time, it would be fully developed in the kiln, and would prove fatal.
It is on this account that a horn or bone knife is to be recommended. These are inventions for the careless, thoughtless, disorderly and untidy student.
Accidents from these causes are entirely inexcusable. There are enough difficulties to encounter and overcome naturally, without adding the unpardonable on of slovenliness.
A good flexible steel knife is quite sufficient for every purpose, even for gold, not withstanding all that has been written and said to the contrary.
Keep it clean, and take care of it, and it will be serviceable many years. But for those who neglect these precautions, horn and bone knives are provided ; but it is a sad commentary on our habits, not to be able to use a steel knife, even for gold.
