Hook, bill

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1939
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2008.0421.001

MANUFACTURER: Walters Axe Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Hull, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal blade and wood handle with brass ferrule

Dimensions

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

Length: 44.0 cm
Width: 11.0 cm
Height: 3.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Forestry
Category: Harvesting
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Walters
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Hull

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
Period: before 1939
Canada: Mr. Hassan was employed by Walters Axes Co. of Gatineau at a rate of $0.04an hour painting axes prior to joining the Canadian Navy on September 1939. The Bill hook has been refinished as it would have been leaving the factory during Mr. Hassan's time there.
Function: Used for cutting heavy weeds, brush, vines, limbs and small saplings or shrubs.
Technical: A sample of a bill hook manufactured in Eastern Canada for use in Western Canada.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Mfr's stamped logo on blade:" WALTERS [illegible]/ [logo]/ illegible"
Missing: Nothing is missing.
Finish: A black blade with the edge of the blade silver and a metal ring which is attached to the natural wood handle. Mr. Hassan restore the bill hook to its original colour scheme.
Decoration: None

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Walters Axe Co., Hook, bill, before 1939, Artifact no. 2008.0421, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2008.0421.001/

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