"Large Toothpick" knife

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I know case,queen,and a few other companys make this knife.Is it really thin? is it an EDC? how well does it function?
 
Thin compared to what? I have carried a few pretty regularly, but not every day for a while. The long, thin, narrow blade does come in handy at times.
 
Comparing a Queen #20 Toothpick to a Queen #6 Trapper, The blade widths are very close, with the Trapper (clip blade) being slightly wider. The Toothpick's blade is ground slightly thinner, and being a single blade, the handle is substantially thinner than the two-blade Trapper.

The same holds true comparing a Case Toothpick to a Case Trapper.
 
If you want a thicker handle, there is always french Lagiole, which has a very similar blade shape to the toothpick.

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Case Large Texas Toothpick
CA22132
61098SS Mediterranean Blue Bone

Length Open: 9.83 in
Length Closed: 5.49 in
Length Blade: 4.34 in (tip to bolster)
Length Cutting Edge: 3.86 in
Thickness Knife at the scales: .39 - .40 in
Thickness at Bolsters: .36 in
Thickness Blade at pivot: .093 in
Thickness Blade at nick: .072
Thickness Blade at tip: .023
Width (handle tallness) at front bolster: .71 in
Width (handle tallness) at rear bolster: .61 in

(digital caliper used for measurements, might be .001 off) :D

mike
 
The "large toothpick" is a quite large slipjoint pattern. I personally find it to be decidedly "un-pocket friendly" because of its length and the pointed tip of the handle. It "prints" in the pocket noticeably. It is very cool looking, and is probably the most intimidating traditional pattern. For what I use a knife for, I don't find the pattern very useful, as the blade is quite long and thin, and has a good amount of flex to it. For slicing apples and such, it's a great performer. It was supposedly the folding knife of choice for knife fighters in the South many years ago, who would work the pivot until the knife could be flicked open. Before the Buck 110 came on the scene.
 
I like large toothpicks. They don't bother my pockets, but in the front all I put in is the knife. They also slip in well next to a wallet in the back pocket. If you don't want it loose in the pocket, the william and henry slip cases work well, leaving a good bit of knife exposed for easy grabbing.

With their length they are great picnic knives for slicing bread, tomatoes, cheese and salami. They also make excellent fishing knives, where its flexibility is very helpful. There is a fishing version with a combination scaler, hook remover and bottle cap remover with some even having a hook sharpener imbedded in the handle.

As far as knife fighting, personally I've read lots of stories, but I'd sure hate to have a knife that big close on my hand :) It'd be better for covert sentry removal by throat slicing. However, I think it's marketing hype, since I've seen it in a few old and new advertisements.
 
Since this thread is talking about more than one manufactor:

Bucks Toothpicks were were made for Smoky Mountain Knifes Works as special order.
A BrownBone and a "Stagalon" version. They chose to forget Texas and call their's 'California Toothpicks', no doubt since the factory was then in CA. Some of the runs end emerged without blade etching. Only stamped marking on knives is BUCK, U.S.A. stamped on tang and Bucks knife,bolt and hammer escutcheon. Discontinued models.
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brownshoe said:
As far as knife fighting, personally I've read lots of stories, but I'd sure hate to have a knife that big close on my hand :) It'd be better for covert sentry removal by throat slicing. However, I think it's marketing hype, since I've seen it in a few old and new advertisements.
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No, it's not hype. I can vouch for seeing that pattern in the hands of some less than respectable folks in the late 1940's/50's era.

There was a place called Tinkers when I was a kid, down the road from Cambridge, and it was a dump of a tavern. A very low down place where the lowest level of the rough crowd of the area hung out. It was not unusual to see the county sheriffs cars with the gumball on top going around to pull into Tinkers dirt parking lot for a fight. Some of the mayhem took place involved a cutting. The one time I was nearby and saw the deputy's cars racing up to it, I drifted over on my bicycle and watched to see what was going on. They carried one guy out on a stretcher and put him in the ambulance, and a second guy was taken out in handcuffs. A deputy came out holding a yellow handle toothpick pattern 'fishing knife' gingerly by the rear bolster with just his thumb and forfinger. He was holding it so, because it was streaked and smeared with blood stains on the yellow handle. Being 1954, this was before plastic ziploc bags for evidence. I know it was 1954, because I was 14 at the time.

Lizzy Rankin worked at Tinkers, and she carried a Hammer brand switchblade on her. It was a popular pattern among what dad and grandad called punks and no good's. Later in the late 50's and early 60's, the mellon tester seemed to be popular in that roll. Then came the Buck knife and history changed forever.
 
moonwilson said:
The "large toothpick" is a quite large slipjoint pattern. I personally find it to be decidedly "un-pocket friendly" because of its length and the pointed tip of the handle. It "prints" in the pocket noticeably. It is very cool looking, and is probably the most intimidating traditional pattern. For what I use a knife for, I don't find the pattern very useful, as the blade is quite long and thin, and has a good amount of flex to it. For slicing apples and such, it's a great performer. It was supposedly the folding knife of choice for knife fighters in the South many years ago, who would work the pivot until the knife could be flicked open. Before the Buck 110 came on the scene.
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so this knife is good for self defense and general everday tasks/light work?
 
Toothpicks? Did someone say, "toothpicks"? :D

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For self-defense, I don't have a clue. I've carried at least one knife almost every day for the last forty-five years without ever needing to use one for self defense.

Suitable for EDC? I've carried one or more every day for a year at a time, so I'd say yes to that one.

Suitable for everyday tasks/light work? I've used them for some seriously hard work myself, but I grew up with non-locking folders with thin blades, so I know how to use one without breaking it. The Queen Amber Bonestag in D2 is a serious working knife.
 
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