Jim Bowie "The Birth of the Blade" S1E1

[Music] his blade was tempered and so was he indestructible steel was he jim bowie he was a fighter a fearless and mighty adventuring man kim boy whose name one day was to be written into the annals of brave men at the battle of the alamo along with those of davy crockett and colonel travis is on his way home again heading south along the natchez trace toward his plantation in opalusis louisiana plantation owner adventurer jim bowie is always coming home because he's always going away looking for new lands new timber and new adventure but he never stayed anywhere very long just until the adventure was finished and then he'd start drifting homeward again that is unless another adventure delayed him [Music] [Music] hey now look at this hello mrs bear can you keep away from me now i'm not hunting there you keep away from me now i gotta find dependable weapon which i'll have to use and use you don't keep away one go home i don't want to shoot you mrs bear but if you don't keep away now i'm warning you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] find a printable weapon [Music] it wasn't the first time a flintlock muzzleloader had misfired and nearly cost jim bowie his life after the encounter with mrs bear he was determined to have a weapon that would match her claws a weapon he could depend on so this is the story of how the blade that was later to be known as the bowie knife was born [Music] anyone here mr black miss black well sam black don't live here no more mister move down to the country oh hey can you tell me is there a doctor in town yep traveling doc over at yancey store making his regular monthly visit one more day and you'd have had a bad case of poisoning of the blood clean it up good doc hey mug of ale for my friend jim bowie and a month for me to keep him company every time the doc comes around this steven buncher riff-raff moves in keep your eye on gypsy joe and louie and the cash box you want that blanket it'll cost you a dollar here's some mail jim well thank you angie well here's quick heal into that arm of yours now what brings you to yancy's corner timber sugar cane land no as a matter of fact i'm on my way home just sold some parcels of land up around memphis but that isn't why i come here i'm looking for sam black the steel maker you see when that bear came at me and my gun misfired i made up my mind right then and there i was going to get myself something more reliable i was going to get myself a knife skinner knife oh i got a fine selection um i got a skinny knife but i want a special kind of knife kind of knife i want hasn't been made yet that's why i come to see sam black i remember my father used to say he makes the best steel in the whole louisiana oh he used to but no more he closed up a shop a couple years back got himself a little farm why'd he do that well nobody knows exactly you just stopped and moved i'll tell you boy i'm gonna give you some ointment some fresh bandages i want you to use them if you don't you're gonna have trouble oh i'll use them doc i'll use them how much are you oh with a save one dollar one dollar that's a fair enough price yeah i've got chief for ten dollars oh i hate the answer you paint will you put on my belt thanks now keep that clean you're here yes i will thank you doc where's this farm the blacks have moved to bayou la turno straight south by the river road about six seven miles yeah i think i'll go have a talk with mr black i want him to make me a knife so do a lot of people i can sell anything he makes if you can persuade him let me know huh well maybe a little of this uh gold will persuade him thanks for yelling i'll see you on my way back [Music] [Music] who is it anne i don't know you remember me mr black don't you i'm jim boyd from opalusa don't you remember me of course mr black it's mrs boy's boy jim welcome jim welcome hello mr black have you ridden far from the answers corners then you must be tired i'll get you a glass of mr black's elderberry one well thank you man now you sit right down here with mr black and i won't be but a minute how is your mother well she's fine ma'am spanking fire and your brother reason uh he's fine mrs black jim's thirsty i'm going mr black oh my women sure do love to talk don't they that's what my father used to say yeah that is when mama would stop talking long enough to let him get a word in yeah well we don't have too many visitors out this way i suppose you're wondering why i've come to see you there you are well thank you mr black this is real social like of you to call on us james my land what happened to your arm or i had a little argument with a lady a lady bear she out talks me well that figures i want you to make me a knife a knife next time i have an argument with a lady i'd like to win it well but mr yancey has a real good assortment tonight oh no mr play those kind of knives too short to get through the fat of a bear when they're too brittle when they hit bone the kind of knife i have in mind wants a special kind of knife a knife i have mine would have a blade about this long will be twice maybe three times as thick as an ordinary knife and be curved toward the tip and double edged sort of cut two ways and it would be balanced for throwing so it had to be made of the very finest steel so the tip wouldn't break off when it hit something solid i i don't know maybe i'm asking the impossible but i do know this mr black if anyone can make me this knife it's you a double-edged tip it's almost unusual knife you have to be tempered six or maybe seven times very carefully a gym that's not just a knife that's a weapon that's right mr black knight doesn't miss fire and it's always loaded yeah an awful lot of work i'll supply the muscle and the sweat all you'd have to do is supply the knowledge that knife does fire my imagination kind of like a challenge two years ago i would have accepted it but now i i can't even see my wife's face across the supper table i'm just groping around in a world of shadows and it's getting worse it's why i closed up my shop things will be different tomorrow we're going in to see dr hogue at the corners he wrote us that he has some fine new spectacles