FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 53 



TRAIGHT KNIVES. 



Whalemen's boat-kuives. 



Used to cut the liarpoou-liue whou it gets taugled iu paying out. 

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



Headiug-knives. 



32689. Halibiit-lifading tcuife. Adolph Voss, Gloucester, Mass. 



filming' Iiiiive.s. 



29400. Halibut-liuning kuilc. Alex. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 

 29412. Halibut-tinning knife. Capt. E. L. Kowe, Gloucester, Mass. 



Chopping-knives. 



39180. Bait-chopper. (New style). Alexander McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 

 29406. Bait-cleaver (used in halibut fishing). Alex. McCurdy, Gloucester, 



Mass. 

 32665. Cod-bait kuife. Gloucester, Mass. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 .32664. Bait-cleaver. " " 



32672. Mackerel-hait knife (small). U. S. Fish Commission. 

 32671. Mackerel-bait kuife (large). U. S. Fish Conmiission. 



Cheek-knives. 



29438. Codfish cheek-knife. Alex. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 



Throating-knives. 



32669. Cod-tbroater (single edge). Gloucester, Mass. U. S. Fish Commission. 



32670. Cod-throater (double edge). " " 



Fish-knives (for general use). 



2()ir)9. Fish-knife. Heavy. 12-inch blade. John Russell Cutlery Co. 



Turner's Falls, Mass. 

 26196. Fish-knife. Hook handle. 12-iuch blade. John Russell Cutlery 



Co., Turner's Falls, Mass. 



Scaliug-knives. 



26210. Saw-blade tish-.scaling knife. .John Russell Cutlery Co., Turner's 

 Falls, Mass. 



Sailors' and fishermen's sheath-knives. 



Sailors' sheath-knives. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Middletown, Conn. 



29428. Sheath and belt, with " law-abiding" sheath-knife. First quality. 



29426. Sheath ami belt. Second quality. 



29427. Sheath and belt, with "law-abiding" sheath-knife. Third quality. 



The "law-abiding" sheath-knife is round at the tip of the blade, 

 which is also thick and dull. 



Slivering-knives, used by fishermen. 



These knives are used to slice the flesh from the sides of the menhaden used 

 for bait. The slices thus prepared are called " slivers," and are salted down 

 in barrels to be used as l)aits for cod, halibut, and mackeral hooks, or are 

 ground up in the bait-mills, forming " stosh " or " chum," a thick paste which 



