Cold steel Arkansas Toothpick - Type: 88GTP
The main competition to the Bowie knife from the late 1830's to the
period just after the Civil War was the Arkansas Toothpick. The
Arkansas Toothpick got its namesake as an ironic reference to the
coarse, rough and tumble culture that populated the lowlands of Arkansas
and the Mississippi delta in the mid 19th century. Travelling
journalists from Europe often made up stories about how they commonly
saw men and old boys picking their teeth with giant knives that they
dubbed Arkansas Toothpicks. Like the Bowie it was frequently a large
knife almost always double edged with a sharp acute point. The knife
almost always had a double quillon guard and many were fancy and some
imitated the Bowies of the day in size and appearance. Sure, some were
plain, but most were elaborately decorated. Our version has a
substantial double edge spear point blade, with a Malaysian Sal wood
handle and a fancy pommel with an alligator motif. The scabbard is
equally stunning, it's finely made and decoratively enhanced to
complement the handle.
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