A NEW OR IMPROVED COMBINED PRUNING KNIFE AND WALKING STICK
Year: 1884

page_text: I ROBERT WATSON COWEN trading as Jacob Cowen and Sons of Dalston Forge
Dalston near Carlisle in the County of Cumberland Spade and Shovel and Edge
Tool Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW
OR IMPROVED COMBINED PRUNING KNIFE AND WALKING STICK " to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object to readily convert a pruning knife into a walking
stick by modifying the stem or handle and combining with or attaching to the
pruning knife the following parts For this purpose I construct a sheath or cover
of leather or a combination of leather and wood or other hard material the said
sheath being of a size and shape suitable to cover the blade of the pruning knife
and the metallic bolster or ferrule at the blade end of the wooden stem or handle
of the pruning knife and to one end of the said sheath or cover I attach a wooden
or other handle. The open end of the sheath or cover is split or divided and is
furnished with a strap and buckle or other fastening by which the said sheath
can be attached at its split end to the bolster end of the blade. The stein or
handle of the pruning knife is made of such a length that when the blade is
covered by the sheath the combined article has the length of an ordinary walking
stick. The end of the stem or handle of the pruning knife is protected by a
metallic ferrule.
When it is desired to convert the pruning knife into a walking stick the blade
of the said knife is introduced into the sheath or cover of the combined sheath
and handle and the said sheath is fixed in its place by binding its split end by
means of the strap and buckle fastening described around the bolster part of the
knife.
The blade of the pruning knife is thus covered and protected and the instru-
ment can be used as a walking stick by holding it by the handle at the head of
the sheath or cover. By removing the combined sheath or cover and handle the
pruning knife is ready for use.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I ROBERT WATSON COWEN, trading as Jacob Cowen and Sons, of Dalston
Forge, Dalston near Carlisle, in the County of Cumberland, Spade and Shovel
and Edge Tool Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
"A NEW OR IMPROVED COMBINED PRUNING KNIFE AND WALKING STICK
and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
"
My invention has for its object to readily convert a pruning knife into a walking
stick by modifying the stem or handle and combining with or attaching to the
pruning knife the following parts. For this purpose I construct a sheath or cover
of leather or a combination of leather and wood or other hard material, the said
sheath being of a size and shape suitable to cover the blade of the pruning knife
and the metallic bolster or ferrule at the blade end of the wooden stem or handle
of the pruning knife, and to one end of the said sheath or cover I attach a wooden
or other handle. The open end of the sheath or cover is split or divided and is
furnished with a strap and buckle or other fastening by which the said sheath can
be attached at its split end to the bolster end of the blade.
The stem or handle of the pruning knife is made of such a length that when
the blade is covered by the sheath the combined article has the length of an
ordinary walking stick. The end of the stem or handle of the pruning knife is
protected by a metallic ferrule.
When it is desired to convert the pruning knife into a walking stick the blade
of the said knife is introduced into the sheath or cover of the combined sheath
and handle and the said sheath is fixed in its place by binding its split end by
means of the strap and buckle fastening described around the bolster part of
the knife.
The blade of the pruning knife is thus covered and protected and the instru-
ment can be used as a walking stick by holding it by the handle at the head of
the sheath or cover. By removing the combined sheath or cover and handle the
pruning knife is ready for use.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in elevation my new or
improved combined pruning knife and walking stick and Figure 2 represents the
same partly in section; Figure 3 represents the pruning knife separately and
Figure 4 represents the combined sheath and handle detached from the pruning knife;
Figure 5 represents a horizontal section of the sheath and pruning knife taken on
the dotted line a a Figure 2, and Figure 6 represents a plan of underside of the
handle of the sheath.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of
the drawing.
b is the pruning knife and c the wooden stem or handle of the same, the end of
the said stem or handle being protected by the metallic ferrule d; e is the
sheath or cover of the pruning knife which sheath or cover may be made
wholly of leather or of a combination of leather and wood or other hard material.
The said sheath is of such a length that it not only covers the blade b but also the
metallic bolster or ferrule 62 of the said blade as represented in the drawing. To
the upper end of the sheath e a wooden or other handle f is attached. This
handle fis recessed at g for receiving the upper end of the blade 6 of the pruning
knife when the latter is introduced into its sheath (see Figure 2).

page_text: The open end e³ of the sheath e is split or divided and is furnished with a strap
and buckle h by which the sheath e can be attached at its split end e³ to the
bolster end of the blade b. When the split end e³ of the sheath e is contracted
upon the bolster end of the blade the said split end passes under the shoulder of
the blade and when bound in that position by the strap and buckle fastening has
represented in Figure 1, the sheath and handle e, f are securely connected to the
pruning knife b, c.
When the pruning knife Figure 3 is required to be converted into a walking
stick the blade b of the knife is introduced into the sheath or cover of the com-
bined sheath and handle Figure 4 the point end of the blade entering the
recess g in the handle ƒ as represented in Figure 2. The sheath e is next fixed
in its place by binding its split end e³ around the bolster part 6 of the knife and
fastening it by the strap and buckle fastening at h as represented in Figure 1.
The blade of the pruning knife is thus covered and protected and the instrument
can be used as a walking stick by holding it by the handle f of the sheath or
cover e. By removing the combined sheath or cover and handle e, f the pruning
knife is ready for use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is: A new or improved combined pruning knife and walking stick, the
parts of which are constructed arranged and used substantially as herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.
Dated this Twenty second day of November 1884.