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{{About|the quill and reed pen sharpening knife|the knife concealed in a pen|Ballpoint pen knife}}
[[File:Pocket-knife.jpg|thumb|A simple penknife
[[File:Writing in bound manuscripts with reed, reed knife, and ink well; citing bound rubricated manuscripts with fore- and top-edge clasps and sharpening a reed pen (Genoa, 16th. c.) (8067971786).jpg|thumb|A 16th century depiction of using a penknife on a quill]]
==History==
Originally, penknives were used for thinning and pointing [[quill]]s (cf. ''penna'', Latin for ''feather'') to prepare them for use as [[dip pen]]s and, later, for repairing or re-pointing the [[
A penknife did not necessarily have a folding [[blade]], but might resemble a [[scalpel]] or [[chisel]] by having a short, fixed blade at the end of a long handle.{{cn|date=August 2023}}
During the 20th century there has been a proliferation of multi-function [[pocketknives]] with assorted blades and gadgets,<ref name="Shackleford2010"/> the most famous of which is the [[Swiss Army knife]], referred to in British English as penknives.
A larger folding knife than a penknife, especially one in which the blade locks into place as a protection, as for skinning animals, is
==See also==
* [[Ballpoint pen knife]]▼
* [[Opinel knife]]
* [[Skeleton knife]]
==References==
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<ref name=EB1770-1>{{cite book|author1=A Society of Gentlemen in Scotland|
<ref name="Machen1895">{{cite book |title=The Three Impostors |author=
<ref name="Moore1988">{{cite book|last=Moore|first=Simon|title=Penknives and Other Folding Knives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tyXW6xQRoY4C|year=1988|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-0-85263-966-5|pages=25–26}}</ref>
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<ref name="Shackleford2010">{{cite book|last=Shackleford|first=Steve|title=Blade's Guide to Knives & Their Values|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nlgZAwAAQBAJ&dq=uncut&pg=PA152|date=5 January 2010|publisher=Krause Publications|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=978-1-4402-1505-6|pages=219–222}}</ref>
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