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Straight knives. 



Splitting and ripping' knives. 



29416. Double-edged ripping-knife (peculiar to coast of Maine). Wilcox, 



Crittenden & Co., Middletown, Conn. 



29402. Mackerel-splitting knife. A. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 

 29408. Mackerel-splitting knife. Capt. Sam. Elwell, Gloucester, Mass. 

 29404, Codfish-splitting knife. A. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 



29413. Cod or haddock ripping knife (old style). G. P. Foster, Beverly, 



Mass. 



29414. Hake or haddock splitting knife. A. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 



29415. Haddock-ripping knife. " " 



Maying-knives, aboriginal and recent. 1 



26169. Flaying-knife. 5-inch blade. John Russell Cutlery Co., Turner's 



[Falls, Mass. 



26170. Flaying-knife. 6-inch blade. " " 



26171. Flaying-knife. 7-inch blade. " " 



26179. Flaying-knife. 5-inch blade. " " 



26180. Flaying-knife. 6-inch blade. " " 



26181. Flaying-knife. 6i-inch blade. " " 



26185. Flaying-knife. 5-inch blade. " 



26186. Flaying-knife. 6-inch blade. " " 



26187. Flaying-knife. 7-inch blade. " " 



26188. Flaying-knife. 5-iuch blade. " " 



26189. Flaying-knife, 6-inch blade. " 



26190. Flaying-knife. 7-inch blade. " " 

 25211. Flaying-knife. 5-iuch blade. " " 



26212. Flaying-knife. 6-inch blade. " " 



26213. Flaying-knife. 6|-inch blade. " " 



Blubber-knives, Eskimos. 2 

 Boarding-knives used by whalemen. 



Used in cutting the blubber into sections from the "blanket piece" or long 

 strip which is peeled from the side's of the whale ; for illustration of the 

 manner of use see the model of whaler " cutting in the blubber." 



25676. Boarding-knife. W. H. Cook & Co., New Bedford, Mass. 

 "This knife has seen many years of service." A. R. C. 

 26608. Boarding-knife, with sheath. A. R. Crittenden, Middletown, Coun. 



Whalemen's boat-knives. 



Used to cut the harpoon-line when it gets tangled in paying out. 



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



This model in its sheath on the bulkhead of the vrhalc-Loat, ready 

 for use, is sho\vn in the model of a whale-boat (No. 24880). 



Heading-knives. 



32689. Halibut-heading knife. Adolph Voss, Gloucester, Mass. 



1 A full series of Eskimo and Indian tlaying-knivea is displayed in tho Ethnological 

 division. 

 2 A series of these implements is exhibited in the Ethnological division. 



