Lake was the first writer to describe Earp's use of the Colt Buntline. Colt manufactured 4200 of these revolvers, including 70 built on the Buntline frame. In 1844, he adopted the pen name "Ned Buntline". Traditionally they are secured to the sail with buntline hitches. These revolvers came to be known collectively as the Buntline Special. Wyatt Earp biographer Stuart N. Lake popularized the myth of the Buntline Special. Buntline started a third magazine, "Buntline's Own", at this time. Buntline moved "Ned Buntline's Own" to New York City in 1848. According to Lake, the dime novelist Ned Buntline commissioned the production of five Buntline Specials. Secure and easily tied, the buntline hitch will jam when subjected to extreme loads. The barrels are marked on the left side "COLT BUNTLINE SPECIAL .45". The buntline hitch is a knot used for attaching a rope to an object. That the buntline hitch was the preferred knot speaks to its security and reliability. Buntline took him at his word and left the saloon. In the Clint Eastwood film "Unforgiven" the character of W.W.Beauchamp is modelled on Buntline.