IMPROVEMENTS IN BACON KNIVES
Year: 1884

page_text: JOB SHEPHERD, 33 King Street, Gt Portwood Rd Stockport, in the County of
Cheshire Mechanic do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN BACON KNIVES to be as follows:-
A strait knife much like an ordinary one, but instead of there being a sharp
point at the end opposite the handle, it will be square, with the exception of the
top corner being a little rounded, as the end will not be required to cut with.
The side, A, of the blade will be nearest to the bacon, and parallel, ground and
made sharp for cutting one side, B, only (by side, B, I mean the opposite side to A)
about two thirds from the sharp edge and in the blade will be three small round
holes (with the exception of long knives, as those will require more) the first one
a short distance from the handle, the second one half way up the blade, longi-
tudnally, the third one the same distance from the end as the first is from the
handle, and in long knives, wich will require more holes, the holes will be equaly
divided. On side, B, will be an adgustable guidé the whole length of the blade,
there will be a slot hole at each end, also one in the middle to corespond with
holes in the blade. A little distance from each hole and down to edge of the blade
will be a recess at the edge of the blade and about of an inch progecting from
the sharp edge and about one inch deep will be a portion of the guide preceeding
the sharp edge of the blade. This guide preceeding the blade and progecting from
the blade of an inch and the recess above will allow the bacon to pass through,
being but one thickness. On side, A, the holes will be cone shaphed to allow the
head of a screw in each hole to be parallel.

page_text: I, JOB SHEPHERD 33, King Street Gt Portwood Stockport in the County
Lancaster Mechanic do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BACON KNIVES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
A knife much like an ordinary one, with the exception of the end opposite to
the handle being sharp, it will be square except the top corner wich will be
rounded a little, a, side will be perfectly flat, B, side will taper down from top
of the blade to the sharp edge, c, three or more holes made in the blade to be made
cone shaped on side, a, so as to admit of screw heads being made parallel on side B,
an adgustable guide will be attached the whole length of the blade, there will be a
slot hole at each end, also one in the center, to corespond with holes in the blade.
A little distance from each hole and down to edge of, blade, will be a recess, so as to
allow the bacon to pass through the whole length of the recess and progecting
from the blade about of an inch will be a portion of the guide carried to and
preceding the sharp edge of an inch the bacon will pass through betwen this
portion of the guide and the sharp edge of blade about of an inch in thickness.
Having now particularly. described and accertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
A bacon knife with three or more holes in the blade coned shaped on one side
with an adjustable guide of an inch wider than the blade and as many screws
and nuts as there are holes in the blade & guide to fasten both together
substantionally as herein before described.