| Davistown Museum Inventory of Tools | Stanley Rule & Level Co. |
| | Status | Location |
| 040103T2 | Coopers' shave | photo | photo | DTM | MH |
| Cast grey iron with steel blade, 23" long, 2 1/8" blade, signed "Stanley" and "57". |
| This coopers' shave is a Stanley no. 57, type one, manufactured c. 1870. It signifies the appearance of mass-produced factory made tools. |
| Coopers had been producing their wooden barrels and kegs from time immemorial. This handy coopers' tool appeared just at the twilight of |
| the era of the cooper, whose handiwork was soon superseded by factory-made tin and steel containers. |
| Hammers |
| 92112T10 | Ball peen hammer | bio | DTM | TT |
| Malleable cast iron, wood (hickory), 16" long, 4 1/2" long head, 1 1/2" diameter face, signed "HERCULES FORGED STEEL HAMMER |
| ATHA DEPARTMENT THE STANLEY RULE & LEVEL PLANT STANLEY WORKS MADE IN U.S.A. NEW BRITAIN, CONN.". |
| 121412T2 | Claw hammer | bio | DTM | TT |
| Cast steel, wood (hickory), 13" long, 5" long head, 1 1/16" diameter face, signed "STANLEY 5 1/2 16-OZ". |
| 3312T7 | Claw hammer head | bio | DTM | TT |
| Cast steel, 5 1/2" long, 2" tall, 1" wide, 1" diameter face, signed "STANLEY 101 ½ 16 OZ". |
| Courtesy of Liberty Tool Co. |
| 041505T4 | Cross peen hammer | bio | photo | DTM | MH |
| Drop-forged steel and wood, 16" long including wooden handle, 1 3/4" beveled face, 4 1/2" long head, signed "DEFIANCE" on head and |
| "DEFIANCE SOLID STEEL HAMMER" on a paper label on the handle, c. 1930. |
| The torn label also reads "Atha Department Stanley Rule & Level, Plant ______, New Britain, Conn. USA". The plant name is obscured. This |
| is a nice example of a modern drop-forged steel hammer. It is the bottom right hammer in the photograph. This hammer is part of the hammer |
| study group. |
| Logging Tools |
| 22211T14 | Folding caliper rule | bio | DTM | TT |
| Boxwood and brass, 24" long (extended), 12" long (folded), 3/4" wide, 1/8" thick, 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 donation. |
| 22211T15 | Folding rule (board scale) | bio | DTM | TT |
| Boxwood and brass, 24" long (extended), 6" long (folded), 5/8" wide, 1/8" thick, signed "No 82". |
| This is a Stanley No. 82 rule. The scale on one side is in inches and on the other it is in board feet for measuring logs. Part of the Robert |
| Sullivan Collection donation. |
| 22211T13 | Folding rule (board scale) | bio | DTM | TT |
| Boxwood and brass, 24" long (extended), 6" long (folded), 5/8" wide, 1/8" thick, signed "STANLEY RULE" "& LEVEL CO." "NEW BRITAIN, |
| CONN." and on opposite side "No 81". |
| This is a Stanley No. 81 rule. The scale on one side is in inches and on the other it is in board feet for measuring logs. Part of the Robert |
| Sullivan Collection donation. |
| Measuring Tools |
| 52408T6 | Level | bio | DTM | MH-O |
| Wood, brass, and glass, 5 1/2" long, 1 1/4" wide, 1 1/2" high, signed "STANLEY" "RULE & LEVEL CO." "New Britain Ct.". |
| 31808SLP14 | Square | bio | photo | DTM | TT |
| Steel, 7 3/8" long rule, 4 3/4" long handle, signed "STANLEY" on the handle and "HMC0" on the rule. |
| Miscellaneous Tools |
| 42801T18 | Pry bar | bio | DTM | MH |
| Drop-forged steel, signed with the distinctive Atha and horseshoe trademark enclosing the letter A.. |
| 101701T18 | Screwdriver | bio | DTM | MH |
| Drop-forged steel, wood, 7" long, signed "Stanley No 45 Made in USA". |
| This is a classic example of Stanley's fine 20th century screwdrivers. |
| 111900T11 | Screwdriver | bio | DTM | MH |
| Drop-forged steel, wood, 4 1/8" long, signed "Stanley Hurwood Pat April 01 Made in USA". |
| "Shortly after George Wood was granted the above patent (no. 671,039) on 2 April 1901, he went into business with John Hurley to |
| manufacture screwdrivers. They set up a shop in Plantsville, Connecticut, and named the new company using their last names. The founding |
| of the Hurwood Manufacturing Company marked the beginning of the 11 solid bar screwdriver." The company was sold to the Stanley Rule & |
| Level Co. in 1904 (Jacob, June 2002, The Chronicle). |
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