The Davistown Museum
Center for the Study of Early Tools
Scattered throughout The Davistown Museum are tools by important manufacturers who are also the subject of
information files compiled by the museum. This is a listing of our holdings for:
Buck Brothers

Status Location
Historic Maritime III (1800-1840): Boomtown Years & the Dawn of the Industrial
Revolution
Edge Tools - American Made Cast Steel
102100T26 Gouge bio DTM
Wood, brass and cast steel, 9 5/8" long with a 4" long and 3/8" wide blade, signed "Charles Buck CAST STEEL".
Historic Maritime IV (1840-1865): The Early Industrial Revolution
Edge Tools - American Made Cast Steel
032203T13 Framing chisel bio photo DTM
Cast steel with a wood handle, 12 1/2" long including a 4" handle, signed "BUCK BROS" "CAST STEEL" with a bucks head
touchmark.
A socket chisel.
TCC2007 Socket chisel bio DTM
Cast steel, 10 5/8" long without handle, 7/16" wide, signed "Buck Brothers, Millbury, MA", ca. 1853.
The touch mark on this chisel is probably the early mark of the Buck Brothers.. While Buck tools are ubiquitous, Buck
Brothers tools with this mark are very uncommon. This cast steel chisel signals the presence of the factory system and the
mass production of hand tools which had evolved by the middle of the 19th century.
TCC2009 Tang chisel bio DTM
Cast steel, 5" long, 7/8" wide, signed "Buck Brothers Made of American Steel".
Another unususal Buck Brothers' touch mark.
Planes not made in Maine
42405T1 Razee plane DTM
Lignum vitae and cast steel, 15 7/8" long, 2 1/8" wide, signed "Buck Bros Warranted Cast Steel" on blade.
The handle has been replaced. A typical run of the mill Maine owner-made boat shop plane of the mid-19th century.
The Industrial Revolution (1865f.): Other Factory Made Tools
Edge Tools - American Made Cast Steel
42904T2 Gouge bio DTM
Cast steel, brass ferrule, wooden handle, 5 3/4" long with additional 5 7/8" handle, 1" wide, signed "BUCK BROS" "CAST
STEEL" with a buck touchmark.
71401T20 Socket chisel bio DTM
Cast steel, wood and brass, 8 3/4" long, 9 1/2" blade, signed "Charles Buck".
An excellent example of the craft of one of New England's foremost edge tool makers.
Patternmakers' Tools
42904T4B Cranehead-necked gouge bio DTM
Cast steel, brass ferrule, wooden handle, 12" long including 5 1/4" handle, 1/12" wide, signed "BUCK BROS" with a buck
touchmark.
Shank needle gouge.
42904T4A Cranehead-necked gouge bio DTM
Cast steel, brass ferrule, wooden handle, 12 1/2" long including 5 1/4" handle, 11/16" wide, signed "BUCK BROS" with a buck
touchmark.
The Industrial Revolution (1865f.): Patented and Transitional Planes
Planes not made in Maine

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