Year: 1887

page_text: We WILLIAM BARKER HATFIELD, of Livingstone Road, Manager, and CHARLES
WINGFIELD of Abbeydale Road Cutler, both of Sheffield in the County of York do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention of improvements in cutlery and relating more particularly to the
bolsters of Table Cutlery, is also applicable to spring Cutlery and other like articles
having boisters; the object being to enable hard metal to be used for a purpose, that
hitherto only soft metal has been used for on account of the difficulty of employing
the harder metal.
It consists in casting or otherwise forming each side of the bolster in combination
with a plain or ornamental clasping bit, which afterwards is fitted into a corresponding
recess in the scale or outer portion of the handle.
The bolster is made in halves either separately or joined together, each half or side
having a clasping bit of the same continuous metal depending from its lower edge,-
and shaped for example like a trefoil leaf attached by its stem to the bolster.
In its application to a scaletang table knife, which our invention is peculiarly
applicable, a recess is made in the outside face of each scale to correspond with and
receive the clasping bit, and when the said scales are attached to the tang, the bolster
pieces, or combined bolster and clasping pieces are placed in position and are firmly
secured by rivetting them to the tang of the blade.
In spring cutlery the combined bolster and clasping pieces would be secured to the
inner scale, and the outer part of the handle instead of the tang of the blade as above
described.
Dated the 15th day of Annil 1887
ROBT. F. DRURY,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: We WILLIAM BARKER HATFIELD of Livingstone Road, Manager, and CHARLES
WINGFIELD of Abbeydale Road, Cutler, both of 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 :-
Our invention of improvements in Cutlery, and relating more particularly to the
bolsters of Table Cutlery, is also applicable to spring Cutlery and other like articles
having bolsters; the object being to enable hard metal to be used for a purpose that
hitherto only soft metal has been used for, on account of the difficulty of employing
the harder metal.
It consists in casting or otherwise forming each side of the bolster in combination
with a plain or ornamental clasping bit, which is afterwards, in the construction of
the knife or like article, fitted into a correspondingly shaped recess made in the scale
or outer portion of the handle.
The annexed sheet of drawings illustrates the application of our invention to a Table
Knife.
Fig. 1. represents a front and side view of a half bolster A, and its clasp B.
Fig. 2. side elevation of a finished knife.
The bolster is preferably made in two pieces or halves, such as shown in Fig. 1, but
they may be made connected together at any suitable point if desired.
Each half bolster A, is made with a plain or ornamental clasping bit B, from the
same continuous metal, depending from the lower edge of the bolster, and suitably
shaped to form a clasp or retaining bit when let into a corresponding recess formed in
the scale or outer portion of the handle; such a shape in the form of a trefoil leaf is
shown as an example.
In its application to a scaletang table knife for example, to which our invention is
particularly applicable, a recess is made by any suitable means in the outside face of
each scale, in position and configuration to correspond with and to receive the
clasping bit B, which is intended to finish flush with the face of the scale.
When the scales are attached to the tang of the blade by usual means, the bolster
pieces with the clasping bits are placed in position and are firmly secured by means of
the rivet C, Fig. 2...
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In spring cutlery the combined bolster and clasping bit, would be secured to the
inner scale, and to the outer part of the handle or cover "instead of to the tang of
the blade, as above described."

page_text: Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1-The improved construction of bolster for cutlery in combination with clasp
bits for the purpose specified and substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated.
2-A knive having the bolster made in halves, either separate or joined together,
each half provided with a clasping bit let into the scale or handle, for the purpose
specified, and substantially as shown.