Boy Scout Knife
Boy Scout Knife
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- knife, folding
- knife, Scout
- Object Type
- cutlery
- Other Terms
- Knife; Personal Utensils; Cutlery; Folding; Pocket
- date made
- c. 1899-1928
- maker
- Challenge Cutlery Co.
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Bridgeport
- Physical Description
- steel (blade, springs material)
- bone (scales material)
- nickel silver (bolsters, shield, shackle material)
- brass (linings, pins material)
- Measurements
- overall, stored closed: 3/4 in x 4 7/16 in x 7/8 in; 1.905 cm x 11.27125 cm x 2.2225 cm
- ID Number
- DL.59.0997C
- catalog number
- 59.0997C
- accession number
- 111627
- Credit Line
- Estate of Charles F. Wiebusch
- subject
- Boy Scouts of America
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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