Knife
- Object Name:
- Knife
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.018
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Leatherworker's knife, round. Medium-brown, oval wood handle. Brass and steel. Oval cross-section wood handle has straight taper to brass ferrule. Steel blade is 0.07" thick at handle, tapers to sharp, roughly semi-circular edge. Top edges of blade are semi-circular near handle then become straight, horizontal to outer edge. Stamped on one side of steel facing handle: "____CKHOFF / NY".
- Material:
- Metal
Steel
Brass
Wood - Dimensions:
- W-2.8 L-5.3 D-0.9 inches
- Provenance:
- From the estate of Charles Symonds, Loudon, NH, purchased at T.R. Langdell auction, June 28, 1980. The Symonds family included leatherworkers David H. Symonds (1804-1877) and his son George Symonds (1838-1930) of Concord, NH. The family also lived in Hopkinton, NH.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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