{"product_id":"edwin-forrest-bowie-knife-by-james-batson","title":"Edwin Forrest Bowie Knife by James Batson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this book I will show you that in 1820 Daniel Searles' apprentice, Rees Fitzpatrick, made a plain hunting knife for James Bowie in Covington, Louisiana.\u003c\/strong\u003e In 1826 after James Bowie had been shot in the chest by Norris Wright, James Bowie had Rees Fitzpatrick change his hunting knife into the Edwin Forrest silver mounted blade with a checkered Cuban Mahogany handle. This knife made by Rees Fitzpatrick 1Nas used by James Bowie to save his life on 19 September 1827 in the Sandbar Fight above Natchez, Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this Document you will find that Rezin P Bowie, the self-acclaimed inventor of the Bowie Knife, had James Bowie in Philadelphia, ask Henry Schively to make a 10 1\/4-inch bladed knife on his trip to Washington City in 1828. He may have used the Edwin Forrest Bowie Knife as a pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames Bowie was able to save his life by using the Edwin Forret Bowie Knife made by Rees Fitzpatrick on the Sandbar above Natchez.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcadia Plantation\u003c\/strong\u003e starts on page 33.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American Bladesmith Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55113226846499,"sku":"ABS-2025-edforr01-WH3","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/9279\/2867\/files\/BATSON.EDWIN-FORREST-BOWIE-KNIFE-front-cover_5ELLLJ-Page-1a-final-2-3-500x647.webp?v=1779198890","url":"https:\/\/www.collectorbookstore.com\/products\/edwin-forrest-bowie-knife-by-james-batson","provider":"Collector Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}