Arkansas Toothpick - Wikipedia

Jump to content

Contents

move to sidebar hide

• (Top)
• 1 As against the Bowie Knife
• 2 Legal status
• 3 References

• Article
• Talk

English

• Read
• Edit
• View history

Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions

• Read
• Edit
• View history

General

• What links here
• Related changes
• Upload file
• Permanent link
• Page information
• Cite this page
• Get shortened URL
• Download QR code

Print/export

• Download as PDF
• Printable version

In other projects

• Wikidata item

Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Type of knife or dagger

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.[1]

As against the Bowie Knife

[edit]

There was no consistent distinction made between Bowie knives and Arkansas toothpicks in the mid-19th century. There were enough occasional distinctions to shade any dogmatic statement of equivalence. Americans were observed to use pocket knives to clean their teeth in the era, so the "Arkansas toothpick" term may predate the Bowie knife. There is debatable basis for claiming Arkansas toothpicks were designed for throwing.[3]

Legal status

[edit]

Although many jurisdictions worldwide have knife legislation regulating the length of a blade or the dagger-like profile of the Arkansas toothpick that can be owned or carried, certain locales in the United States have legislation mentioning the "Arkansas toothpick" in particular. These laws were passed in the late 1830s in Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia as an attempt to prevent dueling.[4]

References

[edit]

1. ^ a b Hunt, Robert E. (2004). Randall Military Models: Fighters, Bowies and Full Tang Knives. Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Company. p. 304. ISBN 978-1-56311-953-8.
2. ^ Pacella, Gerard (2002). 100 Legendary Knives. Krause Publications. p. 18. ISBN 978-0873494175.
3. ^ Flayderman, Norm (2004). The Bowie Knife: Unsheathing an American Legend. Lincoln, R.I.: Andrew Mowbray. pp. 265–274. ISBN 978-1-931464-12-3. Chapter 8 is dedicated to the distinction between toothpicks and Bowies.
4. ^ Cramer, Clayton (1999). Concealed Weapon Laws of the Early Republic: Dueling, Southern Violence, and Moral Reform. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 110, 192. ISBN 978-0-275-96615-7.

