Automatic Knife Grinder & Did you ever wonder what knife handles are made of?

[supratentorial]

1886 article on knife handles from the digital library at Cornell

http://digital.library.cornell.edu/...0018-3;view=image;seq=00061;node=manu0018-3:1

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[supratentorial]

...and an automatic knife grinder.
http://digital.library.cornell.edu/...0006-1;view=image;seq=00014;node=manu0006-1:1

 

[dannyp]

Thanks for taking the time to post these, Jake. Nice little find there.