A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
ORDER VII.—METAL WORKERS (NOT ELECTRO PLATE OR PRECIOUS METALS)
Sub-order 8.—Other Workers
228.—Cutlers
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- assembler (pen knife, pocket knife, spring knife)
- see cutler, pen knife.
- cutler
- (i) assembles blades, bolsters, and handles of cutlery; after drilling on drilling machine, rivets and fits parts, and cleans article on emery wheel or dolly;
- (ii) general term covering cutlery workers engaged on all processes subsequent to wet grinding and rough glazing.
- cutler, bayonet
- assembles and puts together parts of bayonets; files parts to fit correctly and rivets where necessary.
- cutler, fork; steel fork cutler
; fork putter-together, steel fork putter-together
- assembles and put® together parts of forks; files prongs and sides of forks after they have been stamped out, and before they are nickelled or electro-plated.
- cutler, pen knife, pocket knife, spring knife
; assembler (pen, pocket spring knife), pen knife setter-in, pocket knife setter-in, spring knife setter-in
- an assembler or putter-together (278) q.v. who puts together blades, scales, linings, springs, etc., of penknives, pocket knives, spring knives, using hand tools and machine drill; adds corkscrews, files, etc., where these are included; sometimes also polishes haft and puts a final buff or polish on finished article.
- cutler, surgical
- shapes surgical knives in forge, see forger (190); files knives in forge, see forger (190); files by heating blades in furnace and quenching in water or oil; tempers blades by reheating, grinds on emery wheel and polishes on dolly; also hafts them, if they are not all in one piece.
- cutler, sword
; sword mounter, sword fitter
- assembles parts of sword, hilt and handle; polishes blade on buffing wheel, and mounts embellishments.
- hafter
; mounter
- shapes hafts of cutlery to fit by filing, shaving, etc.; bores and polishes hafts; fits tang into bored haft either with resinous cement or, if of xylonite, by driving on, or by riveting scales to flat tangs; sometimes specifically designated, e.g. dessert hafter, fork hafter, table knife hafter, pen knife hafter.
- hafter, razor
- adds piece of lead, or other material used to hold apart handle scales; rivets or pins in position and smooths by filing; sometimes done by razor setter-in q.v.
- mounter
- see hafter.
- mounter, sword
- see cutler, sword.
- putter-together, fork; steel fork putter-together
- see cutler, fork.
- setter-in, pen knife, pocket knife, spring knife
- see cutler, pen knife.
- setter-in, razor
- sets blade in "scales" (two halves of handle) and fastens them together with rivet or pin, adding lead weight for correct balance; polishes on buffing machine; sees that blade fits properly and works smoothly; sometimes whet® blade on grindstone.
- sword fitter
- see cutler, sword.
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From:
A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016. This text is in the Public Domain. 