Shave, Edge
- Object Name:
- Shave, Edge
- Object ID:
- 1977.055.01.027
- Place of Origin:
- Hampstead, NH
- Date:
- circa 1856
- Description:
- Chamfering tool or shoe sole shave. Wood handle bent at a slightly greater than 90 degree angle. One side is flat and the others rounded. Bottom end of handle is scroll shaped. Curved steel piece runs along top edge of handle. Brass plate and brass blade holder attached to upper end of handle. Width adjusted by screw on underside of handle. Number "114" etched into blade holder. Letter "H" carved into handle near bend and "N" in scroll on opposite side. From shoemaker's bench 1977.055.01.1.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Brass
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-0.875 W-4 L-5.75 Dia-0.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Acquired in the vicinity of Durham, NH by the collector James Cowan Sawyer (1872-1944).
Hiram Nichols (b.1821) is listed in the New England business directory of 1856 as a maker of chamfering tools. He later made shoe tools in Haverhill, MA.
A shoe sole pattern (1977.55.1.96) bears the names Wiggin & Newhall who are listed in the 1895 Dover City Directory as boot and shoemakers. They were successors to Smith & Wiggin (1892-93 Dover City Directory), who were in turn successors of Walton R. Shaw (1890-91 and 1892-93 Dover City Directories). Wiggin was later in partnership with Dudley L. Furber who made shoes until 1914. Several shoe sole patterns (1977.55.1.95-.98) bear the initials H.G., possibly referring to Henry Glidden of Glidden and Bennett, boot and shoe manufacturers listed in the Dover City directories for 1888-1893. - Credit Line:
- James Cowan Sawyer Collection, Gift of George F. Sawyer and Charles H. Sawyer
Electronic Resources are only available to New Hampshire Historical Society members. To access electronic resources, please join the New Hampshire Historical Society.