IMPROVEMENTS IN HANDLES FOR CUTLERY AND OTHER ANALOGOUS ARTICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: We THOMAS BROOKE and JOHN BROOKE of West Street, Sheffield in the County
of York Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of our Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN HANDLES FOR CUTLERY AND OTHER ANALOGOUS ARTICLES"
to be as follows:-
Our Invention relates to improvements in handles for cutlery, and other
analogous articles, such as ivory paper knives; the object being to make a handle
that shall closely imitate those made from the solid tip or point of an elephants
tusk, in which the part that is grasped by the hand is left nearly in its natural
state, colour and shape, but the end next the blade is ornamentally turned, and
shows the pure ivory. According to our Invention we take the "tines" of stags
horn of suitable shape and size, and dress them down smooth, they are then stained
a suitable colour, generally a light reddish brown, causing them to exactly resemble
ivory tips. We turn the shoulders, or that part of the handle next the blade, out
of ivory, and attach it to the handle proper in the following manner. We bore a
suitable hole in the handle and screw a piece of tube firmly into it, leaving a short
projecting piece upon which we screw the turned ivory shoulder, or we screw the
ivory block from which the shoulder is made firmly up against the handle, and
finish it in its place. The tang of the blade is inserted through the shoulder into
the metallic tube, and is secured by cement. Handles so constructed exactly
resemble those made from ivory, are exceedingly durable, resist the action of hot
water better than ivory, and are more economical in cost of production.
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page_text: We THOMAS BROOKE and JOHN BROOKE both of West Street, Sheffield in the
County of York Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of our Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN HANDLES FOR CUTLERY AND OTHER ANALAGOUS ARTICLES,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our Invention relates to improvements in handles for cutlery and for other
analagous articles (such as ivory paper cutters ;) the object being to make handles
that shall so closely imitate similar handles made from solid ivory tips, in which
the part that is 'beld in the hand is left nearly in its natural state as regards colour
(generally a reddish brown) and also the shape, but at the end next the blade is
ornamentally finished showing the pure ivory; also handles that are similarly
finished at both ends.
According to our Invention we take the tines or tips of stags horns of suitable
size and shape and dress them down smooth after which they are stained the
desired colour to resemble the ivory tips. The shoulders are turned out of real
ivory or other material resembling ivory, and are attached to the staghorn tips or
handle proper, preferably in the following manner. A hole is bored in the handle
and a piece of tube screwed firmly therein, leaving a short piece projecting from
the end upon which the shoulder is screwed until it bears firmly against the end of
the handle, the tang of the blade being passed through the shoulder and down the
tube, and finally secured by some suitable cement. In what are known as
" cap
and ferrule "handles, the same method is used to secure the two attached pieces to
the centre of stag horn.
In the accompanying Sheet of Drawings
Fig. 1. shows a handle made according to our Invention, part being shown in
section to show the metallic tube.
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A is the handle proper made from a tine of stag horn. B is the ivory shoulder
C, is the metallic tube screwed into both portions. Fig. 2 shows a tube D of other
material such as boxwood, Fig. 3. represents a cap and ferrule" handle. The same
letters of reference indicate similar parts in any of the Figures. Having now
particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is,
The method of constructing handles for articles of cutlery and for other similar
articles from the "tines" of stags horns dressed and stained, and in combination
with ivory, or imitation's of ivory, shoulders or similar parts, in such a manner as
to exactly resemble similar handles made from real ivory substantially as hercin
before described and illustrated.