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than one-twentieth of a penny per blade, and of
other knives in proportion to their weight.
The difference in the cost of working the harder
material is about the same, or altogether one-tenth
of a penny. Yet, for the sake of this wretched
saving, millions of had penknives are made, all
the rest of the work in the handle, spring, &c.,
being thrown away upon the worthless blade.
The knife of a Norwegian peasant, the
“toll-kniv,” is quite an institution. It is not a
springing, opening, and shutting contrivance, like the
English pocket-knife, but a stout blade, four to
five inches long, simply inserted by means of a
long tang into a handle, and protected by a sheath
of wood or leather, which is always worn at the
side. With this constant companion the
Norwegian prunes trees, does much carpentry and
cabinet making, mends his pens, shaves himself,
cuts his food, and executes elaborate and artistic
carvings. In the old times it was used in duelling,
the combatants strapped together so that neither
could escape; or, in a milder form, by each first
stabbing a deal table, and then winding a leather
thong round that portion of his adversary’s blade
that remained unburied in the wood, the battle
then being fought with the naked portion which
had penetrated the table.
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