| 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: |
| Vaughan & Pardoe |
| | Status | Location |
| Historic Maritime III (1800-1840): Boomtown Years & the Dawn of the Industrial |
| Revolution |
| Coopers' Tools |
| 12801T7 | Cooper's adz | bio | photo | DTM |
| Cast steel, 8" long, 1 1/4" square striking face, 2 9/16" wide blade, signed "VAUGHAN" "PARDOE & COX" "UNION" |
| WARRANTED". |
| This tool shows some evidence of hand work, including hand filing and hand forged bevelling at the handle socket, which |
| protrudes from the adz's body. An essential and commonly encountered tool in a cooper's workshop, used to construct the |
| barrels, kegs, and casks of Maine and New England's fishing and commercial industries and the West Indies and Wine Island |
| trades. This is the first tool in our Vaughan & Pardoe collection with Cox as part of the signature. Donated to the Museum |
| by Rick Floyd. |
| Edge Tools - American Made Cast Steel |
| 31501T5 | Gouge | bio | DTM |
| Forged iron and weld steel, 9 1/16" long, 1 1/8" wide blade, signed "VAUGHN" "TO__ & Co" " WARRANTED WARRANTED". |
| No Vaughn To... Co. is listed in DATM (Nelson 1999). More information is wanted about this maker's sign. Could this be |
| Vaughan & Pardoe? |
| 111001T3 | Gouge | bio | photo | DTM |
| Cast steel and wood, 14" long with 4 1/2" handle, 1 1/4" wide cutting edge, signed "Vaughan Pardoe & Co Warranted Union". |
| Working dates for this company are 1844-1868. |
| 31908T16 | Mortsing gouge | bio | photo | DTM |
| Steel and wood, 17 5/8" long, 8" long blade, signed "VAUGHAN" " & PARDOE" "UNION" and "WARRANTED". |
| 41801T7 | Socket chisel | bio | DTM |
| Cast steel with wood handle, 12" long, 5" wood handle, signed "VAUGHAN & PARDOE UNION WARRANTED". |
| Use the bio link to see the listing for Vaughan & Pardoe in the Registry of Maine Toolmakers. Working dates for this |
| company are 1844-1868. A gift to The Davistown Museum from Rick Floyd of Newport, Maine. |
| Historic Maritime IV (1840-1865): The Early Industrial Revolution |
| Edge Tools - American Made Cast Steel |
| 21201T3 | Clapboard slick | bio | photo | DTM |
| Weld steel, 29 3/4" long including a 7" handle, 2 3/16" wide blade, signed "_UGHAN & PARDO_ UNION WARRANTEED". |
| This is Vaughan & Pardoe of Union, Maine. Working dates for this company are 1844-1868. A gift to The Davistown |
| Museum from Rick Floyd of Newport, ME. |
| 062603T2 | Clapboard slick | bio | photo | DTM |
| Cast iron with a wooden handle, 34 3/8" total length, 15 3/4" handle, 4" wide blade, signed "VAUGHAN PARDOE & Co UNION |
| WARRANTED". |
| 61204T2 | Gutter adz | bio | photo | DTM |
| Forged and weld steel and wood, 10 3/4" long, 2 1/2" wide, 2 1/2" diameter adz, 16" wood handle, signed "VAUGHN & |
| PARDOE UNION". |
| A welded steel-iron interface is clearly visible on this tool, which also shows extensive evidence of forge welding. The mark |
| is partially obscured. Vaughn & Pardoe was a prolific Union, Maine, edge toolmaker working in the mid-19th century. |
| Shipwrights' and Mariners' Tools |
| TKD1301 | Blubber cutter? | bio | DTM | UNK |
| Forged iron or steel, 18" long with an 8" diameter cutter, signed "VAUGHAN" and "PARDOE & Co UNION WARRANTED". |
| Working dates for this company are 1844-1868. This tool is available for hands on perusal at the workbench in the main hall. |
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