Here are a few vintage pairings.
A Model No. 1, 2nd Issue with a C.W. vintage knife. The picture is alleged to be of the knife owner wearing the knife.
Next is a Manhattan with a period knife.
Here is a Triple Lock with a period Marble's Canoe knife.
Here is an 1851 Navy with a purported period bowie knife.
Last, a 2nd Model Dragoon cut barrel with a purported period bowie knife.