v t e Knives and daggers
List of daggers List of blade materials
Kitchen and table knives	Boning Boti Bread knife Butcher knife Butter knife Caidao Cheese knife Chef's knife Cleaver Electric knife Fillet knife Grapefruit knife Lame Mezzaluna Parmesan knife Pizza cutter Splayd Steak knife Tomato knife Japanese kitchen knives Deba bōchō Maguro bōchō Nakiri bōchō Santoku Sashimi bōchō Udon kiri Unagisaki hōchō Usuba bōchō Yanagi ba
Other knives	Aircrew Survival Egress Knife Athame Balisong/Butterfly Ballistic Ballpoint pen knife Bayonet Boline Bolo Boot knife Bowie Cane knife Ceramic knife Clip point Coin slasher Combat knife Commander Corvo CQC-6 Deba bōchō Diving knife Drop point Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife Gerber Mark II Ginsu Golok Gravity knife Guna Hacking knife Higonokami Hunting knife Husa knife Ivan's Knife Jacob's ladder Karambit Kard Kirpan Kitchen knife Kukri Laguiole knife Machete Mandau Marking knife Military knife wz. 98 Misericorde Mora knife Multi-tool Navaja Neck knife Nontron knife Opinel knife OSS Escape Utility Knife Palette knife Pantographic knife Parang Penknife Penny knife Pesh-kabz Pirah Pocketknife Phurba Putty knife Puukko Rampuri Resolza Sabatier Sami knife SARK Scalpel Seax Sgian dubh Sharpfinger Sheath knife Shiv Sliding knife Smatchet SOG Knife Straight razor Strider SMF Survival knife Swiss Army knife Switchblade Taping knife Throwing knife Trench knife Tumi Ulu Utility knife Verlängerungsmesser Warrior knife Wedung X-Acto Yarara Parachute Knife Yatagan
Daggers	Anelace Applegate–Fairbairn fighting knife Arkansas toothpick BC-41 Bagh nakh Balarao Baselard Bichuwa Bollock dagger Cinquedea Dha Dirk Ear dagger Emeici Facón French Nail Gunong Hunting dagger Jambiya Jile Kabutowari Kaiken Kalis Katar Khanjali Khanjar Kris Kunai Liaoning dagger Mark I trench knife Microtech Jagdkommando Parrying dagger Poignard Pugio Push dagger RAF Aircrew Knife Rondel dagger Seme Shobo Sica Stiletto Tantō U.S. Marine Raider stiletto V-42 Yoroi-dōshi
Manufacturers	Aitor Knife Company Al Mar Knives American Tomahawk Company Aritsugu Benchmade Böker Buck Knives Camillus Cutlery Company Cattaraugus Cutlery Company Chris Reeve Knives Chroma Cnife Clauss Cutlery Company Cobray Company Cold Steel Columbia River Knife & Tool Cuisinart Cutco Dalian Hanwei Metal Dexter-Russell Ek Commando Knife Co. EKA Emerson Knives F. Dick Fällkniven FAMAE Fiskars Gerber Legendary Blades Füritechnics Glock Ges.m.b.H. Imperial Schrade Ivan's Ka-Bar Kershaw Knives Korin Japanese Trading Company Kyocera Leatherman Mad Dog Knives Marble Arms Medford Knife and Tool Microtech Knives Morseth Muela Murphy Knives OLFA Ontario Knife Company Opinel Randall Made Knives Ranz Cuchillos Rösle Sabatier Shun Cutlery Slice, Inc. SOG Specialty Knives Spyderco STI Knives Strider Knives Thiers Issard TOPS Knives Tramontina Victorinox W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co. Carl Walther GmbH Wenger Western Knife Company Wilkinson Sword Wüsthof Yoshida Metal Industry Global Zero Tolerance Knives Zwilling J. A. Henckels
Knifemakers	Rex Applegate James Black Tom Brown Jr. Blackie Collins John Nelson Cooper Jack W. Crain Ernest Emerson Jerry Fisk Bill Harsey Jr. Phill Hartsfield Gil Hibben Jimmy Lile Bob Loveless William F. Moran Ken Onion Ralph Osterhout Bo Randall Chris Reeve A. G. Russell Jody Samson William Scagel Mike Snody Robert Terzuola Michael Walker Buster Warenski Daniel Winkler
Associations	American Bladesmith Society Cutlery and Allied Trades Research Association Knifemakers' Guild
Category:Knives / Daggers

