enactors so I research knife designs though out history.
Flick, flack throw... see what I did there? Moving on . Nice one guys.. Just one thing on a recent visit to a museum in London, I did see what you described as a Bowie knife. It was dated 1835. I did recall it had some sedation on the back blade . The one you showed hasn't??? Want to clear this up for a confused Brit ( that's not hard to do btw )...
Mustang the original Bowie knife may never be found, but the one with the brass on the ridge was described in 1830’s accounts regarding the knife. Sheffield knife makers took that design and made variations to please the masses.
Santee I don't know how I missed this video but I did. Now I got some homework, review all your past videos. Funny though, I don't recall ever enjoying homework. 🤭
HAHA! Thanks.
Lol brilliant start to your video Brother 😂👍🏻🇦🇺
Thanks 👍
Hey Santee I just bought myself a nice little hunting knife over the weekend (not 1800s historically accurate but still a nice little knife). Do you have a link to that website with those reproduction knives that you showed in the video?
Here's some ideas: www.dixiegunworks.com/index/page/search?FullText=knife
Hey thank you for sharing this video thank you for a bit of History I thought it was awesome
You bet
Well, not to pimp for a company, but Green River knives are still made, and sold by the company that sold them by the wagon load in the 19th century. Dexter Russell is the current company name, they merged with another knife maker back during the depression. Mostly they make cutlery, but traditional knives virtually like those that frontiersmen used are still available. At low prices too. I have multiple knives of theirs. Sheffield still makes a Green River knife too. I have one of those also.
I have a green river as well. Nice knife.
Almost everyone carried , used or fought with a knife. So many knives for different uses.
In many instances more useful than a gun. A knife never runs out of bullets!
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The Long Riders The Best Knife Fight Scene In A Move Thanks Santee 😎🤙
That was a cool knife fight.
@@ArizonaGhostriders O Man The Best 😎🤙
Loved "The Magnificent Seven" reference at the end
Thank you!
I truly enjoy your channel I love being a cowboy 🤠🤠
Right on!
Lol the magnificent seven bit at the end had me laughing. Thank you.
You're welcome.
wow lots of knives!!! cool cool!!!
Santee, i hope you had a wonderful christmas! Loved this, i need a good knife maybe will find one at the gun and knife show tomorrow. Perhaps this video is a sign haha. May i ask what editing software do you use? Happy New Year
Went to a gun show today and bought a barlow knife with aged ivory grips.
I use Premiere Pro by Adobe. Happy New Year!!
OOOOOOO!!!!!
Arizona Ghostriders thank you! Your editing is great!
Anyone know what type of knife that was he pulled out around the 2:56 mark? Its a very nice knife.
That is my Missouri Belt knife.
@@ArizonaGhostriders Nice, thanks for answering!