| Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
| Tools |
| Coopers' spokeshave | 32412T3 |
| 17" long, 2 1/8" blade |
| unsigned |
| The iron body on this tool has evidence of extensive filing and hand-finishing. Courtesy of |
| Liberty Tool Co. |
| SubCategor | Domestic Utensils |
| Butter knife | 103115T2 |
| 9 5/8" long, 1 1/16" wide |
| signed "W" (Crown) "R SHEAR STEEL" |
| The W (crown) R logo indicates that this knife was made under the reign of King William IV, |
| 1830-1837. |
| Butter knife | 82512T2 |
| 9 7/8" long with 6" blade |
| signed "SANDERSON SHEAR STEEL" |
| This knife was originally part of a collection that belonged to Oliver Wendell Holmes. There |
| were many Sandersons in Sheffield, England that made knives. |
| Butter knife | 103115T1 |
| 10 5/8" long, 1 1/16" wide |
| signed "T. ELLIN & CO SHEAR STEEL" |
| Thomas Ellin & Company worked out of Sheffield circa 1840 - 1970 and also made planes. |
| Brands include "Footprint" (on planes) and "Vulcan." (source: W.L. Goodman, "British |
| Planemakers from 1700" and C. Price, "Official Price Guide to Collector Knives.") |
| Mortar and pestle | 92911T13 |
| 9" tall, 6" diameter mortar; 14" long, 1 3/4" diameter tapering pestle |
| unsigned |
| The mortar is made from a log that was hollowed out and has a blackened bottom to seal the |
| end grain. There is a hand-forged iron ring on the bottom of the mortar. The mortar has a |
| leather handle. The pestle is wooden with a leather braid fastened about 1/4 of the way up |
| from the working end. This might have had a maritime use for mixing caulking. |
| SubCategor | Files |
| File | 102911T1 |
| 21 3/4" long |
| signed "WARRANTED CAST STEEL" |
| This handmade tool has some indecipherable markings. |
| Triangular file | 22411T29 |
| 14 3/4" long, 12" x 13/16" cutting surface | bio |
| signed "GENUINE" "P S STUBS" "ENGLAND" |
| SubCategor | Fishing Implements |
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