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Cobbler’s Knife
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Knife
Cobbler’s Knife
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Short blade with wooden handle. Nails hold blade in place. Tarred cord wrapped around top of handle. Donor info - from Wasgatt house on Beech Hill.
Sailor’s Knife
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Knife
  • Other, Civil wars
  • Other, Knives
  • Other, Sailors
Sailor’s Knife
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Folding knife with bone handle. Eagle in center of blade. Blade marked, “of the Best Quality. Patent Concave. Henry Clay Knife”. Donor info - knife belonged to Henry Somes, a seaman. The tip of the knife was broken off by the Captain of the ship to prevent murders, (perhaps this particular knife happened to be shaped that way). The knife was carried by Somes in the Navy during the Civil War. Henry Somes’ widow married Lewis Somes. She gave the knife to Glendon Lurvey. [show more]