Knife makers continued to make Bowie knives, but they began to make them a bit smaller and adapt them to the new market that was emerging — knives for outdoorsmen. Activities like hunting, fishing, ...

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.

From Buck Knives to Condor, these are the best Bowie knives, according to our experts. We tested the large and small budget blades and a few made in the USA (including the original!)..

A Bowie Knife, of course. ... The Buck 119 is one of the most recognizable hunting knives in America, and every outdoorsman either has one, or knows someone who does.

Texas historians have written volumes about Jim Bowie, who died at the Alamo, but what people remember most about him is a big hunting blade he carried — a weapon known in history simply as the ...

Fixed-blade hunting knives are what almost everyone thinks when they hear “hunting knife.” It’s what grandpa carried, so dammit, it has to be the best hunting knife. Your average suburbanite might ...

Attributed to George Peter Alexander Healy, circa 1825, it shows Bowie’s hand gripping the hilt of a knife, possibly a long-handled, fixed-blade hunting knife like the “Bowie knife” custom ...

Millions of Americans carry knives every day. They carry pocket knives for camping, bowie knives for hunting, razors for opening boxes and assisted knives for everything in between. They are ...

At every trade show, Meerdink says he takes all of his samples — from the $95 basic knife to the collectible-grade Bowie knife. "I've sold a lot of Bowies at the smaller knife shows," he says.