Leather-working tool with dark brown turned wood handle that narrows toward end. A brass ring fits on this end. Into this fits an iron blade with a curved arm and rectangular grooved end with U-shape.
Mark: "4" "T. DIXON & SONS" -suggests that this tool was made by the toolmaking firm "Thomas Dixon and Son" which was based out of Walsall, England
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
T. Dixon & Sons
Date made
1850 - 1950
Place
* Untyped Place
Walsall, England
Dimensions
Width
1 in
Depth
1 in
Length
7-1/2 in
Material
Wood, Iron, Brass
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.
