I,d say a little earlier..1820,s,
and here,s a little story i found on Wostenholm..it might be true,it might not,be,..but it was on their website,
There are two claims made about Wostenholm and the relationship with one of America’s most famous sons, legendary frontiersman Colonel James Bowie. The first claim is that Bowie ordered knives for himself and his close friends directly from Wostenholm.
The second, more famous claim is that, on March 6th 1836 when Bowie died at The Alamo while General Santa Anna's Mexican Army attacked, a knife found on his body was one made by Wostenholms. Whether or not these stories are true is impossible to say for certain as company records from that period no longer exist, but it is nice to imagine that the paths of these two great men once crossed
