Object number
54/200
Description
This file was used by a saddler in Alton, Hampshire. It is a leatherworking tool used for smoothing leather. It is a well finished fine file, with the same filing on four sides. There is a tin ring on the handle and a brass ferrule between the handle and the file blade.
Physical description
1 saddlers file: metal
Archival history
Object Research Project, Further Afield, October 2024 - 'All the tools in this collection were used by Mr G F Isham, a saddler in the small market town of Alton, who retired in 1953.'
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