Part 2 — THE KNIFE.
Reading edition
[Page 80.
1. A knife is most useful for cutting. The blade is made of steel; the handle of ivory, bone, or wood.
2. The blade and handle are fastened together by a long, thin piece of iron which goes into the handle. The blades have to be heated as needles are, to make them hard.
3. A knife is blunt on one edge; sharp on the other. The grinder sharpens it on a huge stone which goes round and round. The blades are polished before being put into the handles, as well as after.
4. There are many kinds of knives. Pocket-knives have a spring to make them shut tightly. A table-knife is rounded at the end; the carving-knife has a sharp pointed blade.
Write and learn:
Knives are—Knives have—Knives are made—
Sharp.Blades.In Sheffield.
Bright.Handles.
Useful.Springs.