Cold Steel Arkansas Toothpick/with Ambidextrous Pocket/Belt Clip -

Cold Steel Arkansas Toothpick/with Ambidextrous Pocket/Belt Clip -

• 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 main competition to the Bowie knife from the late 1830's to the period just after the Civil War was the Arkansas Toothpick.
• 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.
• 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.