Top 15 DEADLIEST Knives Used In The Wild West

Top 15 DEADLIEST Knives of the Wild West (Not Just the Bowie…)

Think the Wild West was only ruled by six-shooters and rifles? Think again.

In this hard-hitting countdown, we reveal the 15 deadliest knives of the Old West — blades that carved their way into history through saloon brawls, barroom duels, buffalo hunts, and bloody raids. From the iconic Bowie knife to the feared Arkansas Toothpick, from gambler’s hidden daggers to scalping knives carried by Native warriors, these weren’t just tools. They were weapons of survival, intimidation, and cold steel death.

These aren’t Hollywood props.
These are the real frontier blades that decided life and death in the Wild West.

In this video, we’ll explore:

Bowie knife history and its deadly custom variants.

Arkansas Toothpick duels and the laws that tried to ban them.

Green River butcher knives that were everywhere on the frontier.

Hudson’s Bay trade knives carried by trappers, voyageurs, and explorers.

The feared scalping knives that spread terror across the plains.

And the gambler’s dirks, Navajas, and throwing knives that turned saloon showdowns into bloodbaths.

📜 Chapters
00:00 – Intro
00:58 – Homemade Blacksmith Knives
02:33 – California Gold Rush Miners’ Knives
04:11 – Civil War Bayonet Knives
05:50 – Daggers & Stilettos
08:03 – Throwing & Belt Knives
09:40 – Mexican Navaja Folding Knives
11:19 – Gambler’s Daggers & Dirks
12:58 – Indian Trade Knives (Sheffield-Made)
14:40 – Scalping Knives
16:35 – Buffalo Skinner’s Knife
18:16 – Hudson’s Bay Company Trade Knife
19:52 – Green River Butcher Knife
21:30 – Arkansas Toothpick
23:11 – Classic Bowie Knife
24:59 – True Custom Bowie

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