An Improvement in the Manufacture of a Cheap and Efficient Bolster or Shoulder to be Used in the Manufacture of Table Knives, Dessert Knives and Carvers (Meat and Game).
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Nov., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 27th Apr., 1899-Accepted, 2nd June, 1899
An Improvement in the Manufacture of a Cheap and Efficient Bolster
or Shoulder to be Used in the Manufacture of Table Knives,
Dessert Knives and Carvers (Meat and Game).
I, WILLIAM MCCLORY, of the Firm of John McClory and Sons, Continental
Works, Milton Street, Sheffield, Cutlery Manufacturers of 422, Glossop Road,
Sheffield, in, the County of York, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:
My improvement relates to the manufacture of an efficient bolster or shoulder
to be used in the manufacture of table knives, dessert knives, and carvers, (meat
and game); its object being to obtain cheapness and rapidity in construction.
I press, stamp, or otherwise form the blade and tang of the knife out of one
piece, of any desired shape, or size, without the shoulder or bolster.
I take a piece of suitable metal or material preferably malleable iron, of the
desired shape, having a hole through it, to receive the tang of the blade. This
tang is preferably oblong; to prevent its turning, and on the top of the said
piece I form a groove or recess to correspond with the size or thickness of the blade.
I take the piece with its hole and recess and place it on the tang of the knife
until it reaches the widest part of the blade which fits in the bottom of the afore-
said groove or recess slightly overlapping the blade.
The blade, tang and the piece in position are placed in suitable dies and pressure
such as a drop-stamp, hammer or press is brought to bear upon them so as to
firmly press the piece on to the tang and blade, which forms the shoulder or
bolster.
The shoulder is finished off and polished in the usual manner and the handle
placed on the tang to form the complete knife.
Knives, forks, carvers requiring shoulders or bolsters can be similarly treated
if desired.
Dated this 5th day of November 1898.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Manufacture of a Cheap and Efficient Bolster
or Shoulder to be Used in the Manufacture of Table Knives,
Dessert Knives and Carvers (Meat and Game).
I, WILLIAM MCCLORY, (of the Firm of John McClory and Sons, Continental
Works, Milton Street, Sheffield, Cutlery Manufacturers), of 422, Glossop Road,

page_text: Sheffield, in the County of York, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:
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This improvement relates to the manufacture of an efficient bolster or shoulder
for table knives, dessert knives, and carvers so as to obtain cheapness and rapidity
of construction.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a blank form of the blade and tang of a knife
with the loose shoulder or bolster in position:
Figure 2 is a plan of same:
Figure 3 is a side elevation of same showing the shoulder or bolster pressed on:
Figure 4 is a plan of same:
Figures 5, 6, 7, and 8 are enlarged views of side, front back and plan respectively
of the shoulders or bolster.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
The blade A and the tang A¹ of the knife is pressed, stamped or otherwise
formed in one piece of any desired shape or size.
I form a shoulder or bolster B of any suitable metal or material preferably
malleable iron, with a hole B¹ and a groove, recess or slot B2 so that the bolster
can be placed on the tang A', with the groove B2 tight in position taking part
of the blade A on the one side in the groove 12 and the tang A' by the hole B¹.
Having placed the bolster B in position I take it to a stamp press or hammer
having suitable dies so that when the bolster is operated on it is impressed on
to the blade A and the tang A¹ in a firm position and carries then the impression
of the dies as shown in Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
Any other impression if desired may be, given according to the construction
of the dies.
Having now firmly fixed the bolster B on the blade and tang by the aforesaid
process, grinding and finishing are then resorted to so that "the" shoulder and
blade appear in a polished state as one and the handle placed on the tang forms
the complete article.
Knives have only been mentioned in this arrangement but forks, carvers, or
other articles requiring shoulders or bolsters can be similarly treated if desired.
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:-
1. The combination with a knife or the like of a bolster such as B formed
separate from the knife and attached thereto substantially as and for the purpose
described.
2. Attaching a bolster such as B to a knife or the like by stamping or pressing
substantially as described.
3. The complete knife blade tang and bolster substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 27th day of Annil 1800
WILLIAM MCCLORY,
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.