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Shoe-knife.

A thin blade of steel affixed by a tang in a wooden handle, and used by shoemakers for cutting and paring leather. One shown in Fig. 5022 is provided with a gage or guard C having a turned — up lip b, and adjustable by means of a slot and thumbscrew to determine the depth of cut.

Guarded shoe-knife.

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