| Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
| Tools |
| Bench plane | 32802T11 |
| 7 3/4" long, 2 9/16" wide, 2" wide cast steel blade | photo | photo |
| signed on blade "ROBTSORBY", plane unmarked |
| This plane is typical of the run of the mill smoothing planes of the mid-19th century; it might |
| be found in any carpenters' tool kit. Robert Sorby is a well known Sheffield manufacturer of |
| Block plane blade | 31112T1 |
| 6 1/2" long, 2 1/4" wide |
| signed "SHAW&Co" |
| DATM (Nelson 1999) lists this signature as a foreign maker of plane irons. Courtesy of Liberty |
| Tool Co. |
| SubCategor | Woodworking: Saws |
| Keyhole saw | 121112T5 |
| 18 1/2" long, 14 1/2" long blade |
| signed "Wm McNiece Philad" "Cast steel" |
| This saw was probably made pre-1865 given the solid brass attachment nuts and the "cast |
| steel" mark. DATM (Nelson 1999, 530) lists McNiece as working from 1859 to 1882. |
| Keyhole saw | 81713T17 |
| 14" long, 7 1/2" blade |
| signed "W. CRESSON PHILADA SPRING STEEL" |
| William Cresson worked from 1850 to 1862. |
| SubCategor | Wrenches |
| Box wrench | 5915T2 |
| 8" long, 1 1/8" wide, 1/2" and 3/4" nut holes |
| unsigned |
| This unusual square nut closed end box wrench is hand-forged from a single piece of metal. |
| Carriage spoke wrench | 22311T8 |
| 5 1/2" long |
| signed "FORGED" "PORTLAND ME." |
| The trademark is obscured. Part of the Robert Sullivan Collection donation. |
| Offset open box wrench | 8912T9 |
| 9 7/8" long, 5/16" thick, 1" and 1 3/16" ends |
| signed "W.C. HASLAM" |
| The mark probably belongs to an owner. This tool has obvious signs of file-finishing and |
| S-curve open box wrench | 8912T2 |
| 8 3/4" long, 3/8" thick, 5/8" and 11/16" ends |
| signed "G. EDGCUMBE" |
| No Edgcumbe is listed in DATM (Nelson 1999). |
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