| The Davistown Museum |
| The Ancient Dominions of Maine: An Archaeology of Tools |
| The Industrial Revolution (1865f.): Other Factory Made Tools |
| | Status | Location |
| Agricultural Implements |
| 101701T5 | Fence puller | DTM |
| Steel and wood, 16 1/4" long, 4" wood handle located in the middle of the tool, unsigned. |
| An excellent whatsit; to be included in The Davistown Museum's tool examination. |
| 101400T9 | Pig skinner | DTM |
| Cast or forged steel and wood, 11 1/4" wide with a 9 5/8" diameter scoop, unsigned, ca. 1860 - 80. |
| The universal pig skinning jig. |
| TKD3001 | Pitchfork | bio | DTM |
| Forged iron, 26" long, 4 7/8" wide, unsigned. |
| European origin. |
| 102800T6 | Pruning shears | DTM |
| Cast or drop forged steel, 10 1/2" long, 2 3/8" long cutters, signed "D. Bowers". |
| No D. Bowers are listed in DATM (1999). |
| 101701T4 | Sheep shears | DTM |
| Cast steel, 12 1/4" long, marked with an interesting cartouche illustrating the function of this tool: a farmer shearing a sheep |
| with the mark "clipaway". |
| This is probably a 20th century tool and is an excellent specimen for in class demonstration. |
| Axes |
| 121600T1 | Ax | bio | DTM |
| Drop forged steel, 6 3/4" long, 3 3/4" wide cutting edge, signed "J P Billings Clinton Me". |
| A John P. Billings worked in Clinton from 1869 - 71. Other J. P. Billings worked in Saco as early as 1825 and Hallowell in |
| 1841. No lap marks are visible on this ax between the steel blade and iron poll. It is accompanied by a framed |
| advertisement from the Clinton Advertiser illustrating a small man cutting down a large tree. "I cannot tell a lie, father. I did |
| it with one of Billing's Axes. All kinds of edge tools manufactured by J.P. Billings, Clinton, Me." A gift to the Museum from |
| Rick Floyd, Newport, ME. The frame also contains an advertisement for "Chas. Jaquith general Blacksmith, Manufacturer of |
| 61204T16 | Hatchet | photo | DTM |
| Cast steel and wood, 13 3/4" long including a 11 1/2" handle, 3 1/4" wide cutting edge, 1 3/16" poll, signed "FINDLAY AXE & |
| TOOL CO." "FINDLAY O. U.S.A." "1". |
| The Findlay Axe & Tool Co. is not listed in DATM (1999). This is a rare mark not often found in New England tool chests. |
| Jack Devitt author of "The Who, What, Where and When of Ohio Toolmakers and Their Tools" in 2000 states that "Findlay |
| Axe and Tool Co. was in business in the late 1890s." The Grant Motor Company website indicates that "The Findlay Motor |
| Car Co. produced passenger cars from 1910-13, in the old Findlay Axe and Tool plant at the foot of Santee Avenue." |
| 041505T26 | Hatchet | photo | DTM |
| Drop forged steel and wood, 6 1/2" long, 3 5/8" cutting blade, 1 3/16" diameter poll head face, 13 3/8" long handle, signed |
| "COLLINS & CO" HARTFORD" "LEGITIMUS" with a crown hallmark on the head and a red paper label on the handle stating |
| "COLLINS TOOLS". |
| The Collins Co. was in Canton, later Collinsville, CT from 1826 - 1957. This circa 1950 edge tool is by one of America's most |
| prolific and famous edge toolmakers. An excellent example of a modern all steel edge tool. |
| 12900T7 | Hewing ax | bio | DTM |
| Die cast and drop forged steel, 11 5/8" long, 7 1/2" wide blade, obscured foreign maker's sign and touchmark, ca. 1900 - 1910. |
| An edge tool from the Pyrenees or Alps area of France or Spain that was brought to the US by Kenneth Lynch. |
| 91303T11 | Ice ax | photo | DTM |
| Cast steel with a wooden handle, 11 1/2" long, 2 1/4" wide blade, signed "Wm. T. Wood & Co". |
| A typical ice ax with an atypical short handle. The Harvard Business School Baker Library has a catalog from this company |
| circa 1895: Wm. T. Wood & Co. Manufacturers of ice tools, Arlington, Mass. DATM (1999) lists the working dates of this |
| company as 1845 - 1905. William bought the company from an uncle, Abner Wyman. In 1905, the company merged with |
| the Gifford Brothers to become the Gifford-Wood Co. While the factory was located in Arlington, the offices were in Boston. |
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