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 ...

Learn more Bowie knives ... its black coating is corrosion-resistant. This is especially handy, considering the steel lacks chromium (the element that makes stainless steel rust-resistant). The handle ...

Learn more Bowie knives ... edge — thinner toward the top of the knife and thicker near its base — furthers that. The thicker ...