Name/Title
Scorper, OpenEntry/Object ID
GHS 1294Description
BRR: Brown wood handled draw-knife type shaver tool, 2 handles attached to curved iron blade, brass rings covering attachments. used "for shaping and shaving barrel staves." (See workseet for sketch)
LSK: 1993 Catalogue sheet and GHS accession book describe this as a barrel shaver, but it more closely resembles an open scorper, used for making bowls, troughs and canoes. (See Eric Sloan's "A Museum of Early American Tools", 1973)Dimensions
Height
2-1/2 inWidth
5 inLength
8 inMaterial
Wood, Iron, Brass (?BRR)Provenance
Notes
GHS Catalogue: "Tool for shaping and shaving barrel staves." Object donated October 17, 1944 by "Mrs. E.S. Gerhard, School Lane, GTN."