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Re: Off-topic -- Scritching Knife from Ohio, Wayne County



I do know that Wayne County is Amish country...near Holmes County, NE OH,
south of Cleveland. Lehman's Hardware in Kidron (this came up in an earlier
thread) has scads of Amish tools/cookery doodads, etc., as well as a website
at http://www.traditional-building.com/brochure/lehmans.htm    Could it be a
device for scraping hides? Had to remove those prickly hairs from pigs, you
know, and get off those fatty epidermal layers...  I have seen catalogs of
old tools (there is a reproduction Sears Catalog from the late 1800's or so)
as well as pioneer tools.

Sharon (No-bun-in-my-hair, yet keeping the world safe for democracy) Butcher

Sharon Lee Butcher
Reference Librarian
AEDC Technical Library
100 Kindel Drive, Ste C212
Arnold AFB, TN  37389-3212
931-454-4430
Fax:  931-454-5421
sharon.butcher@arnold.af.mil


-----Original Message-----
From: David B. Malone [mailto:David.B.Malone@WHEATON.EDU]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 2:25 PM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Off-topic -- Scritching Knife from Ohio, Wayne County


I've got a puzzler that I'm wondering if the collective could provide
some wisdom.

I am writing to you to seek assistance in determining the
purpose and function of an item housed in our archive's
memorabilia collection.

The item, labeled as a "Scritching Knife from Ohio, Wayne County,"
measures about 20" in length, has a rounded handle, and is
beveled on both sides, somewhat like the front face of a cricket bat.
 Does anyone have an idea what such an item was used for?

If you're interested, jpeg image files can be retrieved at:

http://www.wheaton.edu/learnres/ARCSC/gallery/knife1.jpg
http://www.wheaton.edu/learnres/ARCSC/gallery/knife2.jpg

Any assistance that you may offer would be greatly appreciated.


P.S. I tried the Jedi Archives, but the very nice archivist there told
me that there simply was no record of such an artifact, thus it
couldn't really exist.

Posts can be sent privately, or to the list in order to initiate yet
another discussion on thread topics......










David B. Malone
Head, Archives and Special Collections
Buswell Memorial Library
Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL 60187-5593
David.B.Malone@wheaton.edu
630.752.5707             630.752.5855 FAX
630.265.9025 (pager)

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