Object number
51/49
Collection
Description
Spoke shaves were used for a variety of purposes - by wheelwrights for shaving the spokes of wagon wheels, by carpenters for smoothing tool handles and by coopers for finishing off barrel staves. This shave was used by a Windsor chair maker to shave down chair seats, and is called a 'cleaning off' shave.
Physical description
1 cleaning off shave; wood and metal; fair condition
Archival history
MERL list / description [Massingham Collection, October 1989] – 'ACC. NO.: 51/49 // NAME: SPOKE SHAVE // NEG NO.: 35/67 // STORAGE: '
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_67.tif - High resolution image
