Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown 19-May-
Tools
Tool stocks 93017T2
5 7/8" long, 5/16" wide, 1/4" tall
unsigned
These three pieces of steel are half-finished Lie Nielsen plane floats and a corner chisel.
SubCategor Woodworking: Saws
Backsaw 2213T3
18 1/2" long, 14 1/4" long cutting edge, 5" wide
signed "S. JOHNSON CAST STEEL"
DATM (Nelson 1999) lists a Samuel Johnson of Jewett, NY as an edge toolmaker.
Backsaw 8612T1
12" long, 1" wide, 2 1/2" cutting edge
signed "SPEAR GERMAN STEEL"
Backsaw 30311T6
signed "KENYON" and "J. D." owner's mark
DATM (Nelson 1999, 445) lists Kenyon as a saw-maker with no location or dates.
Cabinet saw 22311T20
24" long, 12" long handles, 1" wide blade
signed "SCHMIDT PACKSAW" "BY" "CURTIS-STEBBINS" "DENMARK, MAINE"
This saw is in an oak frame. Part of the Robert Sullivan Collection donation.
Carpenters' saw 102612T14
25" long, 4 1/2" wide
signed "68009" on handle, owner's marks "A P" on handle and "Pigeon" using a pencil and
cursive script.
This saw was used in work done on the U.S.S. Constitution at 58 High St., Charlestown, MA.
The owner was J. A. Pigeon of 38 Cottage St, Tauton, MA.
Carpenters' saw blade 102612T15
18" long, 5 1/2" wide
unsigned
This saw was used in work done on the U.S.S. Constitution at 58 High St., Charlestown, MA.
The owner was J. A. Pigeon of 38 Cottage St, Tauton, MA.
Hand saw 12217T3
27 1/2" long, 6 1/2" tall, 7/8" thick
unsigned
Hand saw 12813T1
24" long, 20" cutting edge, 6" wide, 11 teeth per inch
signed "WHEELER MADDEN & CLEMSON"
Wheeler, Madden & Clemson worked out of Middletown, NY from 1860 to 1893 (Nelson 1999).

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