Several of his rivals have attacked him with cane swords, knives, and pistols. Bowie gets shot twice during the melee and is stabbed through the chest with a sword. Before the fight, Bowie's ...

Well, it wasn’t really Jim Bowie’s knife, but it looked enough like one for an Alamo curator to put it on display for 10 years.

Every product is carefully selected by our editors. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Learn more Bowie knives, first popularized by American military legend James Bowie, are as iconic ...

You really want a small hunting knife to field dress a deer. What you’re doing is akin to surgery, and you wouldn’t want a surgeon to pull your appendix out with a bowie knife. That said ...

Part of the commemoration includes a new exhibit called "Jim Bowie: Man, Knife, Legend." "It’s kind of amazing, isn't it? This knife has been famous since 1827,” said Bryan Preston ...

SALADO — Well, it wasn’t really Jim Bowie’s knife, but it looked enough like one for an Alamo curator to put it on display for 10 years. Then, the story goes, U.S. officials found Mexico had ...