The Davistown Museum may be of some help. http://www.davistownmuseum.org/bioDavis.htm
Suzanne
Buchanan, Director
Hingham
Historical Society
P.O.
Box 434
Hingham,
MA 02043
Phone:
781-749-7721
Fax:
781-749-0091
http://www.hinghamhistorical.org/
From: Museum discussion
list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anne Lane
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:44 PM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Two Strange Drawknives
Perhaps somebody on the list
could help me with identifying two strange (to me, anyhow) woodworking tools.
Both are basically like drawknives, in that they have a crosspiece with a
handle at each end and are obviously to be drawn toward the user. However,
instead of a straight blade, one has a crosspiece that curves downward at the
center into a V shape. At the bottom of the V, it turns 90 degrees back toward
the user and ends in a chisel blade, beveled and about 7/8 inch wide. It looks
as though it was meant to put a groove in something, but what? The other looks
more like a drawknife, except that there are only short sections of sharpened
blade on either end with a large inverted U shape extending perpendicularly
between them, not sharpened. The two blades are on a flat plane between the
user’s hands, but seen from above they angle slightly away from the user toward
the center and the sharpened edges are slightly curved. Does this sound
familiar to anyone?
If you’re all baffled by my
attempts at description, I could send photos.
Many thanks,
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