The Bowie knife is truly America’s knife. There are towns named after it, and it’s namesake, it’s Arkansas’ official state knife, it has appeared in iconic movies, and a variation of the classic ...

A Bowie knife is a popular selection for those who need versatility in an outdoors knife. It works as a self-defense blade, but it also has plenty of other potential uses for campers and hunters. The ...

In the early 1800s, Jim Bowie engaged in a violent riverbed brawl. Unbeknownst to him, that fight would change the trajectory of knifemaking history forever. The knife he used, which bears his name to ...

Two weeks ago, we looked at the namesakes of Barrera and Yndo streets, both named after old families, though only the Barrera Street name has survived. But reader Belinda Molina Yndo also asked for ...

It’s 1827. Jim Bowie, a frontiersman, illegal slave trader, and real-estate scammer, is in a fight to the death on an island in the Mississippi River. Several of his rivals have attacked him with cane ...