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A replica Arkansas Toothpick on display board. In modern terminology, the Arkansas toothpick is a heavy dagger with a 12-to-20-inch (30 to 51 cm) pointed, straight blade. [1] The knife can be used for thrusting and slashing. James Black, known for improving the Bowie knife, [2] is credited with inventing the Arkansas toothpick.
Scholars disagree as to whether the knife Bowie used in this fight was the same design as the blade, now known as a Bowie knife, fabricated by a knifemaker in Arkansas who created another renowned large blade known as the Arkansas toothpick. There are multiple accounts of the design and fabrication of the first Bowie knife.
Julius Finck came from Baden, Germany, where he was born in about 1831. After several years working as a locksmith in New York City, in 1859 he formed a partnership in San Francisco with August Browning at 198 Kearny Street. In 1861 Browning & Finck were advertising their services as bell hangers as well as locksmiths. [3]
The Arkansas toothpick is essentially a heavy dagger with a straight 15–25 inches (38–64 cm) blade. While balanced and weighted for throwing, the toothpick can be used for thrusting and slashing. Although James Black is popularly credited with inventing the "Arkansas toothpick", no firm evidence exists for this claim. [31] Knives made in ...
Cooper made knives used in film and television such as the Arkansas toothpick in The Sacketts and a Bowie knife for Jeremiah Johnson. [6] In 1978, Cooper opened a new knife shop in Lufkin, Texas, where he made 1,000 knives per year until his retirement from knifemaking in 1981. In retirement he made a few knives every year until his death in ...
Benjamin Vernon Lilly or Ben Lilly (1856 – December 17, 1936), nicknamed Ol' Lilly, was a notorious big game hunter, houndsman and mountain man of the late American Old West. He remains famous for hunting down large numbers of grizzly, cougars and black bears. A mix between a transcendentalist spirit and an ardent Christian, he is described ...
A small sunfish knife: Toothpick: Elongated knife, with a single narrow clip point blade. Handle has bolsters at both ends, and is turned up or tapered on the opposite end of the blade. Variations include oversized versions called Arkansas or Texas Toothpicks, and miniaturized version, called a Baby Toothpick. A Toothpick knife: Trapper
My research indicates that the term Arkansas Toothpick probably arose in the civil war time frame to refer to the large knives, also known as Bowie Knives that were carried by Arkansas Soldiers. I do not think that "Toothpick" is a distinct and separate design from the Bowie Knife.Aleutian06 21:42, 24 November 2010 (UTC)