Saddlers Shoulder Screw Crease

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Saddlers Shoulder Screw Crease

Saddlers Shoulder Screw Crease

Name/Title

Saddlers Shoulder Screw Crease

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.754

Description

Metal curved rod on a wooden handle. The end of the curved rod has a grooved flat plate. The tool was heated up and held up to the shoulder so that pressure could be used to press down onto the leather to create the crease - one edge of the metal rest on the workbench and one on the leather.

Context

Reference to the use of similar tools but with native names are recorded in The Academy of Armoury, or a storehouse of armoury and Blazon., by Randle Holme, written in 1688. Reference: Salaman, R. A., The Dictionary of Leather-working tools c1700-1950. Allen & Unwin, 1986. The tool donated by Saddle Doctors, Sandford, Oxford. With many thanks to Charlie Brown.

Cataloged By

Felix Lam

Category

Saddlers, Shoemakers, Cobblers

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Dimensions

Length

300 mm

Circumference

80 mm

Weight

168 g

Dimension Notes

Width 'spatula' 30 mm

Material

Wood, Iron

Location

* Untyped Location

C8S3

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Web Links and URLs

The Academy of Armoury - The Royal Collection Trust.