Quote Originally Posted by auld argonian
The dirk reminds me so much of the Arkansas Toothpick that I had to look a while to find a good one that showed the resemblence:

http://www.randallknives.com/bowie.asp

...down toward the bottom of the page. Lovely looking piece of metal.

Is there a direct line betweent he Scottish Dirk and the Arkansas Toothpick?

Best

AA
I don't think there is a connection between the Scottish dirk and the Arkansas Toothpick:

http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/en...x?entryID=2738

http://users.aristotle.net/~russjohn/bowie.html

Cheers,

Todd