Going shopping for a good bowie knife
Awesome! Do you collect them?  The Bowie knife is quite popular with collectors.
No I saw one on tv and just wanted to order one lol
Ah, an impulse buy!  LOL  Interestingly, it was created in the early 19th century by James Black.
Oh ok what else do you know about bowie knives?
Well, I was surprised to learn that it was created for Jim Bowie, who was famous for a duel called the Sandbar Fight!
Oh I think he was a famous Texan?
James Bowie
James Bowie ( ) ( – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American pioneer who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution, culminating in his death at the Battle of the Alamo. Stories of him as a fighter and frontiersman, both real and fictitious, have made him a legendary figure in Texas history and a folk hero of American culture.
Born in Kentucky, Bowie spent most of his life in Louisiana, where he was raised and where he later worked as a land speculator
Bowie knife
A Bowie knife ( ) is a pattern of fixed-blade fighting knife created by James Black in the early 19th century for Jim Bowie, who had become famous for his use of a large knife at a duel known as the Sandbar Fight.
Since the first incarnation, the Bowie knife has come to incorporate several recognizable and characteristic design features, although in common usage the term refers to any large sheath knife with a crossguard and a clip point. The knife pattern is still popular with collectors; in