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Government Documents .....sometimes make good reading !
Government documents ....can be useful at times......
Surfing the net ...uncovers a lot of unique information....
This one is about INDIAN Standard pocket knifes
https://archive.org/stream/gov.in.is.925.1966/is.925.1966#page/n3/m...
Cane Knives
https://archive.org/details/gov.in.is.8461.1987
Vegetable knives
https://archive.org/details/gov.in.is.3546.1966
Butcher knives
https://archive.org/details/gov.in.is.921.1965
These are just a few that I was scanning through....Interesting STATS on basic Knives
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Permalink Reply by Sue OldsWidow on
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this sometimes helps in dating the antique knives also
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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on
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Wow! Sue that is some interesting stuff. The Indian Veggie knife even gives specs as to how hard the blade should be
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