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This knife, used for harvesting peat, has a crescent shaped iron blade fixed to a wooden 'T' handle.

1 peat knife: wood and metal [iron]; good condition

MERL list / description [Massingham Collection, October 1989] – 'ACC. NO.: 51/151 // NAME: TURF KNIFE // NEG NO.: 35/220 // STORAGE: P.Ex. (Permanent Exhibition) Drainage.', MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: knife // Accession number: 51/151 // Classification: Harvesting peat // Negative number: 35/220 // Acquisition method: // Acquired from, date: H.J. Massingham Collection // Store: exhibition // Condition: good // Recorder, date: DJE, 16.5.79 // Description: Crescent shaped iron blade fixed to a 'T' handle of wood. // Dimensions: Length = 70 cm, Width = 47 cm // Associated information: // References:'

Wood, Metal, iron