Leather cutting tool, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1950.1476.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Description

Tool is comprised of two parts. The turned handle has two sets of scribe lines. One set of scribe lines is at the widest point of the handle. There is a brass ferrule reinforcing the joint between the handle and the tool blade. The blade is uniform in diameter. At the end of the blade there is a rectangular fence held onto the blade by a screw. The rectangular device has an oblong cut-out to allow for the adjustable fence. A triangular cutting edge of the tool protrudes 5/32" from the rectangular device.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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