General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN HANDLE/ METAL BLADE/ RUBBER CORD

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

40.5 cm

Width

5.0 cm

Height

5.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Apiculture

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

HUTCHISON

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Santa Monica

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

TYPE OF TOOL USED FOR HONEY EXTRACTION BY SMALL APIARIES

Function

USED TO SHAVE OR REMOVE THE CAPPINGS FROM COMBS OF SEALED HONEY PRIOR TO EXTRACTION

Technical

FIRST EXAMPLESWERE KITCHEN KNIVES. BY 1854, A SPECIAL 2 EDGE LONG KNIFE WITH A STEEL ROD WAS USED, AND IN 1879, BINGHAM & HETHERINGTON INTRODUCED A KNIFE THAT COULD BE IMMERGED IN BOILING WATER. JONES IMPROVED IT BY STENGHTENING THE BLADE. THE STEAM UNCAPPING KNIFE CAME OUT C.1910, & THE ELECTRIC KNIFE IN 1933. ROY STINGER & WALLACE M. SMITH FROM PLANTAGENET, ONTARIO SEEM TO BE THE FIRST INVENTORS OF AN ELECTRIC UNCAPPING KNIFE. ANOTHER TOOL WAS INTRODUCED AROUND 1935, THE STEAM UNCAPPING PLANE. THE BEVELED EDGE KEPT THE CAPPINGS FROM STICKING AGAIN TO THE COMBS AFTER HAVING BEEN SHAVED OFF.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Identical print on both sides of handle reads: "MASTER/ ELECTRIC UNCAPPING KNIFE/ HUTCHISON MFG. CO./ SANTA MONICA, CALIF."/ INCISED PRINT ON BACK SIDE OF BLADE READS: "PAT 2250602"/

Missing

N/A

Finish

LACQUERED WOODEN HANDLE/ POLISHED METAL/ BLACK CORD

Decoration

N/A