Object number
62/35
Description
A cooper's broad axe, stamped on the blade '[?] + SONS, ELECTRO BORACIC STEEL'. Found and donated by the Reading University Boat Club.
This is a cooper's broad axe. It is stamped on the blade '[?] + SONS // ELECTRO BORACIC STEEL'. It was found and donated by the Reading University Boat Club.
Physical description
1 axe: metal, wood
Archival history
MERL Miscellaneous note from conversation with Alistair Simms (Master Cooper), 3 September 2014 – The term ‘electro boracic steel’ is only seen on coopering tools, and almost exclusively on William Greaves tools. Nobody is exactly sure what it means, but it was probably a way of hardening the steel., MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'AXE (COOPERS) // No other information.', MERL Catalogue Form (temporary) – 'Inscription/Mark ... + SONS ELECTRO BORACIC STEEL // position on blade // method stamped // Notes // A broad axe with no poll and ground on one side only. The socket comes straight from the blade and is twisted. The handle is short.'
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5165.tif - High resolution image