with imported german lenses we've been saving our money for it oh i i almost forgot here's another dollar mr creary paid his milk bill yes spectacles even if we could afford them there's no telling how much good they'll do jim i think whatever the lord wills we have to accept mr black if the doctor can't help you i mean if the lenses do make you see again will you make me the knife well jim i'd be happy to now that that's settled you'll be staying for supper jane it'll be a pleasure man [Music] there that up to hold you until you get home thank you man now if you have time i can fix your jacket for you no i think i ought to be gone now wouldn't you like some more coffee james well maybe just half a cup where'd you learn to make steel like this mr black in the old country what's the secret tempering it's like a good stew gym it isn't what you put into it it's how you cook it that counts i'll get you a horse no no i'll get it keep yourself mr black can get your horse [Music] i encourage him to do all he can gives him confidence you're not only a good cook you're a wise woman [Music] this isn't bowie who cares his money's just as good [Music] somebody hit me on the head and took all my money who was it do you see him no i didn't see him did they say anything yes one of them said this ain't boy then they were after me all that money gone now we can't get your spectacles don't you worry mrs black your husband will get respectful let's just have him at yancey's store first thing in the morning [Music] [Music] you see mr black yeah i saw him i saw him he was beat up and robbed he couldn't do any work that's why i come back here give me a room for the night with you yancey sure just sign the book and give me a dollar oh i better make it two dollars i paid the doc for you remember all right take care of my hearts will you 50 cents more there you are that's you well don't get mad about it everybody has to sign you look like you can read i can read all right don't worry and why don't you put the rest of this gold in the safe for me i ain't gonna say it was stolen oh well uh give me a room with a good strong lock in the door ain't got no keys one by one they just come up missing this is a fine hotel you make it easy for thieves don't you well if you're so scared of getting robbed just shove your bed against the door oh that's not good enough give me a hammer and some nails i'll nail the door up you shouldn't carry so much money anyways i have to till i get to the bank in oklahoma here nail yourself a number six down the hall number six got a window one of my best rooms plenty of fresh air good fresh air is one thing i like good night good night beats me traipsing around the country carrying a fortune on them just looking for trouble give me a nightcap pete make it a double [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] um [Music] um [Music] boy open up open this door boy open up boom [Music] you all right jim yeah i'm fine just been entertaining a couple of visitors you know these two yes gypsy joe and louie yeah these are the two who rob mr black all right this is his money pouch i've been watching these filthy scum for a long time you got any place we can lock them up while we sent for the sheriff yeah i got a hog style out in back it's full of fertilizer though yeah just the place you grab the other one now just a minute now tell me when the small letters are clear yes now they are i o e t c e i don't blame you for grinning jim looks like you're gonna get your knife oh i wasn't grinning at that you know you need two pairs mr black oh yeah one for close work one is your hand on and another pair for distance mr black can you identify these two gentlemen here at the county of course i can that's my old friend yancey and jim boy thanks for giving me my eyes back sam i didn't oh wait a minute you're all blurred my close glasses if you please mrs black yeah oh thanks again man nice to see you auntie how about this [Music] the balance should be about there thrown say one complete turn and 30 feet [Music] light to forge jim yes sir [Music] [Music] um [Music] um um [Music] um [Music] hmm [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] it's fine mr black it's perfectly fine [Music] i i never seen a piece of steel as fine as this my whole life there's a lot of gratitude in that blade jim come on outside i want you to throw it huh come on come on yeah it's all right now come here jim that tree right uh oh this is black please thank you yeah that tree right there is about 30 feet go ahead and throw it it's such a beautiful thing i hate to risk it oh it won't break you sure i'm sure go ahead all right our knives are in the tree mister now we're even tipsy joe and louie they broke out joe you're quarrels with the sheriff all right quarrels with him nancy i got a welt in the back of my head to prove it [Applause] hmm well now hmm yeah i'll take that yes come on youtube back to the hog style and yancy will you keep him there till the sheriff gets here oh it worked fine black just fine yeah just one defect which i'll remedy right away come mrs black here you are jim hey what a strip of brass along the back yes the brass is softer than steel catch your opponent's knife and his blade won't slip off so easily my opponent missed black i didn't want this knife for fighting men jim there are men in this world who are more savage than beasts used this wisely and may it always protect you thank you i made this for it james well thank you miss black thank you both very much take care of yourself jim i will goodbye give my regards to your mother [Music] [Music] this is the true story of how the knife was born the knife that was to grow in legendary feats until it was known the world over by the name of its inventor the bowie knife [Music] he roamed the wilderness unafraid from manchester rio grande with all the might of his believing blade he fought for the rights of man jim bowie [Music] with a powerful hand his blade was tampered and so was he indestructible he was a fighter a fearless and mighty adventurer man

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Length: 25min 10sec (1510 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 14 2021