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Description: | A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. Knife bought from the Inuit by the McClintock Search Expedition on 3 March 1859, near Cape Victoria, on the Boothia Peninsula. The item is made from materials salvaged from equipment that had belonged to the Franklin expedition.
The knife has a single-edged steel blade riveted to a horn handle by means of two steel reinforcing plates.
The item is referred to by McClintock: 'Seven knives made by the natives out of materials obtained from the last expedition'. He continues: 'The knives are made either of iron or steel, riveted to two strips of hoop, between which the handle of wood is inserted, and rivets passed through securing them together. The rivets are almost all made out of copper nails, such as would be found on a copper-fastened boat, but those which have been examined do not bear the Government mark. It is probable that most of the boats of 'Erebus' and 'Terror' were built by contract and therefore do not have the broad arrow stamped upon their iron and copper work'.
Inscription. Made by Inuit from materials salvaged from Franklin expedition.
caption: Knife | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | McClintock Expedition Fox 1855 Portsmouth Francis Leopold Franklin Royal Naval Museum John knives McClintock | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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