Object Number 1995.0006.018

Object Name

Tool (for wood) (Firmer chisel)

Category

Tools

Credit Line/Donor

The Alexander Forbes Tool Collection

Creator (Role)

Fenton & Marsdens (Maker)

Thomas J. Wood (Maker)

Place of Origin

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; On one side of the tang; "[FE]NTON & M[AR]S[D]ENS / CAST STEEL" stamped incuse, partially effaced.
2. Mark; On the other side of the tang; "[WOO]D. CORNER OF DUAN[E] / & CHATHAM S\T/ N. YORK" partially effaced, stamped incuse.

Materials

Iron; Steel; Wood

Dimensions (inches)

9.4 (L) , 1.1 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

24 (L) , 2.8 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Blade length is 9.3cm.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Roberts, Kenneth D. 1980 Some 19th Century English Woodworking Tools: Edge and Joiner Tools and Bit Braces.
• For reference to Fenton & Marsdens, see page 189.
[Book] Roberts, Kenneth D. 1971 Planemakers and Other Edge Tool Enterprises in New York State in the Nineteenth Century.
• For reference to Fenton & Marsdens, see page 171.
[Book] Salaman, Raphael Arthur. 1990 Dictionary of Woodworking Tools c. 1700 -1970 and tools of allied trades.
• For a description of firmer chisels, see page 139.