v t e Weapons of the American Civil War
Edged weapons	Arkansas toothpick Bayonet Bowie knife M1832 foot artillery sword M1833 dragoon saber M1840 army noncommissioned officer's sword M1840 cavalry saber M1840 light artillery saber M1850 army staff & field officer's sword M1850 army foot officer's sword M1852 naval officer's sword M1860 cutlass M1860 light cavalry saber Mameluke sword USMC noncommissioned officer's sword
Sidearms	Adams M1851 revolver Allen & Thurber M1837 revolver pepperbox Allen & Wheelock M1861 revolver Beaumont–Adams M1862 revolver Butterfield M1855 transitional revolver Colt M1836 Paterson revolver Colt M1847 Walker revolver Colt M1848 Dragoon revolver Colt M1849 Pocket revolver Colt M1851 Navy revolver Colt M1860 Army revolver Colt M1861 Navy revolver Colt M1862 Police revolver Colt Root M1855 revolver Deringer M1825 Philadelphia caplock pistol Elgin M1838 cutlass caplock pistol Harpers Ferry M1836 and M1842 pistol Kerr M1855 revolver Lefaucheux M1854 revolver Lefaucheux M1858 revolver LeMat M1856 revolver Moore M1864 revolver Remington M1858 revolver Remington M1860 Elliot revolver pepperbox Savage-North M1861 Navy revolver Smith & Wesson Model 1 Smith & Wesson Model No. 2 Army Spiller & Burr M1861 revolver Starr M1858 and M1863 revolver Tranter M1856 revolver Volcanic M1855 repeating pistol Walch M1859 revolver Wesson and Leavitt M1850 Dragoon revolver Whitney M1857 revolver
Rifles and muskets	Augustin M1842 musket Ballard M1861 rifle Brunswick P1836 and P1841 rifle Burnside M1855 carbine Charleville M1816 and M1822 musket Colt M1855 revolver carbine and rifle Deringer M1814 Common rifle Deringer M1817 Common rifle Enfield P1853 rifled musket Enfield P1861 musketoon Fayetteville M1862 rifle Gallager M1861 carbine Hall M1819 rifle Hall-North M1843 carbine Harper Ferry M1803 rifle Henry M1860 repeating rifle Jenks M1841 Mule ear carbine Joslyn M1855, M1861, M1862, M1864, M1865 carbine and rifle Lorenz M1854 rifled musket Maynard M1851 carbine Merrill M1858 carbine Mississippi M1841 rifle P1839 and P1842 Brown Bess musket Potzdam M1831 musket Richmond M1861 rifled musket Sharps M1848, M1850, M1851, M1852, M1853, M1855, M1859, M1863, M1865 carbine and rifle Sharps & Hankins M1862 carbine Smith M1857 carbine Spencer M1860, M1865 repeating carbine and rifle Springfield M1795 musket Springfield M1812 musket Springfield M1816 musket Springfield M1822 musket Springfield M1835 musket Springfield M1840 musket Springfield M1842 musket Springfield M1847 musketoon Springfield M1855 rifled musket Springfield M1861 rifled musket Springfield M1863 rifled musket Starr M1858 carbine Tarpley M1863 carbine Volcanic M1855 repeating rifle Wesson M1859 carbine and rifle Whitworth P1857 rifle
Other weapons	Adams grenade Coach gun Congreve rocket Double-barreled shotgun Hale rocket launcher Ketchum Grenade Rains grenade Rains landmine Sea mine Winans Steam Gun
Rapid fire weapons	Ager machine gun Billinghurst Requa Battery volley gun Claxton machine gun Gatling I and II machine gun Gorgas machine gun Pate revolver cannon Ripley machine gun Vandenberg volley gun Williams machine gun
Artillery	Mortars 8-inch M1841, 10-inch M1841 and 13-inch M1861 mortar Coehorn 5.82-inch M1841 mortar Field andSiege artillery 6-pounder M1841 field cannon 12-pounder M1841 howitzer 12-pounder M1841 mountain howitzer 12-pounder M1857 Napoleon field cannon 24-pounder M1841 howitzer 32-pounder M1844 howitzer Blakely rifled cannon James 14-pounder M1861 rifled cannon (also known as James 6-pounder M1861 or 3.8-inch M1861 rifled cannon) James 24-pounder M1839, 32-pounder M1829 and 42-pounder M1841 rifled cannon Ordnance 3-inch M1861 rifled cannon Ordnance 4.5-inch rifled cannon Parrott 10-pounder M1861 rifled cannon Parrott 20-pounder M1861 rifled cannon Parrott 30-pounder, 100-pounder, 200-pounder and 300-pounder rifled cannon Pate revolver cannon Whitworth 12-pounder rifled cannon Naval andCoastal artillery Bomford Columbiad cannon Brooke rifled cannon Carronade cannon Dahlgren cannon Paixhans cannon Rodman Columbiad cannon Whitworth 70-pounder rifled cannon
Ammunition, cartridges and equipment	.22 Short .44 Henry .56-56 Spencer Buck and ball Canister shot Friction primer Gunpowder Maynard tape primer Minié ball Paper cartridge Percussion cap Ramrod

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arkansas_toothpick&oldid=1326111615" Categories:

• Daggers
• Fur trade
• Knives
• Weapons of the Confederate States of America
• American frontier

Hidden categories:

• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata

Search Search Toggle the table of contents Arkansas toothpick 2 languages Add topic