I learned quite early on in my collecting years that corn knives were made back in the day for shaving corns off of feet. Back when times were tough it wasn't easy to come up with the money for a new and well fitting pair of shoes. It was common for people to develop corns and callouses on their feet as a result of wearing old, worn and ill fitting shoes. The corn knife was made and used specifically for shaving corns and relieving the associated foot pain.
Well ditwtexas has come up with a new use for the old corn knife.
I guess you could shave the corn off the ear at the county fair and then shave the corns from your feet with the same corn knife. All that walking at the fair would make you hungry and also hurt your feet. Just take off your shoes buy the corn and take care of business.What were they used? Well they had a variety of uses but were commonly found at the fairgrounds at your local County Fair and were only maybe a .10 or so, fair ground patrons would use them to shave and eat the roasted corn sold at various booths for .01-.05 cents an ear. Great Collectible and a testament to the cutlery of yesteryear.”
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Schrade-Cut-Co ... 1438.l2649
This seller's listings make me cringe. Somehow given the way he describes and prices his knives doesn't lend me to think that this "charity" is run any differently. Given the fact that I lived the better part of my life in the great state of Texas I wish he would drop that part of the name from his listings.
A $15 knife for only $159.99 Buy It Now.