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adornment: knife, snow(model)
armament, ethnographic: knife
armament accessory, ethnographic: sheath, knife
armament t&e, ammunition: sheath, knife
armament t&e, firearm: musket ?
barrelmaking t&e: knife, backing(cooper's)
barrelmaking t&e: knife, heading(cooper's)
barrelmaking t&e: knife, hollow(cooper's)
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clothing accessory: uniform: lanyard, knife
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water transport: cargo vessel: East Indiaman (Netherlands)
water transport: fighting vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 60 gun
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship
water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel
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woodworking t&e: drawknife(shipwrights)
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Snow knife used on Nares' Arctic expedition, 1875-1876 (Snow knife)
Snow knife sheath
Fish knife: Port Line (Fish knife)
Carving knife (Carving knife)
Paper knife made from the 'Mary Rose' and the 'Royal George' (Paper knife)
Paper knife (Paper knife)
Knife: Union Castle Line (Knife)
Fish knife: Union Castle Line (Butter knife)
Bread and butter knife: Orient Line (knife, bread & butter)
Fish knife: Canadian Pacific (Butter knife)
Steel knife (Knife)
Dessert knife (Dessert knife)
Knife: British & Commonwealth Shipping (Steak knife)
Knife and fork (Knife and fork)
Knife: Cunard Line (Knife)
knife, ropemaker's
knife, ropemaker's
knife, pocket
knife, pocket
drawknife
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