Knife, uncapping

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OBJECT TYPE: STEAM
DATE: 1935
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0037.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOODEN HANDLE AND METAL BLADE

Dimensions

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

Length: 47.7 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Height: 4.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Apiculture
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
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.(COMMENT
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: N/A
Finish: HANDLE PAINTED BLACK; PAINT HAS BEEN WORN OFF IN AREAS/ BLADE APPEARS TO BE COPPER
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Knife, uncapping, after 1935, Artifact no. 2001.0037, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2001.0037.001/

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