| Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
| Tools |
| Ice tongs | 8314T9 |
| 14 3/4" long, 6 3/4" wide |
| signed "SOUTHERN ICE & UTILITIES COMPANY" |
| SubCategor | Knives |
| Bill hook | 12812T2 |
| 16 3/4" long, 3" long blade with 5" hook, 5 1/2" long handle |
| signed "RUBINO" "NETRO" |
| This brush hook or machete is made with one casting and the hook is protruding from the |
| handle. Rubino Netro is an Italian maker. |
| Brush knife | 111116T9 |
| 20" long, 2 1/4" wide, 1 1/4" diameter handle |
| unsigned |
| This knife's blade widens towards the end and has a flat, sharp tip. |
| Carriage-makers' body knife | 30911T5 |
| 17" long, 5 1/2" long handles, 2 1/2" x 1" cutter |
| signed "J. R. WESTON" twice on one side and "G. ELLISON" twice on the adjacent side |
| Both signatures may be owners' marks. |
| Knife | 31811T15 |
| 4 3/8" long, 2 1/8" long and 5/8" wide and 1/16" thick blade |
| signed "BARTLETT & BUT___" "HARVARD WOR___" and "SHEFIELD" |
| The manufacturer's mark is partially hidden under the handle. This knife might be used for |
| shucking clams. |
| Knife | 31611T2 |
| 9" long, 4 3/4" long by 1/2" wide blade |
| signed "W. WEBSTER" |
| W. Webster is listed in DATM (Nelson 1999) as working in Brockton, MA in 1872. |
| Knife | 31311T5 |
| 11" long, 6" long x 1 1/8" wide blade |
| signed "L. D. LOTHROP" "GLOUCESTER" "MASS." |
| This company is listed as a manufacturer of fishing apparatus and tools, such as knives, used to |
| make tackle, in "Participation of the United States in the International Fisheries Exhibition, |
| held at Bergen, Norway, 1898" by Jospeh Collins. |
| Knife | 22612T11 |
| 4 3/4" long blade, 4" handle |
| signed "CHARLES M&H Co FRANCE NEW.YORK" with double quotes around "CHARLES" |
| Probably this was used as a fillet knife. Courtesy of Liberty Tool Co. |
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