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iSfraight kBiives. 



Splitting and ripiDing knives. 



29416, Double-edged ripping-kuife (iieculiar to coast of Maine). Wilcox, 



Crittendeu & Co., Middletovru, Conu. 

 29402. Mackerel-split ciug kuife. A. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 

 29408. Mackerel-splittiug kuife. Caiit. Sara. Elwell, Gloucester, Mass. 

 29404. Codtisli-splittlug kuife. A. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 



29413. Cod or haddock ripping kuife (old style). G. P. Foster, Beverly, 



Mass. 



29414. Hake or haddock spHtting knife. A. McCmdy, Gloucester, Mass. 



29415. Haddock -li^jping kuife. " " 



Fla-ying-knives, aboriginal and recent.^ 



26169. Flaying-kuife. 5-iuch blade. John Russell Cutlery Co., Turner's 



[Falls, Mass. 



26170. Flaying-knife. 6-iuch blade. " " 



26171. Flaying-knife. 7-inch blade. " " 

 2G179. Flaying-knife. 5-inch blade. " " 

 23180. Flaying-knife. 6-inch blade. " " 

 26181. Flaying-kuife. 6*-mch blade. "' " 

 2618.5. Flaying-knife. 5-inch blade. " . " 



26186. Flaying-knife. G-iuch blade. " " 



26187. Flaying-knife. 7-iuch blade. " " 



26188. Flaying-knife. 5-inch blade. " " 

 28189. Flaying-knife. 6-inch blade. " " 

 26190. Flaying-lniife. 7-inch blade. " " 

 23211. Flaying-knife. 5-inch blade. " " 



26212. Flaying-knife. 6-inch blade. " " 



26213. Flaying-kuife. 6|-iuch blade. " " 



Blubber-knives, Eskimos. ^ 

 Boarding-knives used by whalemen. 



Used in cutting the blubber into sections from the "blanket piece" or long 

 strip which is peeled from the sides of the whale ; for illustration of the 

 manner of use see the model of whaler "cutting in the blubber." 



25676. Boarding-knife. W. H. Cook & Co., New Bedford, Mass. 

 "This knife has seen many years of service." — A. E. C. 

 2G608. Boarding-knife, with sheath. A. E. Crittenden, Middletowu, Conn. 



Whalemen's boat-knives. 



Used to cut the harpoou-liue when it gets tangled in paying fiut. 



. Boat-knife (model). Capt. L. Howland, New Bedford. * 



This model in its sheath on the bulkhead of the whale-boat, ready 

 for use, is shown in the model of a whale-boat (No. 24860). 



Heading-knives. 



32689. Halibut-heading knife. Adolph Voss, Gloucester, Mass. 



'A full series of Eskimo and Indian tiayiug-knives is displayed in the Ethuolo^-ical 

 division. 



-A series of these implements is exhibited in the Ethnological division. 



