74 ANIMAL RKSOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 



Nlrai^ht Eiiaives. 



Finiiiiig-kuives. 



29400. Halibut-finning knife. Alex. McCiirdy, Gloucester, Mass. 

 •29412. Ilalibut-fimiing knil'e. Capt. E. L. Rowe, Gloucester, Mass. 



Chopping-knives. 



2940i). Uait-cleaver (used in halibut lisbing). Alex. McCunly, Gloucester, 



Mass. 

 32GG5. Cod-bait kuilc. Gloucester, Mass. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 32664. Bait-cleaver. " " 



Cheek-knives. 



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



Tliroating-knives. 



22669. Cod-tliroater (single edge). Gloucester, Mass. U. S. Fisb Commission. 



22670. Cod-tbroater (double edge). " « 



Fisli-knives (for general use). 



23159. Fifili-knile. Heavy. 12-incb l)lade. .lubu Russell Cutlery Co., 



Turner's Falls, Mass. 

 23196. Fisb-knife. Hook handle. 12-in(b blade. John Russell Cutlery 



Co., Turner's Falls, Mass. 



Scaling-knives. 



26210. Saw-blade fish-scaling knife. John Russell Cutlery Co., Tamer's 

 Falls, Mass. 



Sailors' and fishermen's sheath-knives. 



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



2942S. Sheath and belt, with "law-abiding" sheath-knife. First quality. 

 2942i). Sheath and 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 iind dull. 



Hunters' sheath-knives. 



The linnting-knives enumerated above, manufactured by the .John Russell 

 Cutlery Co., and others like them, are usually provided witli sheaths la- fore 

 they are used by hunters. 



26665. Hnntiiig-knife, sheath, and belt. Fcnest «S:. Stream Fubli.shing C<>. 

 (Troperty of Jolin A. Xiehols, Syracuse, N. Y.) 



Slivoring-knivcs, used by li.slu'niicii. 



These knives are used to slice the fiesh froin Ihe sides of the menhaden used 

 for bait. Tlie slices thus prejinred arc called "slivers,"' and are salted down 

 in b.arrels to be usi'd as baits fiu" cod, halibut, and mackerel books, or are 

 ground up in the bait-mills, forming "stoslT'or "chum," a thick paste wliieh 

 is thrown over the sides oi the mackejel-smacks to tole the fish to the 

 surface. 



