University of Reading | Archive and Museum Database

Object number
56/152
Description
A billhook is an edge tool used in hedging, coppice work and other woodland trades, and the tool shows great regional variety with each area having its own accepted pattern and shape. The Museum holds little information about the origins of this billhook, which is missing its handle.
Physical description
Billhook: metal
Object name
Billhook
Material
Metal
Associated subject
FORESTRY : coppicing and pollarding
LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT : fencing, walling and hedging
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_1427.tif - High resolution image