| Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
| Tools |
| Triangle cut metal file | 31212T11 |
| 8" long, 3/8" wide |
| signed "F.I. BROBETA FOLLORBE" "2 MADE IN SWITZERLAND" and a running rabbit logo |
| Courtesy of Liberty Tool Co. |
| Crossing file | 102012T14 |
| 9 3/8" long, 11/16" wide | bio |
| signed "PS STUBS" |
| File | 12818T2 |
| 10" long, 3/4" wide, 3/16" thick | bio |
| SIGNED "STUBS" |
| Single cut triangle file | 102012T13 |
| 7" long, 3/8" wide | bio |
| signed "PS STUBS" |
| SubCategor | Fishing Implements |
| Blood worm hoe | 101312T2 |
| 10" long, 8 1/4" long handle, 12 1/2" wide |
| unsigned |
| Clam rake | 101312T1 |
| 9" long blades, 10 1/2" long handle, 7" wide |
| unsigned |
| This tool is also known as a clam hook. |
| Eel fork | 81713T7 |
| 10 3/4" long, 1 1/4" wide, 3/4" thick |
| signed "F.S. KENT BARNSTABLE MASS." |
| This is just the center tongue of the eel spear. DATM (Nelson 1999) lists Kent as a blacksmith |
| who made eel spears with no working dates. |
| Eel fork | 33116T1 |
| 13 7/8" long, 8 3/4" wide, 1 1/4" thick |
| signed "FS KENT BARNSTABLE MASS." |
| Eel spear | 22512T8 |
| 16" long, 6" wide |
| signed "IDEAL" |
| This is a very nice example of an eel spear, it has not been damaged through use. A number |
| of different companies used the brand name Ideal, but none are listed as making fishing |
| equipment. Garant Inc. of Montmagny, QU, made various types of tools (Nelson 1999). |
| Courtesy of Liberty Tool Co. |
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