Object number
83/14
Creator
Description
This is a double-bladed hop-sampling knife, used for opening hop pockets to allow easy access to hops for testing. This double bladed type of hop sampling knife is not used now. A single bladed knife is preferred. It was used to make two parallel cuts in the hop pocket so that a block of hops could be extracted by another tool for testing.
Physical description
1 sampling knife: steel blades; wooden handle
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: KNIFE, sampling // Accession number: 83/14 // Classification: HARVESTING Hops // Negative number: 60/14327 // Acquisition method: Gift // Acquired from, date: MR. L. G. SELWOOD, [...], APRIL 1972 // Store: Small stores // Condition: Good. // Recorder, date: J. M. B. 29.1.83// Description: A steel tool with two blades attached to a bar. The wooden handle is fixed at right angles to the bar. // Inscription on blade: THOMAS REALL PENTERDEN [insert] TENTERDEN? [ end insert] KENT // Dimensions: Length: 38.0cm Width between blades: 11.0cm // Associated information: This double bladed type of hop sampling knife is not used now. A single bladed knife is preferred. It was used to make two parallel cuts in the hop pocket so that a block of hops could be extracted by another tool for testing. // References: Shire Publications: History in camera, Hops and hop picking by Richard Filmer p.73.'
Production place
Tenterden
Object name
Material
Associated subject
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_14327.tif - High resolution image
