Category 4: Tools & Equipment for Materials➔Leather, Horn & Shellworking T&E➔Cutter, Leather➔Knife, Leather➔Knife, Draw
Artifact
Accession Number:
76-10-4Date
July 16 1895Description
An A.J. Wilkinsin Co. Drawknife from 1895."The draw knife is a tool that can be used in many ways: for stripping bark from trunks, for trimming and fitting beams or square timbers during renovations, and also as a creative artistic tool in the hands of the wood sculptor."*
"[This] drawknife...has folding handles secured by wingnuts. The wooden handles have notches, allowing the handles to enclose the blade when folded. The drawknife is marked A. J. WILKINSON CO., MAKERS BOSTON, MASS and PATENTED JULY 16, 1895. A. J. Wilkinson Co. manufactured tools from 1842 to 1993. They were noted for their folding drawknives." **