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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 10418941, member: 8267&quot;]The familiar tufted carpeting, installed wall to wall (fitted), became feasible and popular after WWII. Linoleum was invented in 1860.</p><p><br /></p><p>A curved blade such as this had many other uses besides cutting flooring, as you point out. It is basically a small billhook and it cuts on the pull stroke, which can be useful in many crafts and farming activities. With slight variations it goes by other names such as hawksbill, hook knife, banana knife, and pruning knife. </p><p><br /></p><p>And, as wikipedia helpfully notes, &quot;This tool can also be used to jimmy doors open by bypassing the safety latch in the doorjamb&quot;. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linoleum_knife" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linoleum_knife" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linoleum_knife</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7cjvdb/in_the_united_states_when_and_for_what_reason_did/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7cjvdb/in_the_united_states_when_and_for_what_reason_did/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7cjvdb/in_the_united_states_when_and_for_what_reason_did/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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