Gimlet, Hancock, MA

Object ID:

1959.11082.1

Community:

Massachusetts, Hancock

Description

3/16" diameter steel gimlet with a screw lead set into a turned maple T-handle. Some sort of tang now embedded in the handle prevents the shaft from penetrating the handle further and the gimlet is secured with a copper burr over which the shaft end is peened.

Massachusetts Hancock

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