Arkansas Toothpick

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Arkansas toothpick

The Bowie knife's greatest competitor from the late 1830s until shortly after the Civil War was the Arkansas toothpick. The Arkansas toothpick got its name as a tongue-in-cheek reference to the rough and tumble culture that populated lowland Arkansas and the Mississippi Delta in the mid-19th century. Traveling European journalists fabricated stories about men picking their teeth with huge knives.

The Arkansas toothpick, like the bowie, is a large knife, almost always double-edged and with a sharp point. The knife almost always had a guard. Many were bold, and some imitated the bowies of the time in size and appearance. There were also simple daggers, but most were ornately decorated.

The Cold Steels® version features a powerful double-edged spear point with a Malaysian sal wood handle and an elegant crocodile-patterned pommel. The sheath also features an elaborate design. It is finely crafted and decoratively decorated to complement the handle.

Details:

- Arkansas toothpick

- Blade material: 1055 carbon steel

- Total length: approx. 48.9cm

- Blade length: approx. 33.7 cm

- Blade thickness: approx. 6 mm

- Handle: approx. 15.2, made of Malaysian sal wood

- Weight: approx. 675 g

- Includes case

- Cold Steel® item number: 88gtp



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