Small sickle. Bukhara, 19th century

milandro · 18th February 2023, 08:19 AM

quill cutters are generally straight there is really no need to cut pulling toward oneself (which is instead suggested by de hawkbill shape), in fact the name pen knife is the name left to this day and indicating generally a folding knife of a small size which a blade initially meant to do that, from the function of cutting quills

( the latin for quill is penna where the name from" pen" comes from)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penknife

this blade suggests the need to cut pulling towards the cutter or to make a round motion with the cut (as in when you want to do some types of, draft as in putting two pieces of plant one into the other)

fernando · 18th February 2023, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by milandro

...( the latin for quill is penna where the name from" pen" comes from)...

In Portuguese, "pena", as also for feather

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milandro · 18th February 2023, 10:02 AM

yes, in many languages feather in Latin (pluma) is the root of the French word for pen, Plume

18th February 2023, 08:19 AM	#1
milandro Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: Netherlands Posts: 487	quill cutters are generally straight there is really no need to cut pulling toward oneself (which is instead suggested by de hawkbill shape), in fact the name pen knife is the name left to this day and indicating generally a folding knife of a small size which a blade initially meant to do that, from the function of cutting quills ( the latin for quill is penna where the name from" pen" comes from) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penknife this blade suggests the need to cut pulling towards the cutter or to make a round motion with the cut (as in when you want to do some types of, draft as in putting two pieces of plant one into the other)

18th February 2023, 10:02 AM	#3
milandro Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: Netherlands Posts: 487	yes, in many languages feather in Latin (pluma) is the root of the French word for pen, Plume