Leather awl, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1950.1419.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Description

Leather awl with 1" blade. Blade has circular cross-section from base to half-way point at which sides are shaved to a diamond cross-section. Blade set into wooden handle. Where blade joins handle reinforced by copper ferrule. Handle has crack 1 1/2" long. Diameter of handle increases in width gradually, then exponentially, before rounding off to form butt of handle.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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