Patent ID: 9364959
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: B26B

Claim Text:
1. A solar knife comprising: a knife blade including a cutting portion defining a sharp cutting edge and an elongate extending tang defining a longitudinal axis, a first knife handle scale attached to the tang to define a knife handle, the first knife handle scale having a sacrificial anode insert embedded therein, an oblique aperture that defines an aperture axis that is oblique to the longitudinal axis of the knife blade, and a reflective parabolic outer surface, the reflective parabolic outer surface reflects sunlight to a focal point, and the aperture axis substantially intersects the focal point so that when a substantially straight combustible work piece is received by the oblique aperture, the substantially straight combustible work piece will interact with the reflected sunlight at the focal point to ignite the substantially straight combustible work piece.