| Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
| Tools |
| Fishing reel with hook and sinker | 52514T2 |
| 12" x 7" x 2" |
| signed "AWP 3411" |
| Hoe | 101312T5 |
| 42" long, 7" x 6" head |
| unsigned |
| This hoe came from a family of clam diggers and likely served some duty for a marine hunter- |
| gatherer. |
| SubCategor | Glass |
| Glass cutter | 81713T15 |
| 4" long, 3/4" diameter |
| unsigned |
| SubCategor | Hammers |
| Adz-eye hammer | 12813T3 |
| 5" long, 1 3/8" wide, 1 1/8" diameter face |
| unsigned |
| Ball peen hammer | 22411T25 |
| 10" long, 3 1/2" x 1 1/4" head |
| signed "AMES MFG" "DROP FORG" |
| Ames Mfg. Co. was in Chicopee Falls, MA from 1829-1876. Don't confuse it with the Ames |
| Shovel Co. of Easton, MA. |
| Ball peen hammer head | 31311T2 |
| 3" long, 7/8" wide head |
| signed "D MAYDOLE" "MADE IN USA" |
| DATM (Nelson 1999, 520) lists David Maydole & Co. as a hammer manufacturer in Norwich, |
| NY, 1861-1931. Maydole was the inventor of the modern claw hammer. |
| Claw hammer | 6703T18 |
| 5" long, 1 1/2" wide, 2" tall |
| signed "WARNER" |
| The DATM (Nelson 1999) lists I. Warner and Warner & Noble as hammer makers from 1882 to |
| 1894. The stamp is crude, but the hammer is exceptionally hand forged: both the face and |
| claws feature forge-welded laminated steel. |
| Claw hammer | 22612T13 |
| 7" long, 2 3/4" hook | bio |
| signed "Cheney" |
| The head has a curved claw with a nail starter/holder, marketed as the "Cheney Nailer." The |
| manufacturer was Cheney Hammer Co. in Little Falls, NY. Courtesy of Liberty Tool Co. |
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