Engineering:Fishing knife
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Short description: Pocket tool used in fly fishing
The fishing knife is a minor tool used when angling. It is a pocket knife that contains in addition to the knife blade, a disgorger and sometimes scissors.[1] While sheath knives can be used for the purpose, they are not preferred.[2] Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell, an inspector of fisheries, recommended additional implements to be kept inside the handle: a "pricker" for loosening tight knots, a minnow needle, a baiting needle, and suggested the knife to include, "last but not least", a corkscrew.[3]
The convenience of one-handed operation of a switchblade design was advertised in the 19th century as an advantage for fishing (and hunting).[4]
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A modern fishing knife with a bottle opener -
Fishing knife with additional tools, 19th century
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References
- ↑ Cholmondeley-Pennell 1885, p. 106.
- ↑ Poltroon 1983, p. 26.
- ↑ Cholmondeley-Pennell 1876, p. 34.
- ↑ Jones & Fuller 2024, p. 290.
Sources
- Cholmondeley-Pennell, Henry (1876). Bottom Or Float-fishing. G. Routledge. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bottom_Or_Float_fishing/urx_JwY5-9AC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA34. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- Cholmondeley-Pennell, Henry (1885). Fishing: Salmon and trout. Longmans, Green, and Company. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fishing_Salmon_and_trout/IpIXAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA106. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- Poltroon, Milford "Stanley" (September 1983). "All About Fishing Knives". Field & Stream LXXXVIII (5): 25–26. https://books.google.com/books?id=E0pKWEMt3NYC&pg=PA25.
- Jones, Adrian; Fuller, Dan (2024). "The Evolution of a Social Problem: The Case of the Switchblade Knife". Deviant Behavior 45 (2): 287–299. doi:10.1080/01639625.2023.2245105. ISSN 0163-9625. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01639625.2023.2245105. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
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