Trimmer, welt
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CIRCULAR/CONCAVE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0164.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Deacon
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL HEAD; WOODEN HANDLE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.5 cm
- Width
- 4.0 cm
- Height
- 3.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Tools & equipment-trades
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Deacon
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY USED PRE WWII
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF SHOEMAKING TOOL USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO LEVEL AND TRIM THE SURFACE OF THE WELT AFTER IT IS SEWN IN. [REF 1] - Technical
-
THIS TYPE OF TOOL APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE LATE 19TH C; BEFORE THAT TIME THE WELT WAS TRIMMED WITH THE POINT OF AN ORDINARY SHOE KNIFE, AND SOME SHOEMAKERS STILL PREFER THIS METHOD. [REF 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON CUTTER: 'DEACON/ MADE IN/ U.S.A.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- HANDLE STAINED AND VARNISHED/ CUTTER LACQUERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Deacon, Trimmer, welt, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1998.0164, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0164.001/
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