Photo number 97 is almost asssuredly an uncapping knife. It is used by a beekeeper to cut the cappings off a frame of honey prior to putting it into the extractor ("spinner"). This one is 'manual' - it isn't heated by either steam or electric, though many beekeepers would keep it in a pan of hot water between frames to make it cut through the wax more easily (wiping it on a cloth first, so the water isn't added into the honey...)
#94 is a throwing knot called a monkey fist. Can be made with either 2 or three turns in each plane. Used in the end of heaving lines, the knot is hollow and a lead or iron ball can be put in the center for extra weight, or so the knot book says.
#99 is a pair of thickness gauges, no idea what lights per foor means, I'm guessing the other is marked for roofing material such as lead or copper?
Nick: Correct, number 97 is a beekeepers's uncapping knife.
Brad: Yes, number 94 is a monkey's fist knot. Number 99 is actually the same gauge, the photos showing both sides. It isn't for lead, copper, or roofing materials, I'll post the answers to this set in a couple days.
Rob
8/28/2004 5:25 PM
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96. 8" long
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97. 14" long
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98. The top of this one is approx. 6" above the table's surface.
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Photo number 97 is almost asssuredly an uncapping knife. It is used by a beekeeper to cut the cappings off a frame of honey prior to putting it into the extractor ("spinner"). This one is 'manual' - it isn't heated by either steam or electric, though many beekeepers would keep it in a pan of hot water between frames to make it cut through the wax more easily (wiping it on a cloth first, so the water isn't added into the honey...)
8/25/2004 2:33 PM
#94 is a throwing knot called a monkey fist. Can be made with either 2 or three turns in each plane. Used in the end of heaving lines, the knot is hollow and a lead or iron ball can be put in the center for extra weight, or so the knot book says.
#99 is a pair of thickness gauges, no idea what lights per foor means, I'm guessing the other is marked for roofing material such as lead or copper?
8/27/2004 11:31 PM
Nick:
Correct, number 97 is a beekeepers's uncapping knife.
Brad:
Yes, number 94 is a monkey's fist knot. Number 99 is actually the same gauge, the photos showing both sides. It isn't for lead, copper, or roofing materials, I'll post the answers to this set in a couple days.
Rob
8/28/2004 5:25 PM