A one-handed shave with a cast steel cutting head with tang fit into a whittled handle of (probably) ash. Handle has iron ferrule. Since there seems to be a faint seam down the tang, this tool may have been forged from a pre-existing cast steel tool by the Shakers.
Used to scrape labels from boxes in the Medicine Department.
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Shaker Museum Scorper. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=5348. Accessed on September 29, 2024
