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THE KNIFE. [_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--
Sharp.
Bright.
Useful.