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    Pattern for a French Cowhide Pack from the War of 1912?

    WILCO. yours, satx
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    Pattern for a French Cowhide Pack from the War of 1912?

    As far as I can find out, there is exactly ONE on display in TX. = At the State Museum in Austin. yours, satx
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    Pattern for a French Cowhide Pack from the War of 1912?

    THANKS. yours, satx
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    speaking of corn bread

    Actually Puritans were English & other than pub food, there's not much to eat there. One of my "pet theories" is that "The Sun never sets on the British Empire" because people with taste-buds went out looking for something GOOD to eat. (I have to tell you that some of the best chicken green...
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    Pattern for a French Cowhide Pack from the War of 1912?

    The ONLY French Infantry pack that I've seen was behind glass & NOT at all close. - Somehow, I seriously doubt that they would let me inspect/measure it at close range. yours, satx
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    Pattern for a French Cowhide Pack from the War of 1912?

    SORRY for the typo. - I couldn't correct it for some reason. I'm asking about The War of 1812 of course. yours, satx
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    Pattern for a French Cowhide Pack from the War of 1912?

    Friends, I'm looking for a pattern to make a FRENCH Infantry Cowhide Pack (The one with the hair tanned on) of the War of 1812 period, as that's the sort of pack used by the Mexican Army in the 1830s. (The Mexican Commissary General bought a great deal of French/English surplus goods.) yours, satx
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    The FIRST Bowie Knife??

    OK. - My bad. At least in the Southland, most every "history-interested person" knows that HAM is the usual abbreviation for: HISTORIC ARKANSAS MUSEUM. In point of fact, "HAM" is a fairly commonplace "shorthand" for the name of the museum on this forum. yours, satx
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    The FIRST Bowie Knife??

    Well, IF you don't accept the expert opinion of the curator of HAM, of The Alamo Shrine & a late/much lamented expert on TX historical blades, I seriously doubt if you will accept any other source. (Charles Oliver, unlike any person who was living in 1986, had SEEN & INSPECTED both Bowie...
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    speaking of corn bread

    Fwiw, this thread made me so hungry when reading it that I actually made cornbread last PM & had "a BIG OLE HUNK" with butter, nearly as soon as it came out of the oven. Cornbread is one of my favorite things. (Supper tonight was fried chicken, homemade mashed potatoes & cornbread with butter...
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    The FIRST Bowie Knife??

    WHAT exactly would you like to discuss about The FIRST Bowie's Knife? (Note how I described it.) yours, satx
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    speaking of corn bread

    My Uncle Jack, at one point long ago, was running eight 800 gallon submarines. = He kept a lot of farmers busy & made any number of them rich growing enough corn & providing firewood to keep his operation going. (Raising swine & "white likker" was our family's main source of income for 3...
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    speaking of corn bread

    Do you measure your corn production by the bushel or by the half-gallon fruit jar?? (CHUCKLE) yours, satx
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    The FIRST Bowie Knife??

    GOOD on you, imVho. This situation is PERSONAL to me, as my collection of antique pocket watches, our wedding photos, my grandfather's treasured ruby ring & several "hard to find"/expensive firearms were "washed away" by a hurricane. (Insurance cannot replace family heirlooms.) yours, satx
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    The FIRST Bowie Knife??

    Fwiw, the late/lamented Charles Oliver, who was an expert on TX history, was allowed to see, inspect & actually hold the Bowie's knife. - I'm told that he said that he had no doubt whatever of the Rezin Bowie's knife's provenance. Personally, I hope that one day that the Bowie's Knife will...
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    The FIRST Bowie Knife??

    Even though I'm a "known Alamo Shrine fanatic", I agree with you 100%. (I like to think that if it was our family, who had custody of Rezin Bowie's knife, that we would happily give it to The Shrine but I'm far from sure as to how the members of my family would feel.) yours, satx
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    The FIRST Bowie Knife??

    AGREED 100% ===> That's WHY Charles Oliver wanted to buy Rezin Bowie's fighting knife & donate it to The Alamo Shrine's collection. My guess (and that's all that it is: a GUESS) is that the family doesn'r care about provenance, as they have had the knife in the family home since the Mexican LT...
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    The FIRST Bowie Knife??

    Rather than me re-typing all of this information, may I suggest that you go reread the FIRST post in this thread (#1628701) & continue with reading posts 1628817, 1628819, 1629216, 1662224 & 1552733 as it will (I think) clear up your confusion. My most sincere apologies to you/anyone else who I...
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    fish stew

    THANKS for the recipe. yours, satx
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    fish stew

    Generally AGREED, though some of the Creole fish chowder out of NOLA are GREAT. yours, satx
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