Knife, Grafting

Grafting knife, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1950.1442.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Description

Forged iron blade, curved and sharpened on inside of curve, and terminating in a hook which apparently fit into a holder such that the blade tip was held down. A square, tapered tang is set into a turned beech handle.

New York Mount Lebanon

Do you have information you'd like to share?

Shaker Museum updates records with information as it becomes available.

Copyright of this artwork

You are welcome to reproduce low resolution images of objects from the Shaker Museum collection for your personal, non-commercial, and / or academic use. Please acknowledge the museum in your citation. If you wish to publish, license, and / or commercially reproduce an image, contact the Museum for information about attributions, permissions, and fees.

Citation rules

Shaker Museum Knife, Grafting. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=1357.