Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
Tools |
Metal file | 5616T1 |
11 11/16" long, 1" wide, 3/16" thick |
signed "NICHOLSON U.S.A. MADE IN U.S.A." "AXE" |
Rasp | 101213T3 |
13 1/8" long, 1" wide, 1/4" thick |
signed "BLACK DIAMOND WORKS C&H BARNETT U.S.A." |
Barnett was established in 1863. |
Rasp | 102512T19 |
18" long, 12" long and 1 1/4" wide blade |
signed "W. E" on the tang with the rest hidden under the handle and "AOG" owner's mark |
Courtesy of Liberty Tool Co. |
Riffler file | 102012T10 |
6 1/2" long, 3/8" wide |
signed with an obscured mark |
Riffler file | 102012T8 |
11" long, 1/2" wide |
signed with an obscured mark |
Round cut metal file | 31212T10 |
8" long, 3/8" wide |
signed "A.H. SWISS U.S.A. 00" |
Courtesy of Liberty Tool Co. |
Single cut square file | 102012T4 |
12 1/2" long, 5/16" wide |
signed "MCCAFFREY PHILADA" |
McCaffrey Bro. was founded by Hugh McCaffrey (born 1843 in Ireland, died 1919). Brothers |
John, Henry, James, and possibly Arthur were his partners. Founded in 1863, by 1896 they had |
become the McCaffrey File Company, which stayed open until 1933. They also used the |
name Pennsylvania File Works (Nelson 1999, 523). |
Single cut triangle file | 102012T7 |
5 3/8" long, 2 7/8" long handle, 3/4" wide |
unsigned |
Square bastard file | 30911T2 |
17" long |
unsigned |
The cut of the file refers to how fine its teeth are. They are defined from roughest to smoothest |
as: rough, middle, bastard, second cut, smooth, and dead smooth. |
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