Strop
- Object Name:
- Strop
- Object ID:
- 1998.005.04
- Date:
- 1953
- Description:
- Sharpening board. Wooden (pine) board with 0.25" thickness of leather screwed to board. Hole in handle end. Carved in handle and written on back, "7 11 53" (date).
- Material:
- Wood
Pine
Leather - Dimensions:
- H-1 L-13.75 D-2.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by Jess D. Blackstone (1909-1988), bird carver, Pembroke, NH. Jess was taught bird carving by his father, Arthur M. Blackstone, who was also a linoleum block printer. Arthur and Jess worked together in Melrose, MA, in the 1930s. Jess began a solo career of bird carving c. 1940, when he and Edith moved to New Hampshire (listed as "craftsman" in Concord Directory, 1941-42). He focused on birds of NH. Jess is reported to have been the first bird carver in the League of NH Craftsmen. He continued bird carving into the 1980s.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Jane Blackstone
- People:
- Blackstone, Jess (1909-1988)
- Subjects:
- Birds, Sharpening & honing tools
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