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79/107
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Description
Billhook used in hedging, coppice work and woodland trades. A Dorset pattern billhook. Stamped 'Fussells Improved'. From a shed in Verwood.
A billhook is an edge tool used in hedging, coppice work and other woodland trades, and show great regional variety with each area having its own accepted pattern and shape. This is a Dorset pattern billhook. The blade is wide and curved with a nick at the base, and is stamped 'Fussells Improved'. It is attached to the wooden handle with a steel ferrule. It was cleared from a shed in Verwood, Dorset.
Physical description
1 billhook: curved steel blade with nick at base; wooden handle
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – ‘Description: Curved steel blade with a nick at the base. // Wooden handle with a steel ferrule. // Stamped ‘Fussells Improved’ // Dimensions: length 37cms // Associated information: Cleared from shed belonging to donor’s cousin, … Verwood, nr. Wimborne, Dorset. // Identified as a Dorset pattern billhook, see 60/712 // References: …'
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_13894.tif - High resolution image
