Penknife Facts

Today I learned about Cecil George Harris. Trapped under his tractor, he carved his will into the tractor fender with his penknife “In case I die in this mess I leave all to the wife. Cecil Geo Harris" romanosumner.com/blog/hol…

, In Jan 2019, Batman Bin Suparman who works as a foodpanda delivery rider, was attacked by an officemate with a penknife. The criminal got 3 yrs sentence. Batman healed from his face wound and returned to work. mustsharenews.com/batman-…

The penknife got its name from its use in preparing quills for use as dip pens en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen…

We call it a penknife not because of the size, but because that sort of knife was used to prepare quills for writing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen…

The term penknife originates from when you carried a knife to resharpen your quill. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qui…

Benito Mussolini was once expelled from school for stabbing a fellow student with a penknife history1900s.about.com/od…

Deborah Sampson was one of few women who enlisted under a man's name to serve in the army during the 18th century and even removed a musket ball from her own leg with a penknife to conceal her identity en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deb…

Norman Mailer walked up to his wife, looked at her, then stabbed her with a penknife and left - and was never charged. nytimes.com/books/97/07/1…

'pen' comes from an old French word for feather and as such the small blade of a 'penknife' was used for cutting the quill for writing. etymonline.com/index.php?…

Since 2006 Wenger has produced a knife called "The Giant" that includes every implement the company has ever made. With 87 tools and 141 different functions it is recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most multifunctional penknife en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swi…

In the past 150 years, only 1 fan at an MLB game has been killed by a foul ball slate.com/articles/sports…