Fairchild's rapid letterer and show-card maker, commercial alphabet construction with brush or pen . gns are about as ill ap-pearing as a dress coat with a streak of eggyolk on the lapei. MAT CUTTING, MAT-CUTTING is a trade by itself and in the fancycutting requires considerable practice and skill. It isnot difficult, however, to use the cutting knife, aftera little practice, and most card writers will readily be able touse it for the purposes which we will indicate if they willfollow our instructions. The knife blades, as they are bought,are merely ground to an edge. You must whet them carefu
Fairchild's rapid letterer and show-card maker, commercial alphabet construction with brush or pen . gns are about as ill ap-pearing as a dress coat with a streak of eggyolk on the lapei. MAT CUTTING, MAT-CUTTING is a trade by itself and in the fancycutting requires considerable practice and skill. It isnot difficult, however, to use the cutting knife, aftera little practice, and most card writers will readily be able touse it for the purposes which we will indicate if they willfollow our instructions. The knife blades, as they are bought,are merely ground to an edge. You must whet them carefullyon an oil-stone and continually do this after each few cuttingstrokes. By keeping the blades sharp, you can cut throughcards three-eighths of an inch thick. The straight blade isused when the design has no curves. The other blade, whichis rounded on both sides and has a cutting edge on each side,is used for curved lines, although most cutters use this knifefor all purposes, including beveling. This knife will be usedfor cutting stencils, which will save us much time and expenseai we THE HANDY MAT-KNIFE. There is always danger in handling a knife blade. We findthe above is the most recent invention and can be handledwith the least risk. Either of the blades. No. 1 or 2, is placed into thehollow steel blade-holder, No. 3, at C, which has movablejoints at R—R. The holder is passed through the steel capFig. 5, at C2, which slides up to B2 on the holder. Pig. screw C3 of the holder is passed through the entirelength of the wooden handle. Fig. 4, first entering at HI, andpushed down to the bottom, where, by twisting the handle tothe right, while holding the steel cap. Fig. 5, the screw fast-ens tightly into point D, on the bottom of the handle. Thispresses the steel cap against the steel shoulders at B2 andholds the knife firmly in position. By twisting the handle tothe left, the shoulders loosen and the blade can be lengthenedor drawn entirely out, as may be de
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