Mason's mitre woodwork's stile, with the rail or adjacent block having a straight profile. A protective trim for mitre cut kitchen worktops has been patented and created by Pepr products. The product is similar to aluminium trims for straight worktop joints, but shaped to fit mitre cut corner worktops. Mason's mitre A mason's mitre is a type of mitre joint, traditionally used in stonework or masonry but commonly seen in kitchen countertops. In a mason's mitre, the two elements being joined meet as for a butt joint but a small section of one member is removed creating a socket to receive the
Mitre the end of the 18th century, due to changes in military fashion, the mitre had generally given way to the bearskin or had been replaced by the standard infantry tricorn or bicorn. The British Army made this change in 1765 and the Prussian Army in 1790. All Russian grenadiers continued however to wear mitre caps until 1805, even when on active service. The mitre in its classic metal-fronted 18th century form survived as an item of ceremonial parade dress in the Prussian "Leib-Grenadier No 1" and "1st Garde-Regiment zu Fuss" regiments, plus the Russian Pavlovskii Regiment, until World War I.