| 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: |
| Josiah Fowler Co. |
| | Status | Locatio |
| Historic Maritime IV (1840-1865): The Early Industrial Revolution |
| Axes |
| 42710T1 | Broad ax | bio | photo | DTM | MH |
| Forge welded steel, 30 1/2" long, 10 1/4" wide head, 6 3/4" cutting edge, signed "JOSIAH FOWLER CO. LTD" with an F in |
| a triangle. |
| 41203T13 | Broad ax | bio | photo | DTM |
| Forged iron and weld steel, 9" wide blade, signed with the distinctive touchmark of J Fowler of St. Johns, New Brunswick. |
| An excellent example of a forged ax with a weld steel cutting edge. Did Fowler use cast steel as his weld steel? Probably, |
| Edge Tools - Forged |
| 31908PC4 | Adz | bio | photo | DTM |
| Steel and wood, 30" long, 5" wide blade, signed "JOSIAH FOWLER CO. LT." and "ST. JOHN N.B.". |
| 040103T12 | Block poll adz | bio | photo | DTM |
| Forged steel, 8" long, 4 3/8" wide blade, signed with what appears to be a touchmark of J Fowler. |
| Josiah Fowler was a St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, edge toolmaker. A hefty and finely made block adz, this tool seems |
| to be 100% cast steel with no evidence of a weld steel lap. |
| TCS1003 | Socket chisel | bio | BDTM |
| Cast steel, 7 1/4" long, signed "J Fowler St John NB". |
| This is the only edge tool we have ever seen with the full signature of this most important St. John, New Brunswick, maker |
| of ships carpenters' adzes, which are usually only signed with his touchmark. This mundane appearing tool is among the |
| most important edge tools in the Museum collection: the only signed Fowler tool we have located. |
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