| Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
| Tools |
| Drawknife | 22411T3 |
| 15 1/2" long, 6 1/2" wide, 10" long blade |
| unsigned |
| This drawknife is handmade from a file. |
| Framing slick | 12217T9 |
| 32 5/8" long, 2 3/4" wide, 2" thick |
| signed "M x G 1804" |
| Froe | TCS1001 |
| 17 1/2" long, 15" cutting edge |
| unsigned |
| A froe is an essential woodworking tool utilized for shingle-making and one of the basic tools |
| in a settlers' tool kit. |
| Slick | 121412T5 |
| 21 1/2" long, 8 1/2" handle |
| unsigned |
| Socket mortising chisel | 101113T2 |
| 10 1/2" long, 7/16" cutting edge, 1 3/8" diameter socket |
| signed "A.P. DWINELLS" |
| A. P. Dwinells is unrecorded in the DATM (Nelson 1999) and is not listed in any common |
| British toolmaker registries. |
| SubCategor | Woodworking: Edge Tools - American Made |
| | Cast Steel |
| Claw hatchet | TCC2011 |
| 12" long with a 2 7/8" blade | photo |
| signed "JOEL HOWE PATENT" |
| DATM (1999) lists Joel Howe as a manufacturer of hammers and hatchets, Medford, MA, 1834. |
| The pattern of this tool echoes mid-18th century English designs. See Diderot (1964). Did |
| Howe learn his trade in Sheffield and then emigrate to the United States as did many other |
| toolmakers? This is one of the finest as well as most enigmatic tools in the Museum's |
| Framing gouge | 31212T15 |
| 20" long, 1 1/2" wide edge |
| signed "J. GRAY CAST STEEL" |
| This inside bevel gouge is obviously hand-forged, as is the iron ferrule on the butt. John Gray |
| worked out of Kingston, Massachusetts circa 1840s, but local historical records of his existence |
| are scant at best. (http://www.numismalink.com/drew.note17.html). Courtesy of Liberty Tool Co. |
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