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@Notchy Bob thanks for the Texas Fur Trade link. I've downloaded the doc. @LRB I sent you a PM. Thank you to everyone else for your contributions. My head is still swimming. And next winter when I'm again fishing the marsh of Louisiana it will take on a different significance knowing I'm...

It’s my understanding the brass strap was thought to catch an opponents blade. Brass being softer then iron/steel I guess.

I am surprised about Alabama's law. Essentially treating a Bowie knife (or Butcher knife for that matter) like a pistol. Unless I'm mistaken reading the Alabama law you can open carry a Bowie knife (or anything that resembles it) but to conceal carry you'd need a Conceal Carry Permit (pistol). I...

That’s really interesting!

That's how the book explains the likelihood of that knife being the first "Bowie" knife. After reading about the sandbar fight, and reading that at some point either Rezin or James had their hand badly cut from it slipping onto the blade during a bull hunt, I can see the next version of the...

Having lived in Texas for more decades than any other state I thought I knew about James Bowie. But having just purchased a Bowie knife from @Runewolf1973 I thought I'd add a Bowie book to my collection. Quick read, and VERY interesting. I really didn't know anything about James Bowie. And I...

Wow that’s really something. Never heard of tube locks before. Thanks for sharing.

You can still get them, and I did. Except vol 1 thru 3 are no longer available. Hopefully those will surface someday or maybe get reprinted. They are an excellent resource for sure and where I was first exposed to understanding that no one tale is correct. Just like we see our own lives through...

Never owned a Bowie before but I just love the looks of this one.

I'll take it. PM sent.

OMG! You are my new Number 1 enemy! :) I just ordered the full set of books. Waugh! I was a mountain man now I'm a book rat! :) No idea where I'll put these. On the serious side for all us "old" guys, ya got to keep your mind sharp and this is a fun way to do it. And it beats the hell out of...

Cutfinger, the books by Alexander Ross are great. Haven't read Westering Man or Guns of the Western Indian War- thanks for those. The others I have and are good reads.

Agree with Firearms, Traps and Tools Of The Mountain Men. Hadn't heard of "The Fist In the Wildnerness" so just bought that- thanks, and of course that sent me down a rabbit hole for two other books. So I finish one and order three more. I'm gonna need a bigger cabin.

Another outstanding book. Fur, Fortune, and Empire. This book begins in 1609. It does a great job of explaining what drove the fur industry, what countries were the players, how politics played into it, which furs were valuable when and why. It ends with the end of the 1800's. It was a pleasure...

I don't believe there is anything that can be done for city boys, but country boys that's a different story. Lots of farm chores gets kids immersed in the outdoors. Then you need Cub Scouts AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED, and then Boy Scouts AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED (see 1910 Boy Scout...

What’s an iron?

Just got it Mike, it's perfect. Thanks and Merry Christmas.

I’ll take it. PM sent.

If your son is around let him fire the 50 a dozen times with your best load and see if he experiences the same thing. That will either eliminate or identify you as the problem.

A local coffee shop offers a discount if you are a Vet. A discount if you have on a NRA or GOA hat. A discount if you come armed, open carry or concealed carry. I'm going to meet a couple local muzzleloader guys for the first time. Decide I'll go in my full Mountain Man Regalia including my...