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 ...

William Francis Moran, an internationally renowned bladesmith who kept alive the tradition of hand-forged blades, died of cancer Sunday at Frederick Memorial Hospital. The Braddock Heights resident ...

JACKSONVILLE -- The first thing you notice about John Bowie is that he doesn't wear shoes. That would be unusual enough, but Bowie spends much of his time in a shop full of grinders and buffers and ...

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 ...

Which bowie knife is best? Although the bowie knife has made a big name for itself in Wild West lore, video games and action movies, its real home is in every hunter or adventurer’s toolkit. Since it ...

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 ...