| Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
| Tools |
| Mortising ax | 72206T2 |
| 12 3/4" long, 1 1/4" wide |
| unsigned |
| The body of the tool is wrought iron with a clearly scarfed wedge of welded, forged, probably |
| blister steel as the cutting edge. It is from the early 19th or possibly late 18th century. It has a |
| horizontal cutting blade and is a typical shipsmith product, used by a shipwright to cut the hole |
| for a treenail (trunnel). |
| Peen hatchet | 72714T4 |
| 18" long, 3 1/4" cutting edge, 6" head |
| unsigned |
| This hatchet is clearly handmade with a riveted and braised steel edge on an iron body. |
| SubCategor | Woodworking: Boring Tools |
| Pod augers (4) | 102100T23 |
| 8 3/8" long, 7 1/2" long, 7 3/8" long, 6" long |
| signed "IBBOTSON & Co CAST STEEL" |
| These are imported English tools made by one of England's more prolific edge toolmakers. |
| They were made for the American trade. |
| SubCategor | Woodworking: Edge Tools |
| Cabinet scraper | 22612T3 |
| 10" long, 2" long blade |
| signed "TORRTS" owners' mark |
| This tool is hand-forged and typical in design and materials of scrapers that were made as |
| early as the Roman empire. The British Museum has a similar specimen, date unknown. |
| Chisel | 31811T18 |
| 9 1/12" long, 1/2" wide |
| signed obscured in a forge fold, might be "SHAW" |
| Drawknife | 12812T4 |
| 10 1/2" long, 4" handles, 5 3/4" cutting edge |
| signed "J.T. COFFIN & SON" |
| DATM (Nelson 1999, 177) notes John T. Coffin (b.1881 d.1892) of Center Harbor, NH, worked |
| as John T. Coffin and Son from 1884 to 1886 making edge tools. |
| Drawknife | 22311T18 |
| 18 1/2" long, 12 1/2" long blade |
| unsigned |
| This drawknife is handmade and hand-forged with a steel cutting edge. Part of the Robert |
| Sullivan Collection donation. |
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