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  • Object number
    96/29
  • Description
    A straight knife with spiked end. Also it has an inscription on it: 'T.B.C. // No. 73 // AF'. It was used for cutting root crops.
    This is a straight knife with spiked end, tanged into a wooden handle with metal ferrule. Also it has an inscription on it: 'T.B.C. // No. 73 // AF'. It was used for cutting root crops.
  • Physical description
    1 hook: metal blade; wooden handle
  • Archival history
    MERL miscellaneous note –Georgia Charitou- 27 October 2014- This tool was used by a farm worker in north-east Hampshire who died in 1989, aged 84 years.
  • Object name
    Knife, beet
  • Material
    Wood, Metal
  • Associated subject
    HARVESTING : pulling and lifting
    Sugar beet
  • External document
    • L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_16707.tif - High resolution image
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