A NEW METHOD OF MAKING KNIFE, SCISSARS, AND VARIOUS OTHER CASES OR SHEATHS
Year: 1812

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FRANCIS
DEAKIN, of Deritend Mills, in the Parish of Aston, in the County of
Warwick, Wire Drawer, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-third day of
October, in the fifty-second year of His reign, give and grant unto me, the
said Francis Deakin, my exors, adñiors, and assigns, Ilis especial licence, full
power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said Francis Deakin, my
exors, adñiors, and assigns, should and lawfully might, during the term of
years therein mentioned, make, use, exercise, and vend, within England,
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A NEW
METHOD OF MAKING KNIFE, SCISSARS, AND VARIOUS OTHER CASES OR SHEATHS;" in
which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso, that if I, the said Francis
Deakin, shall not particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument
in writing under my hand and seal, and cause the same to be inrolled in His
Majesty's High Court of Chancery within two calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent, that then the said
Letters Patent, and all liberties and advantages whatsoever thereby granted,
shall utterly cease, determine, and become void, as in and by the same
(relation being thereunto had) may more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Francis Deakin, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner of performing the same, are particularly described in manner
following, that is to say :-
I do, in the first place, make the said cases or sheaths out of wrought or
rolled iron or copper, or such other metal or metalic compound as may, from
the particular nature or intended use of the article, be found or considered to
be preferable to iron; and I do by welding, soldering, brazing, rivetting,
pinning, screwing, overlapping, or by other fit and workmanlike means,
unite or join together the parts of the said cases or sheaths in the forms
suitable to said nature or use, whether the same be intended to inclose
and preserve scissars, penknives, swords, bayonets, or any other cutting
instruments, or matters and things requiring or needful to be so inclosed
and preserved.
And, secondly, I do cover or coat or defend the said cases or sheaths with
cloth, or tow, or paper, or leather, or skin, or membrane, or wool, or hair, or
felted material, or spun thread, or yarn, or any other flexible or fibrous
material capable of giving toughness, strength, and durability to varnish or
lacquer or other adhesive substance which may be laid thereon or introduced
between the parts and in the interstices of the said covering, coating, or
defence so to be made or applied.
And, further, I do apply upon the surface, and within the interstices of the
said covering, coating, or defence, a sufficient quantity of varnish or lacquer
or other adhesive substance, such as glue or paste or paint, capable of
becoming solid by drying or exposure with or without the use of heat; or I
do fill the interstices with one kind or description of substance, and cover the
surface with such other kind or description of substance as may, from choice
or cheapness or any other motive, be preferred.
And, lastly, as to the forms, sizes, and other general qualities of the said
cases or sheaths, and the several manipulations or practices to be used in fabri-
cating the same, it is not necessary to give any particular description thereof,
and the method of working in each several department of the fabrication are
respectively the same as are commonly used for such and the like purposes.
In witness whereof, I, the said Francis Deakin, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and twelve.
FRANCIS DEAKIN. (L.B.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-first day of December,
in the year of our Lord 1812, the aforesaid Francis Deakin came before
our said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to
the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Twenty-second day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and twelve.