10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLASP KNIVES»
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clasp knives in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
clasp knives and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Blade's Guide to
Knives & Their Values
Traditional-style clasp knives are still made in southern Europe and Mexico. They
are often called by their Spanish name, navaja. The leaf-shaped clasp-knife
blade may be the earliest pocketknife blade type, as it is the easiest to forge.
2
Indian Culture and European Trade Goods: The Archaeology of ...
However, in this late period several or more butcher knives may be present in a
given Indian site, but never in association with French clasp knives. Thus, in
terms of dating, one can expect that a find of butcher knives and French clasp
knives ...
George Irving Quimby,
1966
3
The Journal of the British Archaeological Association
On the Antiquity of Clasp-Knives. "In June 1856, our late associate Mr. Patrick
exhibited to us a clasp or pocket knife, presumed to have belonged to the
celebrated circumnavigator, sir Francis Drake. The examination of this interesting
relic ...
4
Knives 2013: The World's Greatest Knife Book
Significantly larger than trappers or big jackknives, folding hunters, “Coke Bottle
folding hunters,” or “American clasp knives,” as they are known, hold a place of
honor in American cutlery history. The mammoth folding knives were the
standard ...
5
The Museum of Foreign Literature and Science
N'nmber of Clasp-Knives. By Annxaxnaa MARCET, M.D. F.R.S. late Physician to
Guy's Hospital. In the month of June 1799, John Cummings, an American sailor,
about twenty-three years of age, being with his ship on the coast of France, and ...
6
The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art
Account of a Man who lived Ten Fears after having swallowed a Number of Clasp
-Knives. By Alexander Marcet, M.D. F.R.S. late Physician to Guy's Hospital. In the
month of June 1799, John Cummings, an American sailor, about twenty-three ...
Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith,
1822
Account of a Man who lived Ten Years after having swallowed a Number of
Clasp-Knives. By Alexander Marcet, M.D. F.R.S. late Physician to Guy's Hospital.
In the month of June 1799, John Cummings, an American sailor, about twenty-
three ...
Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell,
1822
8
The Annals of Philosophy
Case of a Man swallowing Clasp Knives.Dr. Marcet has given a curious and
detailed account of this case in the 12th vol. of the Medico-Chirurgical
Transactions, from which we extract the following particulars :In the month of
June, 1799, John ...
Case of a Man swallowing Clasp Knives. Dr. Marcet has given a curious and
detailed account of this case in the 12th vol. of the Medico-Chirurgical
Transactions, from which we extract the following particulars : — In the month of
June, 1799, ...
Richard Phillips, Edward William Brayley,
1822
10
This is Improbable: Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens ...
... with great distinctness and simplicity, by the patient himself' that was 'found in
the patient's pocket after his decease'. One day, on shore leave in France with
some buddies, Cummings saw an entertainer pretend to swallow clasp knives.
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLASP KNIVES»
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clasp knives is used in the context of the following news items.
The PTSD River Cure
... Soul River Runs Deep, he offers just a few exquisite examples of outdoor equipment: waterproof notebooks, clasp knives from New Zealand, ... «Outside Magazine, Jun 15»
Old-Style Markets Thrive in Albania's Mountain Villages
Blacksmiths advertise clasp knives, work tools, dog collars, horseshoes and collar rings for cattle. An elderly couple had only two sack of corn to ... «AlbanianEconomy.com, Oct 14»
Originally published in the April 2011 issue
... their wives wearing gray braids and cowboy hats, clasp knives sheathed at their belts; men with the beards of prophets who read the Bible at ... «Esquire, Apr 11»
Volkswagen Caravelle California
With gas stoves and lamps, beer, cider, scotch, food, sleeping bags, pots and pans, string, strong torches, stout boots and clasp knives, my list ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 08»