Iron, Leatherworker's
- Object Name:
- Iron, Leatherworker's
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.030
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Edging iron. Oval cross-section wood handle, brass and steel. Bulbous handle has straight taper to brass ferrule. Round steel shaft is 0.13" diameter; fares into rectangular cross-section, curved cutting blade. Blade is 0.13" wide. Concave curve in blade near where it meets round portion. Deep V-groove in top of blade from tip back towards handle. It stops before it reaches round section. Hole in end of handle. Faint number stamp at transition point between round and rectangular section: "0".
- 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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