[17] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 841 



HEADING KNIVES. / 



Halibut heading knife. 



Steel blade, single edge. Pine handle. Length: blade, 17£ inches; 

 handle, 6 inches. Gloucester, Mass., 1878. 57,590. Gift of 

 Adolph Yoss, maker. Used for cutting off halibut heads. 



THROATING KNIVES. 

 COD THROATING KNIVE. 



Steel blade, single edge. Pine handle. Length: blade, 5f inches; 

 handle, 6 inches. Beverly, Mass., 1877. 29,413. Gift of G. 

 P. Foster. Knife used in early part of this century by Grand 

 Bankers for cutting off heads and ripping bellies in dressing 

 codfish. 



COD THROATING KNIFE. 



Steel blade, double edge. Pine handle, lead mounted. Length : 

 blade, 6§ inches ; handle, 3f inches. Alaska pattern, 1880. 

 57,500. Gift of Alex. McCurdy, maker. Made at Gloucester, 

 Mass., for use in Alaska in cutting off heads and ripping bellies 

 in dressing codfish. 



GOD THROATING KNIFE. 



Steel blade, double edge. Pine handle. Length : blade, inches; 

 handle, 4£ inches. Gloucester, Mass., 1878. 32,670. U. S. 

 Fish Commission. For cutting off heads and ripping bellies 

 in dressing codfish. 



COD THROATING KNIFE. 



Steel blade, single edge. White-pine handle. Length : blade, 6 

 inches ; handle, 4^ inches. Gloucester, Mass., 1878. 32,669. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. For cutting off heads and ripping 

 bellies in dressing codfish. 



COD THROATING KNIFE. 



Steel blade, single edge. Pine handle, stained. Length : blade, 7 

 inches; handle, 5 inches. Gloucester, Mass., 1877. 29,411. 

 Gift of Capt. E. L. Eowe. For cutting off heads and ripping 

 bellies in dressing codfish. 



COD THROATING KNIFE. 



Steel blade, double edge. Pine handle. Length: blade, 5J inches; 

 handle, 5£ inches. Beverly, Mass., 1877. 29,403. Gift of G. 

 P. Foster. Used for cutting off heads and ripping bellies in 

 . dressing cod fish. 



