ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. ii) 



Straight ksaiveis. 



Slivering-knives, used by fislieruieu. 



29407. Slivering-kuilV. (ratterii first used by C'jipo Ana lisliormcu.) Geo. 

 B. Foster, Beverly, Mass. 



29399. Sliveriug-kiiife. (Cape Auu pattern.) Alex. MeCurdy. 



29405. Sliveriiig-knife. (Xautiieket pattern.) Samuel Elwell, jr., Glouces- 

 ter, ilass. 



25764. Sliveriug:-kuife. Samuel Ehvell, jr., Gloucester, Mass. 



32668. Sliveriug-blade. Gloucester, Mass. U. S. Fish Commission. 



riitcliing-knives. 



Used in slicing halibut into steaks or "Hitches" in preparation for salting 

 and smoking. 



32726. Store flitehing-knife. Gloucester, Mass. U.S. Fish Conunissiou. 

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

 29410. Fliteliing-kuif'e. Gloucester, Mass. A. R. Crittenden. 



Clam and oyster knives. 



26209. Clam-knife. 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 without handles, and the heel of the short (2 inches long) 

 round-i)ointed blade is curled so as to fit the finger like a ring. 



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



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



Mackerel-rimmers' fatting-knives or ploughs. 



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

 resemble fat (No. 1) mackerel. 



25768. Mackerel-plough. Edwin Blatchford. 



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



25770. Mackerel-plough. S. Ehvell, jr., Gloucester, IMass. 



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



25773. Mackerel-plough. Edward Davis. 



25774. Mackerel-plough. Edward Davis. 



25775. Mackerel-phmgh. (Used in 1860.) Mrs. Hannah M. Burt. 

 25720. Mackerel-plough. Central Wharf Co., Proyincetown, Mass. 



Splitting-knives. 



Used in cleaning fish before salting. 



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



22667. Cod-splitliug knife (curved). '' " 



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



Stone and bone knives used by Iiidiiiiis and Eskimos. 



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

 McFarlaue. 



