Leather-working tool with dark brown wood handle that narrows toward end. A brass ring fits on this end. Into this fits an iron shank with slender curved arm with deep groove. Pointed V-shape at the end.
Mark: "C.S.O. & CO" -indicates that this tool was made by the US-based toolmaking firm, "C.S. Osbourne & Co."
From "The Dictionary of Leather-Working Tools c. 1700-1950" by RA Salaman, p. 252:
The edge shave "is used for running along the edges of the straps and other parts of the harness to take off the sharp edge."
Made/Created
Artist
C.S. Osbourne & Co.
Date made
1850 - 1950
Place
* Untyped Place
USA
Dimensions
Width
1 in
Depth
1 in
Length
6-1/2 in
Material
Wood, Brass, Iron
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
McClay, Albert and John
Provenance
Notes
Object owned and used by John McClay, circa 1854 and his son, Albert McClay, circa 1908-1977. Object donated, in 1993, by Wayne Cunningham, son-in-law to Albert McClay.
