As a fearsome weapon, the Bowie knife recently donated to the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum speaks for itself. It is 17 inches long, with a bison horn hilt and a sturdy high carbon steel ...

claimed he made the first Bowie knife while the Bowie family lived in Avoyelles Parish, La. He designed it as a hunting knife and gave it to Jim after he had been shot in a fight. But the man who ...

If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Learn more As I learned from one of my favorite podcasts, The Dollop, several years back, the story of the Bowie knife is rife with murky details.

Learn more 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 ...

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas can claim to be the home state of one of the most legendary blacksmiths in American history - James Black, the maker of a famed fighting knife for Jim Bowie. While working ...

This straight-back bowie is constructed from 420HC ... inside a twill carbon-fiber handle, and the knife deploys instantly with the press of a copper launch button. A copper safety slide and ...

It's been said that the Bowie knife was created in Holmesville. It's also been said it was created by a blacksmith in Abbeville. Even so, Monty McNutt's Curious Louisiana question is about about ...

WACO, Texas (AP) — As a fearsome weapon, the Bowie knife recently donated to the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum speaks for itself. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports it is 17 inches long ...

Learn more As I learned from one of my favorite podcasts, The Dollop, several years back, the story of the Bowie knife is rife with murky details. What we do know is that a large fixed-blade knife ...