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Knife sharpener

Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1920-1960

GUSN

GUSN-19184

Description

Knife sharpener. Wooden turned handle, star-shaped handguard, small steel tip covered in red brick-like substance, very worn.

Details

Descriptive Terms

whetstones
steel (alloy)
wood (plant material)
Steel
WHETSTONE

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

12.5 x 1 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.955

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