Slick
- Object Name:
- Slick
- Object ID:
- 1983.061.01
- Creator:
- Underhill, George W. & Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Nashua, NH
- Date:
- 1840-1852
- Description:
- Slick. Steel blade, wooden handle. Cutting edge at front 3.5" wide, almost straight with convex bevel, 0.4" wide. Stock at front, 0.18" thick. Blade tapers to width of 3.2", ~9.7" from blade edge. It then tapers and becomes thicker to form socket handle. Socket portion 4.2" long. Outside diameter of socket opening, 1.4". Wooden handle outside socket, 11.6" long. Straight cylinder in wood ~3.6" from socket end where handle then narrows down at its shoulder, then expands out at a long taper to smoothly-rounded end. Two small decorative bands of knurled wood near ends of cylindrical section of handle. Rivet through socket to hold handle in place. Stamped on top of blade, "G. W. / UNDE[RHILL] & CO / NASHUA-N.H / CAST STEEL". Wire brushed.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel
Wood - Dimensions:
- H-2.2 W-3.5 L-28.2 inches Weight-72.7 oz
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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