Object number
54/528
Description
Heading tool used for making heads on hand-forged nails. Probably used to make square strake nails from a wheelwright, Braishfield, Hampshire.
This is a heading tool, used for making the heads of hand-forged nails. It was probably used to make square strake nails (strakes are iron 'shoes' used to tyre a wheel, and the strake nails are used to hold them in place). It was used by the donor's father, who was a wheelwright in Braishfield, Hampshire.
Physical description
1 Nail heading tool: metal; good condition.
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – ‘… // DATE ACQUIRED: // GROUP: // NEGATIVE: // PERIOD: // PLACE OF ORIGIN: // NUMBER: // DESCRIPTION: …‘ This nail heading tool consists of a bar of flattened iron finished at one end in a knob. This knob is perforated with a tapering square hole. It was probably used for square strake nails. It measures 14 inches in length. // See 54/507'
Production date
1875-01-01 - 1899-12-31
Production period
Late-nineteenth century
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