Description:Fettler's knife with a wooden handle and metal blade.
The bottom of the blade is bound with string. This is possibly to prevent breaking or to make it more comfortable to grip.
Used to scrape clay seams or rough edges to create a smoother surface prior to firing.
Roughly 20cm in length.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Tools Collection.
This object is now part of the collections at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.