>>64149114
Butcher knives and the original Bowie made for Jim were what one would call a basic "knife". The classic Bowie shape we know now didn't get applied the Bowie name until much later. Pretty much the American pattern knife, or the western knife of a clip point, gaurd, fixed blade sheath knife are all Bowies, or Bowie more accurately is a reflection of them.
Either way Bowie at this point is the name applied to the distinct American pattern fixed blade.