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Straig'ht kiaives. 



Slivering-kuives, us.ed by fisliermeu. 



29407. Sliveriug-kuife. (Pattern first used by Cape Auu fisliermeu.) Geo. 

 B. Foster, Beverly, Mass. 



29399. Sliveriug-kiiife. (Cape Auu patteru.) Alex. McCurdy. 



29405. Sliveriug-kuife. (Nautucket patteru.) Samuel Elwell, jr., Glouces- 

 ter, Mass. 



2.5764. Sliveriug-kuife. Samuel Elwell, jr., Gloucester, Mass. 



32666. Slivering-blade. Gloucester, Mass. U. S. Fish Commissiou. 



riitching-knives. 



Used iu sliciug halibut iuto steaks or "flitches" iu preparatiou for saltiug 

 and smoking. 



32726. Shore flitehiug-kuife. Gloucester, Mass. U. S. Fish Couuuissiou. 

 32690. Bank flitchiug-kuife. Adolph Voss, Gloucester, Mass. 

 29410. Flitchiug-kuife. Gloucester, Mass. A. E. Critteudeu. 



Clam and oyster knives. 



26209. Clam-kuife. John Russell Cutlery Co., Turner's Falls, Mass. 



. Oyster-knife (model). See model of Chesapeake oyster-canoe (No. 



25003). 



Net-makers' knives. 



These knives are Avithout handles, and the heel of the short (2 inches long) 

 rouud-iiointed blade is curled so as to fit the finger like a ring. 



29439. ISTet-mending knives (right-hand). Alex. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 



29440. Net-mending knives (left-haud). Alex. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 



Mackerel-rimmers' fatting-knives or ploughs. 



Used iu creasing the sides of lean mackerel (Nos. 2 and 3) to cause them to 

 resemble fat (No. 1) mackerel. 



25768. Mackerel-plough. Edwin Blatcliford. 



25769. Mackerel-iilough. S. Elwell, jr., Gloucester, Mass. 



25770. Mackerel-plough. S. Elwell, jr., Gloucester, Mass. 



25771. Mackerel-plough. S. Elwell, jr., Gloucester, Mass. 



25773. Mackerel-plough. Edward Davis. 



25774. Mackerel-plough. Edward Davis. 



25775. Mackerel-plough. (Used in 1860.) Mrs. Hanuah M. Burt. 

 25720. Mackerel-plough. Central Wharf Co., Pro viucetown, Mass. 



Splitting-knives. 



Used iu cleaning fish before saltiug. 



32673. Mackerel-splitting knife. Gloucester, Mass. U. S. Fish Commission. 



22667. Cod-splitting knife (curved). •' " 



22668. Cod-splitting knife (straight). " " 



Stone and bone knives nsed by Indians and Eskimos. 



7224. Bone knife. Anderson River Eskimos, Fort Anderson, II. B. T. R. 

 McFarlane. 



