I know that this is an old Post, but I couldn't resist. We just got back from a 2-week roadtrip around the Gulf of Mexico and East and Central Texas, which included a mandatory stop in San Antonio and The Alamo. It seems that all the fascination with bowie knives was of course popularized by Jim Bowie and his Iron Mistress! I don't believe that Jim's famous bowie knife was actually fabricated from a meteorite as claimed in the movie ("The Iron Mistress", 1952), but it was an entertaining film. Enjoy!