my prized possession is a bowie knife.
[{"role": "system", "content": "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 addition to various knife manufacturing companies there are hundreds of custom knife makers producing Bowies and variations. The early history of the Bowie knife is complicated by murky definitions, limited supporting documentation and conflicting claims. The historical Bowie knife was not a single design, but was a series of knives improved several times by Jim Bowie over the years. The earliest such knife, made by Jesse Clift at Bowie's brother's request resembled Spanish hunting knives of the day, and differed little from a common butcher knife. The blade, as later described by Rezin Bowie, was long, thick and wide. It was straight-backed, described by witnesses as \"a large butcher knife\", and having no clip-point nor any handguard, with a simple riveted wood scale handle.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I inherited a Bowie knife from my father. He taught me how to thow so that it would stick in a tree."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Bowie Knife is a fighting knife created by James Black"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I didn't know that. It is a well made knife, since you can not only cut with it, but throw it."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The Bowie Knife resembles Spanish hunting knifes "}, {"role": "user", "content": "The Spanish were renowed for their knives and swords made in Toledo Spain."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That is true.Bowie Knifes was created in the 19th century"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I had heard that, since I collect them. Many layers of steel are used though a press and can take an extrordinary amount of time to produce. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "True. the first knife was made for a Sandbar fight "}]