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Описание
This tool has a short wooden handle with D shaped end which continues into a long flat portion which has a metal blade end. The knife is used for harvesting peat. The blade has two straps which are screwed to the sides of the wood. There is also a metal flange at right angles to the blade. This was one of a group transferred to the Museum via Michael Hardy of the Dept Zoology. They came originally from Calthorpe Broad, Ingham, Stalham, Norwich.
Физическое описание
peat knife: wood and metal; good condition
Архивная история
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Peat Knife // Havesting Peat // MR R Gurney // Description: This tool has a short wooden handle with D shaped end which continues into a long flat portion which has a metal blade end. The blade has two straps which are screwed to the sides of the wood. There is also a metal flange at right angles to the blade. // Associated information: This was one of a group transferred to the Museum via Michael Hardy of the Dept Zoology. They came originally from Calthorpe Broad, Ingham, Stalham, Norwich.’
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