| Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
| Tools |
| Inside bevel gouge | 31212T16 |
| 15 1/8" long, 1" wide edge |
| signed "J. GRAY CAST STEEL" |
| This gouge is obviously hand-forged. John Gray worked out of Kingston, Massachusetts circa |
| 1840s, but local historical records of his existence are scant at best. Courtesy of Liberty Tool Co. |
| Socket firmer chisel | 8312T2 |
| 11 3/4" long, 1 1/2" wide cutting edge | bio |
| signed "UNDERHILL EDGE TOOL CO. WARRANTED CAST STEEL" |
| SubCategor | Woodworking: Edge Tools - Imported Cast |
| | Steel |
| Chisel | 33002T20 |
| 9" long including 5 1/6" handle |
| signed "Moulson Brothers Cast Steel" |
| Gouge | 121911T1 |
| 9 3/4" long handle, 3" long, 1" wide cutting edge |
| signed "T. TILLOTSON SHEFFIELD" "patent crystallized cast steel" and 3 touchmarks |
| Mortising chisel | 31212T18 |
| 6" long |
| signed "JAMES HOWARTH CAST STEEL" |
| James Howarth was a Sheffield, UK, edge toolmaker |
| (http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/james-howarth-19th- |
| century-toolmaker). This crudely cast chisel shows signs of hand-forging. Courtesy of Liberty |
| SubCategor | Woodworking: Edge Tools Made in Maine |
| Framing chisel | 032203T2 |
| 14 1/2" long including 3" long handle, 2" wide | photo | photo |
| signed "MAL_ETT CAST STEEL" |
| The underside of this framing chisel shows distinct evidence of hand-forging, especially at the |
| junction of the socket and body. No obvious weld steel edge is visible; therefore, this tool may |
| be a direct process smith-forged tool. This is probably a product of the workshops of either |
| James Mallett of Warren or John Mallett of Rockland. |
| SubCategor | Woodworking: Other Tools |
| Gutter hand adz | 101312T16 |
| 15" long, 4 3/4" cutting edge |
| signed "I * F" in a heart |
| The mark could belong to Ivory Foss of Freedom, NH; Isaac Fitch of Lebanon, CT; or Isaac |
| Field of Trenton, NJ and Providence, RI. |
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