Chisel

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OBJECT TYPE: SLICK
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0219.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL BLADE; WOOD (POSSIBLYHICKORY OR ASH) HANDLE.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 82.0 cm
Width: 8.8 cm
Height: 6.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Tools-Hand
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: St. Catharines

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: THIS CHISEL USED BY ORIGINAL OWNER C.1900-1920.
Canada: CHISEL ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO THOMAS DREW, THE DONOR'S GRANDFATHER, WHO USED IT IN A RURAL AREA OF QUEBEC AT THE TURN OF THE 20TH C. ALTHOUGHT THE MFR'S NAME IS ILLEGIBLE, THE TOOL WAS MADE IN ST. CATHERINE'S ONT.
Function: USED FOR PREPARING AND SHAPING LONG, FLAT WOOD SURFACES.
Technical: ALSO KNOWN AS A "CARPENTER'S SLICK CHISEL" THIS LONG, HEAVY TOOL REQUIRES THE USE OF BOTH HANDS. THIS TYPE OF TOOL WAS USED FOR A VARIETY OF HEAVY OR ROUGH WOODWORKING TASKS PERFORMED ON A FAMILY FARM. (REF. 1)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "T. DREW" stamped repeatedly in blade, in numerous areas, using uniform print. "T. DROW" [sic] crudely incised in blade, near socket. Mfr's markings are illegible; "ST. CATHERINE'S ONTARIO" stamped into blade.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Chisel, circa 1900, Artifact no. 2003.0219, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0219.001/

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