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Since the end of the 19th century germany's solingen exported a lot of hunting knives, called "couteau de chasse americain" to the state of arkansas. In solingen they called em Arkansasknifes. They show up in Catalogues from 1815-1820. After the "legend", James black forged the first "bowie knife" in 1830, Bowie's brother claimed to have drawn the sketch in 1827.