Author: Grant, Madison
Title: The Knife in Homespun America and Related Items: Its Construction and Material As Used by Woodsmen, Farmers, Soldiers, Indians, and General Population
Description: Glen Mills, PA, M. Grant, 1984. Hardcover. A dark green casebound book with the title in gilt lettering across the front cover and down the spine. There is a beige dust jacket with a black-and-white image on the front cover. The title is printed in black lettering both on the front cover and down the spine. The free and pasted end pages are a deep yellow. Pages: (12), 1-187. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white images. Contents are as follows: Dating the knife -- Ancestors of our knives -- The American big knife -- The side knife -- Old Joe comes home -- The lance corporal -- The long knife or sword -- The hybrid knife -- The butcher knife -- The dagger -- The boot knife -- The hooked knife -- Purpose and shape -- The hunting or belt knife -- The tomahawk -- The patch knife -- The hill top -- The mound builders -- Indian knives -- The knife and the fur trade -- The crooked knife -- The pouch knife -- The skinning knife -- The folding or pocket knife -- The fork -- The folding fork -- The combination knife and fork -- The spoon -- The table knife -- The blade and the sewing basket -- Some variations in bone grips -- Related blades and implements -- The pen knife -- The horseman's knife -- The voyageur -- Before the automobile -- Davy Crockett -- Bibliography. Ill.: Elisii, Tom. VG+/VG: The book is in excellent condition, with clean pages and tight binding. The dust jacket is beginning to show signs of age in the corners.

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