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Straight knives. 



Silvering-knives, used by fislierineii. ' 



29407. Slivering-knife. (Pattern first used by Cape Ann fishermen.) Geo. 

 B. Foster, Beverly, Mass. 



29399. Slivering-knife. (Cape Ann pattern.) Alex. McCurdy. 



29405. Slivering-knife. (Xantucket pattern.) Samuel Elwell, jr., Glouces- 

 ter. Mass. 



25764. Slivering-knife. Samuel Elwell, jr., Gloucester, Mass. 



32666. Slivering-blade. Gloucester, Mass. U. S. Fish Commission. 



FUtching-knives. 



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

 and smoking. 



32726. Shore flitching-knife. Gloucester, Mass. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 32690. Bank flitching-knife. Adolph Yoss, Gloucester, Mass. 

 29410. Fh'tching-knife. Gloucester, Mass. A. R. Crittenden. 



Clain 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-pointed blade is curled so as to fit the finger like a ring. 



29439. Xet-mendiug knives (right-hand). Alex. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 



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



Mackerel-riinmers' fattiug-knives or ploughs. 



Used in creasing the sides of lean mackerel (Xos. 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. Elwell, jr., Gloucester, Mass. 



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



25773. Mackerel-plough. Edward Davis. 



25774. Mackerel-plough. Edward Davis. 



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

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



Splitting-knives. 



Used in cleaning fish before salting. 



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



22667. Cod-splitting knife (curved). " " 



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



Stone and bone knives used by Indians and Eskimos. 



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

 McFarlane. 



