| Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
| Tools |
| Hatchet head | 22411T27 |
| 5" long, 3" wide |
| signed "__NDLEY MORSE" "WARRANTED" "CAST STEEL" |
| This hatchet has a claw design. DATM (Nelson 1999, 484) lists Lindley & Morse making adzes, |
| axes, and hatches in Douglas, MA in 1855. |
| Hewing ax | 072112T3 |
| 8 1/2" long, 6" wide head, 24 1/2" long handle |
| signed "W. GRIFFEN" |
| There is no obvious weld iron/steel interface. Is it late enough to be drop-forged? DATM |
| (Nelson 1999, 335) lists a W. Griffen as a maker of wooden planes with no other information |
| Shingling hatchet | 22411T26 |
| 12" long, 2 1/2" x 4 1/4" head |
| unsigned |
| This is a small size for this type of hatchet |
| SubCategor | Woodworking: Axes and Hatchets Made in |
| | Maine |
| Broad ax | 110611T4 |
| 9 3/4" long blade, 9 1/2" cutting edge, 2' long handle | bio |
| signed "S. EASTMAN BANGOR" |
| The 1882 Maine business directory lists S. Eastman making axes and knives in both Bradford |
| and N. Bradford Maine. This is the first Eastman edge tool in the Museum collection. For more |
| information, see the Registry of Maine Toolmakers (Brack 2008). |
| Felling ax | 91320T1 |
| 33 1/4" long, 7 1/4" long head, 4 1/2" edge | photo |
| signed "VAUGHAN & COBB UNION WARRANTED" (crushed) |
| From the collection of Roger Majorowicz. This maker is not listed in the DATM but other |
| examples of tools with this mark have been found, including a slick documented in the Registry |
| of Maine Toolmakers. |
| SubCategor | Woodworking: Boring Tools |
| Drill bit | 31811T33 |
| 2 1/2" long, 3/8" diameter |
| signed but it is too worn to read, it might say "1855" |
| It appears to be a Jennings type bit. |
| Expansion bit | 42012T5 |
| 9 1/8" long, 1" wide |
| signed "I H GIBBS" "NY" "PATENT" "June 17, 1855" |
| DATM (Nelson 1999, 312) lists L. H. Gibbs of Washington, DC and NY, NY as holder of a |
| patent for expansive bits, but the stamped date is invalid. This is one of the earliest expansion |
| bit designs. Courtesy of Liberty Tool Co. |
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