Improvements in the Manufacture of Butchers' Knives and similar Knives.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 8th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 14th Dec., 1888
Improvements in the Manufacture of Butchers' Knives and similar
Knives.
I, JOSEPH ERNEST BEAL of Redhill Works Sheffield in the County of York,
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of Butchers Knives and
other similar knives, and is an improvement upon my Patent No. 3345, 1882.
It consists of an improved method of securing the handle to the blade, or tang of
the blade, and of making the said method perfect and reliable.
In carrying out my invention which refers more particularly to scale tangs, I cut
out a central strip from the said scale tang, say for example of one third of the full
width, and of the full length thereof, and I make longitudinal slits or sawgates in the
two edges of the haft of a suitable depth to receive the two sides of the tang when
they are introduced at the ends of the said sawgates.
When the divided scale tang is pushed down to the required position, the two sides
are enclosed in the sawgates with the solid central part of the haft between them, and
their outer edges are flush with the edges of the haft, but the two parts, viz. the haft
and the blade require securing together, and the ends of the tang protecting.
1 accomplish this by means of a metallic cap fixed tightly over the end of the haft
and fitting tightly against the edges of the divided tang, thus binding the parts firmly
together; the inside edges of the tang may be made with a tooth or like projection
which would be forced into the softer material of the haft by the compression of the
cap, but this is not material.
By this addition of a metallic cap or its equivalent it is impossible for the ends of
the tang to catch and be sprung open, and this method or system of constructing
cutlery is perfected.
Dated the 7th day of February 18°0
ROBT. F. DRURY, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
Bank Buildings, George Street, Sheffield,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: I, JOSEPH ERNEST BEAL of Redhill Works Sheffield in the County of York,
Manufacturer, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of Butchers knives and
other similar knives, and is an improvement upon my patent No. 3345, 1882.
It consists of an improved method or means of securing the handle to the blade or
the tang of the blade, and of making the said method perfect and reliable.
My said invention is illustrated in the annexed sheet of drawings, in which :-
Fig. 1, represents a blade, with the tang prepared according to my invention.
Fig. 2, a handle similarly prepared, with edge view, and end view of same.
Fig. 3, handle and blade when together.
In carrying out my invention which refers more particularly to scale tang knives, I
cut out a longitudinal strip of metal from the centre of the tang, leaving an open
ended slot A as shown in Fig. 1. The slot should not extend as far as the blade, thus 1
leaving the tang of full strength at that part, and at the open end two teeth B may be
formed as shown, to be afterwards compressed into the substance of the handle to
effectually secure the parts together, but the said teeth B are not essential to my said
invention.
I prepare the handle H shown in Fig. 2 from a solid block of material, instead of
using two scales in the ordinary manner; I cut two slits or sawgates C, longitudinally
down each edge of the handle, to receive the two parts of the tang D & E, and leaving
a solid piece of the handle between the slits or sawgates C to fill up the slot A in the
tang.
A ferrule is fixed on the end of the handle at F, and the ends of the divided tang
are inserted at that end of the handle, and forced down the slits to the opposite end of
the handle; a suitable cap G is then driven on the end of the handle, which compresses
the ends of the tang against the central solid part of the handle, and forces the
teeth B, (if such are provided) into the handle.
By the use of this cap or its equivalent the ends of the tang, (which would other-
wise be liable to catch, and be sprung open), are held securely, and properly protected,
and the several parts are firmly bound together.

page_text: 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. The improvements in the manufacture of Butchers knives and other similar
knives having scale tangs, substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated.
2. In scale tang knives, the combination of the longitudinal slot A, with or without
the teeth B, the handle H, having two slits C, and the cap G or its equivalent, for the
purpose specified, and substantially as described and shown.
Dated the 7th day of November 1888