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- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- metal, steel; foot, deer
- Catalogue Number
- 104.50.0002
- Description
- A folding pocket knife with the handle made from the hoof and leg (skin and hair attached) of a very small deer with a metal 'shoe' nailed to the bottom. The leg has been split to accommodate a long blade on one side and a corkscrew on the other. A T-shaped metal crosspiece with a hinged lever lo…
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- Title
- Utility Knife
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- metal, steel; foot, deer
- Dimensions
- 2.2 x 3.6 (closed) x 27.4 (open); 15.0 (closed) cm
- Description
- A folding pocket knife with the handle made from the hoof and leg (skin and hair attached) of a very small deer with a metal 'shoe' nailed to the bottom. The leg has been split to accommodate a long blade on one side and a corkscrew on the other. A T-shaped metal crosspiece with a hinged lever locks the blade open and is released by pressing. The base of the blade is marked with “Henry Boker & Co.”, “Improved Cutlery”, and a stamp of deer antlers.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.50.0002
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- Date
- 1900 – 1935
- Material
- wood; metal; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 104.50.0005
- Description
- Knife with short stainless steel blade thick at back with sharp edge curving to point and deep groove along one side. Straight smoothly shaped wooden handle with two small wedge shaped pieces of ebony at end, round wooden dowel pin through at sides, and band of ivory at blade end abutted against a …
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- Title
- Utility Knife
- Date
- 1900 – 1935
- Material
- wood; metal; ivory
- Dimensions
- 1.6 x 2.5 x 20.5 cm
- Description
- Knife with short stainless steel blade thick at back with sharp edge curving to point and deep groove along one side. Straight smoothly shaped wooden handle with two small wedge shaped pieces of ebony at end, round wooden dowel pin through at sides, and band of ivory at blade end abutted against a narrower band of ebony. Cover for blade shaped and designed just like handle so that the two together look like one long smooth piece of wood with ivory band in middle.
- Subject
- households
- hunting and fishing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.50.0005
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