Object number
93/77
Description
A double-bladed mortice knife, known as a 'twybill', used for cutting mortices when making hurdles. It has a triangular blade at one end, and would have had a chisel-shaped blade (now broken off) at the other.
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten accession’ form (Institute of Agricultural History) – ‘Standard museum name: KNIFE – MORTICE // Accession number: 93/77 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 29.11.93 // Description: A double bladed tool (twybill) used for cutting mortices when making hurdles. There is a triangular blade at one end. The chisel shaped blade which should be at the other end has been broken off. The wooden handle is split. // Dimensions: Length: 29.0 cm Length of head: 24.0 cm. // References: Salaman: Wood working tools p.244’
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_16296.tif - High resolution image
