Application of Blade snarpeners; to Kille Handles and Blade Sheaths.
Year: 1886

page_text: Application of Blade snarpeners; to Kille Handles and
Blade Sheaths.
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DANIEL LIST BRAIN Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) of Highfield" Queen's Road,
Ryde, Isle of Wight, 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:-
A novel design by which Handles to Clasp Knives, or Knives having their blades
rigidly attached to the Handles, are constructed to contain or receive, or to be
attached to them, substances, appliances or contrivancies used for the purpose of
sharpening Blades. And further that sheaths for covering or protecting blades are
so constructed as to fulfil a like purpose.
For those handles of Knives with sufficient capacity, this purpose or design is
effected by leaving a slot or vacant space, or partition of size requisite, in the
construction of the handle into which the sharpener of shape to conform with that
of handle, slides or can be contained in, and kept attached to it when not required
to be withdrawn by means of a catch, spring or other retaining device.
Again the sharpeners are made applicable to form the sides of Knife handles, or
in case of clasp Knives the exterior sides bounding the partitions into which the
blades fold. These sharpeners admit of both their inner and outer surfaces or of
either to be constructed for the purposes of sharpning. They would be retained
in their position in handle by suitable catches or grooves, fixed to the permanent
portion of the handle and provided with a spring or catch to release them when
required to be withdrawn.
With the smaller kinds of Knives, such as pocket Knives, the receptacle con-
structed in handle could be made of small dimensions and shaped to contain the
more compact kinds of sharpeners, such as small plates or discs of metal or other
edging material or substance, opening to form a sharpening angle, and closing over
each other to occupy a small space for insertion into Knife Handle.
To furnish Knives having sheaths for the protection or covering of thin blades,
with sharpening means; these sheaths can be composed of a material with the
outside surfaces rendered fit for the purpose, or other sharpeners fitted into them
as designed for Knife Handles.
With Knives having Handles of sufficient capacity, space could be constructed
or left in the handles to admit of two sharpeners either detached or hinged together

page_text: to fold longitudinally or transversely, thus giving if required four distinct surfaces
for varied processes of blade sharpening.
For the purposes of such sharpening surfaces requiring fluid or paste, and more
applicable to those adaptable for the larger class of Knives clasp or otherwise; a
small receptacle corresponding in shape with the general form of the Handle, is
constructed in it, either as a continuation of the sharpener by curtailing the length
of latter, or by means of a longitudinal tube or receptacle designed to fit into the
Handle adjacent to the sharpener, or shaped to occupy a devised space in that side
of the Handle not containing the sharpener.
With Knives having the blades rigidly fixed to the Handles, an appropriate
position for this receptacle would be on the butt end of the Handle.
These fluid or paste vessels would be furnished with openings and appropriate
stoppers or closing means.
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. Novelty, in construction of Knife Handles, so that blade Sharpeners, or
surfaces applicable for sharpening purposes, can be contained in, or combined with,
or moveably adapted to them.
2. Novelty, in construction of blade Sheaths, by which their exterior sides are
made to furnish surfaces for sharpening purposes, or so constructed as to contain
such appliances.
3. Novelty, in adapting vessels or receptacles to contain fluid or paste, for the
use of sharpeners requiring these provisions, to Knife Handles..
Dated this Thirteenth day of January 1886