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celebrating the one thousandth anniversary of the
colonization of Iceland by the Norwegians.
On the following day the ladies did a
considerable amount of shopping; furs, photographs, and
cutlery being the leading commodities. The stock
of Herr Blikstad was seriously reduced, and orders
left for duplicates of some of the stock which we
quite cleared out. Blikstad is the “master cutler”
of Trondhjem, and deserves the reputation he has
acquired for supplying blades of the finest Swedish
steel procurable.
Having lived a few years in Sheffield, and
specially studied the technology of iron and steel,
I was much interested in his wares, bought some
myself, and have tested them since my return.
They are excellent. It would be unjust to say
that they are better than can be produced in
Sheffield, but it is quite true they are painfully
superior to the majority of the blades that are
there made. There is no more shameful waste of
capital, skill, and labour than in that which is
thrown away in the manufacture of cutlery from
bad steel. The difference between the worst of
steel and the best, or between common wrought
iron and the best cast steel, is less than 6d. per
pound. Thus the difference of cost of material of
the best and the worst of penknife blades is less
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