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Uncapping Knife: the Bingham Knife (Hasluck, 1905)
The Bingham honey knife: a trowel-like blade of good saw steel, sharpened all round from the underside, riveted to a cranked 3/8 in tang so the handle stands about an inch above the comb.
Hasluck warns it is a job only for a maker with the means for that kind of work.
Source: P. N. Hasluck, Beehives and Bee Keepers' Appliances (1905), p. 155. Picture: the book's Fig. 152.
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Instructions
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1
Shape the blade
Shape the blade
Cut a blade of good saw steel 6 or 7 in long and 2 to 3 in wide to the pattern of Fig. 152, like a mason's trowel.
Materials for this step:
Spring Steel Strip1 6-7 x 2-3 inTools needed:
Cold Chisel
Metal File2
2
Make the tang
Make the tang
Make a tang of 3/8 in iron or steel: point one end to fit the handle and flatten the other so it can be riveted to the blade.
Materials for this step:
Mild Steel Round Bar1 3/8 inTools needed:
Forge
Anvil
HammerMetal File3
3
Rivet and set the tang
Rivet and set the tang
Rivet the flattened end to the blade with two rivets countersunk into the underside of the blade and ground flush. Bend the tang so that with the blade flat on a board the handle stands about 1 in above it.
Materials for this step:
Iron Rivets2 piecesTools needed:
Hand Drill
Countersink Drill Bit SetHammer
Grindstone4
4
Handle and edge
Handle and edge
Fit the handle on the pointed end of the tang. Sharpen the blade all round like a chisel, from the underside only.
Materials for this step:
Unknown Material1 handle, material not givenTools needed:
GrindstoneMaterials
4- 1 6-7 x 2-3 inPlaceholder
- 1 3/8 inPlaceholder
- 2 piecesPlaceholder
- 1 handle, material not givenPlaceholder
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