Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-18
MEMS POCKET KNIVES.
Notwithstanding Political Campaign
Talk the Best Come From ENGLAND.

"A mans pocket knife Is his fldus
achates." said the clerk at the cutlery
counter OF one of Washington's department
stores. as she handed out tray of i'm
ported pocket knives and laid them on the
counter for the purchasers inspection.
mo, we do not handle American made
goods at all in this line, nor in scissors.
There Is no demand for them In the trade
that we have. and, although in tariff
speeches in campaigns there is great deal
said about the home made article being as
good as the imported. Well have to let II
go as tariff speech, because In high
grade goods such as you are now examin-
ing 1t isn't.
The best cutlery steel comes now from
the same old place whence 1t has always
hailed-Sheff1eld, England Although we
may send steel rails from Pittsburg to
Liverpool the Sheffield cutters have the
drop on the world as to cutlery steel The
American made pocketknife is a good arti-
Gle for the money 1t costs, however.
"A pocket knife Is one Of the most ap-
proprfate gifts that can be made to a
mamie esteems fine pocket knife as does
woman a set Of furs. Women, however,
are chary in giving pocket knives and
sharp instruments to their sweethearts be-
cause of the feminine superstition that
such articles may cut the bonds of love or
friendship. can't vouch for the truth OF
the superstition. but I can assert that
women believe in it and that men don't.
Another thing about our sex In the pur-
chase of pocket knives for, despite the
superstition. great many ladies buy
pocket knives for their gentlemen friends, a
woman will almost invariably buy knife
with the most blades; as between two.
three or four bladed knife she will take
the four bladed one every time, and If she
takes one with fewer blades you can wager
a box of candies that she Is buying ac-
cording to instructions from the masculine
mind.
ION the other hand a man, as a rule,
will choose one Of fewer blades, the three
bladed knife being the most popular choice.
The file blade is not inserted in the handle
as much as formerly. 1t Is a blade which
lete according to the minds Of most men,
their choice falls upon the style without
this blade. Yet there are some men who
will ask for the file-bladed knife
THE modern imported, pearl-handled
pocket knife is very highly finished arti-
Gle for mems convenience and use.i In ad-
dltion to tho blade metal being of the fin
est tempered steel, the mother of pearl used
in the handles is especially selected for its
Iuster and finish, while the interior sides OF
the handles are lined with very thin sheets
of brass 1t Is finished as an entirety much
more delicately and artistieally than for
merly If after use, the temper of the
blades turns out to be all right a man
becomes attached to a particular pocket
knife, and he grieves over its loss as much
as a woman over the loss of an expensive
bracelet. The blades OF the finer qualities
have razor finish and polish. They rust
easily from the moisture from perspiration
while carried in the pocket. and neatly fin
ished channels cases are furnished. These
have patent clasps like the claps OF glove.
You can sometimes tell a mans disposition
by this knife case. II he IS of . careful.
patient disposition, he retains the case, but
an impatient man win discard II.