74 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES^ 



Fiuning-knives. 



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

 29412. Halibut-finning knife. Cajit. E. L. Rowe, Gloucester, Mass. 



Chopping-knives. 



2940G. Bait-cleaver (used in halibut fisbiug). Alex. McCurdy, Gloucester, 



Mass. 

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

 32864. Bait-cleaver. <' " 



Cheek-knives. 



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



Throating-knives. 



22669. Cod-throater (single edge). Gloucester, Mass. U. S. Fish Commission. 



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



Fish-knives (for general nse). 



2C159. Fish-knife. Heavy. 12-inch bladet John Russell Cutlery Co., 



Turner's Falls, Mass. 

 23196. Fish-knife. Hook handle, 12-inch blade. John Russell Cutlery 



Co., Turner's Falls, Mass. 



Scaling-knives. 



26210. Saw-blade fish-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. 

 29423. Sheath and belt. Second quality. 



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

 The "law-abiding" sheath-knilb is round at the tij) of the blade, 

 which is also thick and dull. 



Hunters' sheath-knives. 



The hunting-knives enumerated above, manufactured by the John Russell 

 Cutlery Co., and others like them, are usually provided with sheaths before 

 they are used by hunters. 



26635. Hunting-knife, sheath, and belt. Forest &. Stream Publishing Co. 

 (Property of .John A. Nichols, Syracuse, N. Y.) 



Slivering-knives, used, by fishermen. 



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

 for bait. The slices thus prei^ared are called "slivers," and are salted doAvn 

 in barrels to be used as baits for cod, halibut, and mackerel hooks, or are 

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

 is throwu over the sides of the mackerel-smacks to tole the fish to the 

 surface. 



