Paper knife
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- Note
- The terms paper knife and letter opener are often used interchangeably to refer to a knife-like desktop tool. In truth, they are actually for different functions and were in use at different times.
Paper knives are used for cutting open the pages of hand-produced books where the folding of printed sheets creates some closed edges that require severing of the paper before reading. Letter openers "evolved" from paper knives into longer, blunter blades for the sole purpose of opening envelopes. Paper knives are no longer in common use, except perhaps by antiques enthusiasts.
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Granatsplitter als Kriegssouvenir
Kriegssouvenir aus dem 1....
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Image: Kreismuseum Bitterfeld - CC BY-NC-SA -
Brieföffner aus Perlmutter
Brieföffner aus weißem...
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Image: Perlmutter- und Heimatmuseum Adorf - CC BY-NC-SA -
Brieföffner mit Perlmutter der Pauaschnecke
Brieföffner aus Holz, in...
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Image: Perlmutter- und Heimatmuseum Adorf - CC BY-NC-SA -
Schale mit Schreibutensilien
Das mehrteilige Schreibzeug...
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Image: Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg - CC BY-NC-SA -
Papiermesser
Kurzes Papiermesser mit...
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Image: Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg - CC BY-NC-SA
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