Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
Tools |
Peen adz | 92020T1 |
27 1/2" long, 4 5/8" edge, 10" long head | photo |
signed "STINSON" |
The mark could refer to John Stinson, who made edge tools in Bath, ME, circa 1869-1871 |
(DATM). From the collection of Roger Majorowicz. |
Slick | 120907T1 |
| photo |
unsigned |
There is a clear suggestion of either a welded steel-iron interface or differential tempering. |
The iron shaft is probably low-carbon steel and shows signs of forge-welding. |
Socket chisel | 91914T10 |
11 3/4" long, 1" edge, 1" tall | bio |
signed "UNDERHILL EDGE TOOL CO" |
Socket chisel | 102512T15 |
3 3/4" long, 1" wide cutting edge |
signed "ERIK ANTON BERG" "ESKIL__UNA__" "SWEDEN" plust a shark trademark |
Erik Berg worked in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Go here for a history of E. A Bergs Fabriks AB (E.A. |
Berg MFG. Co. LTD) (http://straightrazorplace.com/razors/26475-erik-antonberg-short- |
history.html). Courtesy of Liberty Tool Co. |
Veining tool | 22311T4 |
9" long, 1 1/2" wide, 1 1/8" deep |
unsigned |
The steel cutter is probably factory-made. It has a homemade wooden holder. Veining tools |
have the smallest sizes of straight gouges, with narrow yet deep "U" shaped cutting edges |
designed for roughing-out, and grooving small lines or areas. Part of the Robert Sullivan |
Wedge | 121412T14 |
5" long, 2 3/4" cutting edge, 5/8" thick |
signed "SNOW & NEALLEY Co BANGOR MAINE" |
Paring chisel | 110611T5 |
3 1/4" long blade, 4 1/2" long wooden faceted handle, 1/4" diamond shape edge | bio |
signed "BUCK BROS" "JAMES CAM" |
Possibly it was reforged into a diamond shaped edge tool. The signature sequence is |
particularly significant showing Buck Brothers utilizing English steel. This is the first edge tool |
we've encountered with a James Cam (steelmaker) mark on the verso. |
Plugging chisel | 31112T16 |
8 1/4" long, 3/4" wide blade | bio |
signed "C. DREW & CO." |
Courtesy of Liberty Tool Co. |
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