Iron, Leatherworker's
- Object Name:
- Iron, Leatherworker's
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.028
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Edging iron. Bulbous, oval wood handle with brass ferrule and steel cutting blade. Handle has straight taper to brass ferrule. Round steel blade shaft is 0.16" diameter; leads to rectangular cross-section cutting blade. Cutting blade is 0.16" wide and is rectangular in cross-section; has concave curve in it near transition point with shaft. Long, wide V-groove in top portion of cutting blade. Recessed section at tip between the two vertical sides. #2 stamped on top of steel shaft near transition point. Small hole in end of handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Brass
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-1.2 W-0.9 L-6.1 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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