On March 6, 1836, Colonel James Bowie was killed defending the Alamo from General Santa Ana. According to the I.XL Wostenholm archives, the Bowie knife found on his body bore the famous I.XL trademark (originally granted to Wostenholm's in 1787), and was stamped "Made by George Wostenholm, Sheffield, England". We are proud and privileged to offer a knife produced by G. Wostenholm & Son, Washington Works, Sheffield, England; based on a pattern from their archives circa mid 19th Century. These knives are handmade by their own Sheffield Craftsmen using the traditional methods. They are hot forged from 7/16" carbon steel into a heavy & broad shaped blade (2" wide) which is hardened and tempered before being hand ground, finished, and polished. The coffin shaped rosewood handle scales are fitted to the through tang of the blade using brass linings and solid brass rivets. Every step of the manufacturing process is done to exquisitely tight standards, and metal parts and blade are hand polished to an unbelievable mirror finish.

These knives are meant for the serious collector and historians who wants to feel the history from an item produced by the original manufacturer from the original archive plans made in the original handcrafted way.

Please Note: George Wostenholm and Son has recently sold out and the IXL trademark sold to a distributing company. So these will be the last true IXL knives we will be getting in.

• • Limited Time Special on the Stag handle model ... Sorry, out of stock

The optional hand tooled leather sheath (to right) is in a very dark brown. It is an option because many western re-enactors prefer to make their own.