| Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
| Tools |
| Pruning knife | 42012T7 |
| 4" long folded, 1" wide |
| signed "NORTHFIELD" "KNIFE Co" "CONN" |
| It was made by Northfield Knife Co. of Lichfield County, Connecticut (still standing), which was |
| in operation from 1858-1929 (Nelson 1999, 581). Provenance: Northfield, CT. |
| SubCategor | Logging Tools |
| Hewing ax | 33112T2 |
| 7 1/4" long, 1/2" wide | bio |
| signed "J. R. Deering" "Libby and Bolton" and "Warranted cast steel" |
| Deering is a Saco Maine toolmaker (1849- 1881). He probably made this ax for Libby and |
| Bolton who were also Maine toolmakers in Portland, Maine. |
| Log marking hammer | 121412T12 |
| 31 1/2" long, 11" wide head, 1" x 2" face |
| signed "GN" |
| This hammer is used to mark ownership of logs. The "GN" it imprints stands for Great Northern |
| Paper Company of Millinocket, ME. |
| Multi-use lumber tool | 101312T10 |
| 14 1/2" long, 3" wide, 15/16" thick |
| signed "US TWEAKER US PAT. NO. 4762303" |
| Phillip G. Thomas of Ashland, OR, received this patent in 1988. Tweaker is a brand name |
| currently sold by Mayhew and Sears. |
| (http://www.google.com/patents/US4762303?pg=PA5&dq=4762303&hl=en&sa=X&ei=83B9UO |
| jSMJDesgboy4HAAQ&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=4762303&f=false). |
| Pickaroon | 93011T6 |
| 10" long, 6" wide head |
| unsigned |
| Pickaroon | 93011T5 |
| 15" long, 5" wide head | bio |
| signed "SNOW & NEALLEY CO" "BANGOR" |
| Timber scribing knife | 42615T2 |
| 7" long, 2" blade, 1 3/4" diameter |
| unsigned |
| Folding caliper rule | 22211T14 |
| 24" long (extended), 12" long (folded), 3/4" wide, 1/8" thick | bio |
| signed "STANLEY RULE" "& LEVEL CO." "No 6" |
| This is a Stanley No. 6 rule. It has a twofold scale, each leg is 12". There is a brass caliper on |
| one leg and a board foot scale on the other leg. Part of the Robert Sullivan Collection |
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