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- Hay Knife - Farm families cut and cured enough grass each summer to feed hay to their livestock all winter. Stored hay settled over time and farmers used special knives made by blacksmiths to cut out chunks for feed. The smiths forged wrought-iron blades with a long cutting edge. The wooden handle was set on a tang (a pointed metal extension of the handle) and secured with a metal collar for durability.
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Hay Knife
Farm families cut and cured enough grass each summer to feed hay to their livestock all winter. Stored hay settled over time and farmers used special knives made by blacksmiths to cut out chunks for feed. The smiths forged wrought-iron blades with a long cutting edge. The wooden handle was set on a tang (a pointed metal extension of the handle) and secured with a metal collar for durability.
- Hay Knife, circa 1850 -
- circa 1850
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Hay Knife, circa 1850
- Hay Knife, circa 1885 - Farm families cut and cured enough grass each summer to make hay to feed their livestock all winter. Stored hay settled over time and farmers used special knives to cut out chunks for feed. Daison E. Haskell's invention added a hinged footrest to the shaft of a knife. Farmers stepped on Haskell's pedal and forced the cutting edge deeper into the haystack. This hay knife resembles Henry O. Turner's 1878 design.
- circa 1885
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Hay Knife, circa 1885
Farm families cut and cured enough grass each summer to make hay to feed their livestock all winter. Stored hay settled over time and farmers used special knives to cut out chunks for feed. Daison E. Haskell's invention added a hinged footrest to the shaft of a knife. Farmers stepped on Haskell's pedal and forced the cutting edge deeper into the haystack. This hay knife resembles Henry O. Turner's 1878 design.
- Dunn Edge Tool Co. Cyclone Hay Knife, 1888-1900 - Farm families cut and cured enough grass each summer to feed their livestock hay all winter. Stored hay settled over time, but this "Cyclone" hay knife was "the most efficient tool...capable of cutting hay in mow, stack or bale with unequalled rapidity." The Cyclone followed a design patented by George Weymouth in 1871 that became an industry standard.
- 1888-1900
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Dunn Edge Tool Co. Cyclone Hay Knife, 1888-1900
Farm families cut and cured enough grass each summer to feed their livestock hay all winter. Stored hay settled over time, but this "Cyclone" hay knife was "the most efficient tool...capable of cutting hay in mow, stack or bale with unequalled rapidity." The Cyclone followed a design patented by George Weymouth in 1871 that became an industry standard.
- Hay Knife, 1871 - Farm families cut and cured enough grass each summer to make hay to feed their livestock all winter. Stored hay settled over time and farmers used special knives to cut out chunks for feed. George Weymouth patented it in 1871 and Hiram Holt & Co. manufactured and sold it as "Lightning" starting in May 1872. The offset handles made it easier to push the sharp serrated steel blade down to cut through the hay.
- 1871
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Hay Knife, 1871
Farm families cut and cured enough grass each summer to make hay to feed their livestock all winter. Stored hay settled over time and farmers used special knives to cut out chunks for feed. George Weymouth patented it in 1871 and Hiram Holt & Co. manufactured and sold it as "Lightning" starting in May 1872. The offset handles made it easier to push the sharp serrated steel blade down to cut through the hay.
- Hay Knife, circa 1899 -
- circa 1899
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Hay Knife, circa 1899
- Hay Knife, circa 1860 - Farm families cut and cured enough grass each summer to feed hay to their livestock all winter. Stored hay settled over time and farmers used special knives made by blacksmiths to cut out chunks for feed. The smiths forged wrought-iron blades with a long cutting edge. The wooden handle was set on a tang (a pointed metal extension of the handle) and secured with a metal collar for durability.
- circa 1860
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Hay Knife, circa 1860
Farm families cut and cured enough grass each summer to feed hay to their livestock all winter. Stored hay settled over time and farmers used special knives made by blacksmiths to cut out chunks for feed. The smiths forged wrought-iron blades with a long cutting edge. The wooden handle was set on a tang (a pointed metal extension of the handle) and secured with a metal collar for durability.
- Hay Knife, circa 1840 - Farm families cut and cured enough grass each summer to feed their livestock hay all winter. Stored hay settled over time and farmers used special knives to cut out chunks for feed. A blacksmith curved this wrought iron blade to trap hay within the cutting surface. Farmers pushed the tool down into the haystack and then pulled it out using the curved wooden handle.
- circa 1840
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Hay Knife, circa 1840
Farm families cut and cured enough grass each summer to feed their livestock hay all winter. Stored hay settled over time and farmers used special knives to cut out chunks for feed. A blacksmith curved this wrought iron blade to trap hay within the cutting surface. Farmers pushed the tool down into the haystack and then pulled it out using the curved wooden handle.
- Hay Knife, circa 1870 - Farm families cut and cured enough grass each summer to feed their livestock hay all winter. Stored hay settled over time and farmers used special knives to cut out chunks for feed. A blacksmith made this model from a length of iron rod, bent in half to form a footrest, welded together along the length, and then separated and forged flat to form the triangular blade.
- circa 1870
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Hay Knife, circa 1870
Farm families cut and cured enough grass each summer to feed their livestock hay all winter. Stored hay settled over time and farmers used special knives to cut out chunks for feed. A blacksmith made this model from a length of iron rod, bent in half to form a footrest, welded together along the length, and then separated and forged flat to form the triangular blade.
- Hay Knife -
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Hay Knife