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Re: what good is a bowie knife?
Reply #60 - Jan 28^th, 2012 at 7:49am

Hmmm, Arkansas Tooth picks?
A little research and we find that these were once called Linder daggers and were made in Solingen, Germany.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Linder+dagger&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-C...

Arkansas Tooth Picks are so called because them thar Hillbillys are steriotyped as having only one tooth.
Otherwise it would be a TEETH pick. Wink

Back to topic: Below is pictured a Taigoo style Bowie called a WildGoo. Photo stolen from the web many moons ago.

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Re: what good is a bowie knife?
Reply #61 - Jan 28^th, 2012 at 10:58am

Some interesting pics under "Linder dagger" on this Google Images page:

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1440&bih=770&q=Linder...

Looks like many of these are of modern manufacture... Likely Linder is one of those Solingen firms that's been in business for a long time.
Pretty standard dagger shapes. Most of the "Arkansas Toothpick" designs I've seen in historical references tend to be longer and slenderer...Purpose built for stabbing.
I read one Civil War journalist's account of watching Confederate troops sitting around picking their teeth after eating with same... Sounds dangerous.

There were lots of imported knives running around the 1800s Americas... Many "Bowies" were made in England by Scheffield and other firms.

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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: what good is a bowie knife? Reply #63 - Jan 30^th, 2012 at 11:49am "Linder Daggers" appear to be smaller than your average "Arkansaw Toothpick" . I think it is fairly safe to say that you can only make so many effective knife designs. These tend to be repeated over and over in different parts of the world because the design works.
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Re: what good is a bowie knife?
Reply #64 - Feb 3^rd, 2012 at 12:52pm

Steven wrote on Jan 29^th, 2012 at 11:45am:

ChuckRocks wrote on Jan 28^th, 2012 at 7:49am:

...steriotyped as having only one tooth. Otherwise it would be a TEETH pick. Wink

In a similar vein, "The 'Tooth-brush' was invented in New Jersey..Invented anywhere else it would be a 'Teeth-brush'"
A non-PC bit of wisdom acquired in my travels.

I think this is an "insert your favorite state/region" joke. I've seen it about West (7 million inhabitants, 15 family names) Virginia.

When all is said and done more will have been said than done.

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Re: what good is a bowie knife?
Reply #65 - Feb 4^th, 2012 at 5:51am

HurlinThom wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2012 at 12:52pm:

Steven wrote on Jan 29^th, 2012 at 11:45am:

ChuckRocks wrote on Jan 28^th, 2012 at 7:49am:

...steriotyped as having only one tooth. Otherwise it would be a TEETH pick. Wink

In a similar vein, "The 'Tooth-brush' was invented in New Jersey..Invented anywhere else it would be a 'Teeth-brush'"
A non-PC bit of wisdom acquired in my travels.

I think this is an "insert your favorite state/region" joke. I've seen it about West (7 million inhabitants, 15 family names) Virginia.

15 family names?
Which is totally different from having a score of modified trebuchets all with the same EMI endings in their names. Wink

Link: https://sites.google.com/site/trebsontheweb/galleries/wooden-trebs-emi-series

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