Tomahawk style soldering iron with a wedge shaped copper head at a right angle to the rectangular wrought iron shaft. The copper head is held in an iron eye and peened. The other end of the iron shaft is set into a birch handle turned from round stock and an iron ferrule is forced onto the handle end.
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Shaker Museum Iron, Soldering. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=19178. Accessed on October 12, 2024
