Museum of Early American Tools (Sloane - paperback)

Author: Eric Sloane

ISBN: 9780486425603

Binding: paperback

Section: History

This absorbing book describes, in detail, farm tools and kitchen implements and how they were made. Includes devices used by curriers, wheelwrights, coopers, blacksmiths, loggers, tanners, coachmakers, and other craftsmen of the pre-industrial age. 184 black-and-white pen-and-ink sketches by the author accurately depict "special tools for every job," among them a hollowing gouge, hay fork, cornering chisel, apple butter paddle, boring auger, mortising chisel, a holding dog, hauling sledge, winnowing tray, reaping hooks, splitting wedge, felling axe, propping saw horse, and other traditional implements. An informal, expressively written book for cultural historians, woodcrafters, and Americana enthusiasts.