| Davistown Museum Inventory of Tools | Abiel F. Walker |
| | Status | Location |
| 92001T3 | Skew panel plane | bio | DTM | MH |
| Wood (beech), brass and cast steel, 15 7/8" long, 1 3/4" wide blade, signed "AFW", blade signed "MOULSON BROTHERS WARRANTED |
| CAST STEEL". |
| Abiel F. Walker is the maker, the blade comes from England |
| 101801T2 | Tongue and groove planes (matched pair) | bio | DTM | MH |
| Oak and brass, 11 7/16" long, signed "AFW". |
| These both have a brass lower plate instead of the characteristic iron plate of the factory-made tongue and groove planes. |
| Historic Maritime IV (1840-1865): The Early Industrial Revolution |
| Woodworking: Planes |
| 101801T3 | Complex molding plane | bio | DTM | MH |
| Wood (beech), cast steel blade, 9 3/4" long, signed "J. T. Jones Philadelphia" with owner signature "AFW". |
| Pollak (2001) lists J. T. Jones as working in Philadelphia between 1831 and 1846. |
| 101801T4 | Molding plane | bio | DTM | MH |
| Wood (beech), cast steel blade, boxwood spline, 9 3/8" long, signed "Union Factory H. Chapin". |
| Pollak lists the H. Chapin, Union Factory dates as 1828 - 1860. It was one of the more prolific early factory period manufacturers. |
| 101801T5 | Remaining planes in Abiel Walker's toolkit | bio | DTM | MH |
| Wood (beech), cast steel blades, signed "AFW" on some. |
| Two more Union Factory planes, a quarter round molding plane signed with "AFW", a small sash plane signed with "AFW", and a number of |
| undistinguished later molding planes. |
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