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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 873473, member: 8267&quot;]That would be a &quot;skutching knife&quot;. Used in processing flax into linen fibers. A bundle of harvested and dried flax was placed on a flat surface, hanging over the edge, and the knife was used to break/bend the ends enough to loosen the outer coating of the stems and expose the inner fibers. The beaten bundles were then drawn through a hackle to remove the unwanted bits and clean out the fibers which would be further processed and spun into linen thread.</p><p><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ0tvMfmp2-YiXFPdYpcBQIqj6AQWI1Ihns89-dWAvWlqLMTcZ_" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.woodland-studios.com/scandinavian-folk-art-artifacts/swedish-scutching-flax-knife" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.woodland-studios.com/scandinavian-folk-art-artifacts/swedish-scutching-flax-knife" rel="nofollow">http://www.woodland-studios.com/scandinavian-folk-art-artifacts/swedish-scutching-flax-knife</a></p><p>I suppose it could be painted on the side away from most of the abrasion when it was used, but don&#039;t know why verybrad&#039;s would not be further decorated, then.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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