General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

WOODEN HANDLE/ METAL BLADE/ RUBBER CORD

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

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Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Apiculture

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

PIERCE

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Anaheim

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

UNUSED

Canada

TYPE OF TOOL USED FOR HONEY EXTRACTION BY SMALL APIARIES

Function

USED TO SHAVE OR REMOVE THE CAPPINGS FROM COMBS OF SEALED HONEY PRIOR TO EXTRACTION

Technical

FIRST EXAMPLES WERE KITCHEN KNIVES. BY 1854, A SPECIAL 2 EDGE LONG KNIFE WITH A STEEL ROD WAS USED, AND IN 1879, BINGHAM & HETHERINGTON INTRODUCED A KNIFE THAT COULD BE IMMERGED IN BOILING WATER. JONES IMPROVED IT BY STENGTHENING THE BLADE. THE STEAM UNCAPPING KNIFE CAME OUT C.1910, & THE ELECTRIC KNIFE IN 1933.(COMMENTS)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Print on top side of handle reads: "PIERCE MFG., INC/ MODEL II/ ELECTRIC UNCAPPING KNIFE/ 120 V.A.C. 675 W./ ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA/ LISTED [IN CIRCLE "UL"]/ 775G"/ BLACK PRINT ON UNDERSIDE READS: "T6763"/ INCISED PRINT ON BACK SIDE OF BLADE READS: "PAT 2250602"

Missing

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Finish

LACQUERED WOODEN HANDLE/ POLISHED METAL/ BLACK CORD

Decoration

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