Object number
60/348
Collection
Exhibition
Description
Spoke shaves are used in a variety of trades for cleaning up round work - such as by wheelwrights for shaving the spokes of wagon wheels. This shave has a boxwood stock and a steel blade. It belonged to Mr W. W. Field, a wheelwright in Winson, Gloucestershire. Mr Field retired circa 1960 and the business closed.
Physical description
1 spokeshave: wood (box wood); metal (steel); good condition
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5347.tif - High resolution image
