Spokeshave
- Object Name:
- Spokeshave
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.006
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Spokeshave. Wood, brass, and steel. Long body with handles on either end, which are slightly smaller than dimensions of central area. Handle sections oval with flat ends. Central area has two adjustable brass thumb screws. These are fastened to handle with oval brass plates that are flush to surface. Each plate has two screws to fasten it down. These thumb nuts have threaded shafts that are part of elongated, slightly convex blade that is horizontally oriented. Inlaid, flat brass plate fastened by two flathead steel screws onto bottom surface of tool. Cutting part of adjustable blade: 3.1" wide. Thumb nuts adjust thickness of cut taken from wood. Steel blade: 0.3" wide. Triangular in cross-section. Blade stamped, two lines on bottom surface: "[BABC]OCK. / CAST-STEEL". First letters are indecipherable.
- Material:
- Wood
Brass
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-1.4 W-10.3 D-1.3 inches
- Provenance:
- From the estate of Charles Symonds, Loudon, NH, purchased at T.R. Langdell auction, June 28, 1980. The Symonds family included leatherworkers David H. Symonds (1804-1877) and his son George Symonds (1838-1930) of Concord, NH. The family also lived in Hopkinton, NH.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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