THE MAN S KNIFE. 



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two rivets passinj; through both it and the handle. Many thousands 



of si)ecimens as rude as this are in use ainonj;- the horseshoers all 



over the United States and Canada. 

 Example Cat. No. 153603, in the 



U. S. National Museum, is a curved 



knife from the Micmac Indians of Nova 



Scotia (fig. 2), collected by Dr. G. M- 



West. It has the usual farrier's blade 



let into a narrow notch or stub groove 



on the back of the handle and held by 



a seizing of cord. The handle of hard 



w^ood fits the hand of the workman 



very neatly. 



In this examj)le, as in others, the 



seizing or connective, holding the 

 blade and the handle 

 together, is easily re- 

 moved so as to allow 

 the former to be taken 

 out and sharpened. 

 Especial attention is 

 called to the fact that, 

 in accordance with 

 northern usage, the 

 end' of this cord is 

 driven into the han- 

 dle and held fast by 

 means of a wooden 

 peg instead of being 

 fastened off by being 

 tucked under one of 

 the former roundings 

 itself. Length, 9^ 

 inches. 



Example Cat. No. 153004, in the U. S. National 

 Museum, is a curved kinfe also from the Micmac Indi- 

 ans of Nova Scotia (fig. 3), collected by Dr. G. M.West. 

 The blade is of European manufacture, slightly curved, 

 let into a groove on top of the handle and neatly seized 

 with a thong of rawhide. At one end the thong is 

 doubled over the tang and driven into the groove of the 

 handle; the other end is drawn through a hole bored 

 in the handle, wedged fiist and cut oft", making a very 

 neat finish. The handle is made of birch wood and 



curved to fit the hand, the bevel for the thumb being unusually long 



and broad. Length, lOA inches. 



farrier's knife. 



Back and front views. 



Wasliiuffton, U, C 



Cat. Nu. ne4:J4, U.S.N.M. 



Fig. 2. 

 MK'M AC CURVED KNIFE. 

 Cat. No. 153B03, U.S.N.M. 



