General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

cutting iron

Patents

N/A

General Description

cast steel

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

19.0 cm

Width

5.9 cm

Height

1.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Tools-Hand

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Howarth

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Sheffield

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Presumably used c. late 1890s- late 1940; possibly used as early as c. 1845.

Canada

Part of a collection of hand tools belonging to James Anthony (1883-1966), an English born and trained carpenter who came to Canada c. 1910 and worked in and around Ottawa, ON. Following the 1916 fire which destroyed the Parliament buildings and damaged the Library, Mr. Anthony was hired as a foreman with the restoration crews. Until 1920, he was involved in the rebuilding of the Peace Tower and the installation of new windows at the Library of Parliament. He later worked with various builders in the Ottawa area, retiring in the late1940s. After his death in 1966 the tools were given to his son Jack, who in turn donated them to CSTMC. [Ref. 1]

Function

Used for shaping, fitting and finishing wood.

Technical

" Until the 18th c. all planes had single irons; such irons are still used in some Jack and general-purpose planes for rough work. Moulding, grooving and most rebating planes also have single irons. The cap is the upper member of the "double iron". It consists of a steel plate of the same width as the cutter, with one end curving downwards and ground to fit closely across the cutting iron, leaving a small gap behind the cutting edge. The main purpose of the cap iron is to break the shaving immediately it is raised, so that it does not tear out the grain ahead of the cutting edge when planing against the grain. It also tends to curl the shaving, and thus gives an easier discharge through the shaving outlet." (Ref. 3, p.303)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"JAMES HOWARTH/ [logo- H J]/ WARRANTED/ CAST STEEL/ SHEFFIELD" stamped into iron, above screw hole.

Missing

None.

Finish

Heavy cast steel metal blades and screw are rusted.

Decoration

N/A