Awl, Woodworking

Awl, Hancock, MA

Object ID:
1959.10891.1
Community:
Massachusetts, Hancock
Description

Small steel tapered square blade set into a between-centers turned handle of (likely) eastern hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) with no ferrule. Tip of blade is twisted and blue from heat.

Massachusetts Hancock

Massachusetts Hancock

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Shaker Museum Awl, Woodworking. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=19492. Accessed on September 29, 2024

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