Before the fight, Bowie's brother gave him a large knife described as being 9.25 inches long, 1.25 inches wide, with a single edge and uncurved blade. Bowie has it on him, and with a sword in his ...

Replicating a silhouette as iconic as the Bowie knife is risky ... Funny enough, the handle is much more modern, marked by an ergonomic curve and, most interestingly, a button lock.

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 ...

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.