General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal

Dimensions

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

Length

10.4 cm

Width

4.3 cm

Height

N/A

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

Bailey

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Possibly used c. 1890s- 1940s.

Canada

Part of a collection of hand tools belonging to James Anthony (1883-1966), an English born and trained carpenter who came to Canada c. 1910 and worked in and around Ottawa, ON. Following the 1916 fire which destroyed the Parliament buildings and damaged the Library, Mr. Anthony was hired as a foreman with the restoration crews. Until 1920, he was involved in the rebuilding of the Peace Tower and the installation of new windows at the Library of Parliament. He later worked with various builders in the Ottawa area, retiring in the late1940s. After his death in 1966 the tools were given to his son Jack, who in turn donated them to CSTMC. [Ref. 1]

Function

Used for trimming small work.

Technical

Identified as iron for "Victor" block plane, the line designed and manufactured by Leonard Bailey c. 1875-1888. [This iron bears 1876 patent date, and may be from a 0 1/2 adjustable metallic Victor plane] This iron was probably manufactured in the Boston area, where the Bailey Tool Co. was active: Bailey had left Stanley Rule & Level Co. and returned to manufacturing his own superior line of woodworking tools, in direct competition with Stanley. [Ref. 4] Iron features series of 7 holes arranged vertically, and used to secure iron at desired height and angle within plane by means of a threaded knob.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

" L. BAILEY'S/ PATENT/ DEC. 12, 1876" stamped into iron.

Missing

None: iron is complete in itself.

Finish

Dull silver metal cutting iron.

Decoration

N/A