Hatchet, Shingling
- Object Name:
- Hatchet, Shingling
- Object ID:
- 1983.061.04
- Creator:
- Underhill Edge Tool Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Nashua, NH
- Date:
- 1852-1890
- Description:
- Hammer/hatchet. Steel and wood. Made by Underhill Edge Tool Company, Nashua, NH. Light brown tapered wood handle, oval section, that passes through socket in steel hammer head. Wood and metal wedges holding handle into head. Long rectangular blade with double bevel edge, slightly rounded on end. Blade edge parallel to handle axis and tapers slightly smaller near handle where it curves upward to bottom edge of socket. Top edge of blade extends across socket and to top of squarish, flat hammer face. Square grid of striations on hammer face. Bottom edge of hammer face tapers upward to edge of socket. Hammer head edges are beveled. Bottom cheeks of socket are curved. On right side of hammer head, stamped "UNDERHILL / [C]O". Small paper label adhered to one side of socket: "A738".
- Material:
- Metal
Steel
Wood - Dimensions:
- W-7.25 L-12 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Hatchets
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