Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1911 — CLEANS KNIVES WITH EASE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CLEANS KNIVES WITH EASE

Device of California Man One of the Best Ever Placed on the Market. There are all varieties of knifecleaners from the single stone on which the housewife rubs her cutlery to the elaborate device of multiple wheels used in the big hotels and restaurants. But one of the simplest and most effective of all would seem to

be that devised by a California man and shown here. This contrivance consists of a couple of cleaning stones held in juxtaposition in a resilient frame. The frame consists of two Inverted V-shaped wires with springs connecting the three corners of each. This has the effect of keeping the stones closer together all the time, but allowing enough leeway for the admission of a knife blade or the tines of a fork, which can be cleaned by being rubbed up and down a few times. The springs Will insure a sufficiently strong pressure to give good frictional action at all times.