Multiple accounts exist of who designed and fabricated the first Bowie knife. Most American designs are based on a smaller version of the Bowie knife. Zeb slashes Grey's arm with his Bowie knife. A man jumped up and stabbed him twice with a Bowie knife. The popularity of the Bowie knife declined late in the nineteenth century. The Bowie knife is not well defined. There are many knife fighting styles from the Bowie knife to a switchblade. Hunter sets the beast on fire and decapitates him with his Bowie knife. The creature reaches the mine and Hunter hurts it once more with the Bowie knife. Among the first mentions was a plan to combine a Bowie knife and pistol. James Black, the innovator of the Bowie knife, is credited with inventing the Arkansas toothpick. The James Black Bowie knife had a blade approximately long, wide, and thick. Some historians say that some trench knives models were inspired by the Bowie knife. Heartbroken, he stabs himself through the heart with a bowie knife. In the mid-20th century, a Bowie knife book author took liberties with the historical facts.