IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF POCKET KNIVES OR SPRING CUTLERY
Year: 1884

page_text: I ARTHUR BENJAMIN BALL of 35 Bennett Street Sheffield in the County of York
Cutler Do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF POCKET KNIVES OR SPRING CUTLERY to be as follows:—
This invention consists in the construction of pocket knives or spring cutlery
with the sheath, or back and scales, and "bunter" to conceal the spring or
springs, cast in one piece of brass or other suitable metal, instead, of the back and
one scale being cast together, or instead of the scales being formed of sheet metal
as formerly made. The advantages of this invention are that the back of the
knife is in one piece with the two scales, therefore showing no joint or division
line, and the knives are more cheaply made than others of equal quality.
Dated this 19th day of February 1884.
E. EDWARDS HEWETT,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I ARTHUR BENJAMIN BALL of 35 Bennett Street Sheffield in the County
of York, Cutler do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF POCKET KNIVES OR SPRING CUTLERY and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following, statement :-
This invention consists in the construction of pocket knives or spring cutlery
with the sheath, or back and scales, and "bunter" to conceal the spring or
springs, Cast in one piece of brass or other suitable metal, instead of the back and
one scale being cast together, or instead of the scales being formed of sheet metal
as formerly made. The advantages of this invention are that the back of the
knife is in one piece with the two scales, therefore showing no joint or division
line, and the knives are more cheaply made than others of equal quality.
The accompanying drawings illustrate my Invention.
Fig. 1 is a side view in elevation of the sheath, Fig. 2 is a plan of the front,
Fig. 3 is a plan of the back. Fig. 4 is a section in elevation as taken through the
dotted line Y Z (Fig. 3), Fig. 5 is a transverse section as taken through the dotted
line W X (Fig. 3).
A and B are the sides of the sheath and C is the back which are cast in one
piece; D D¹ are the "bunters" or projections, which hide the spring, and they are
also cast solid with the back and sides.
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. Improvements in the construction of pocket knives or spring cutlery by
casting in brass or any other suitable metal the two sides and back of the sheath,
haft or case, in one piece either with or without bolsters and with a projection or
"bunter" at one or both ends of the back to cover the ends of the spring or
springs substantially as herein before specified.
2. The construction of sheath herein before described in reference to the
accompanying drawings in which the sides A and B the back C and the bunters or
projections D D¹ are solid and cast in one piece of brass or other suitable metal.
Dated this 7th day of March 1884.
E. EDWARDS HEWETT,
Agent for the Applicant.