TOOL: LEATHERWORKING NEEDLE, SEDGWICK
Wooden handled tool with a long metal needle at the end. Needled has an oval hole at the end to thread through.
Likely used by Alexander Douglas Sedgwick in his shed at 50 Bedford Street, Subiaco.
Used to punch holes in leather in saddlemaking and leatherworking.
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An example of old saddlers and leatherworking tools.
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- TOOL: LEATHER KNIFE, SEDGWICK
- TOOL: LEATHER EDGE BEVELER, SEDGWICK
- TOOL: CALIPERS, SEDGWICK
- TOOL: LEATHERWORKING AWL, SEDGWICK
- TOOL: LEATHERWORKING PINCERS (?), SEDGWICK
- TOOL: LEATHERWORKING FLOCKING IRON (?), SEDGWICK
- PHOTOGRAPH: AERIAL, 'SUBIACO CAR PARKING', 1964
- PHOTOGRAPH: HAY STREET AND AXON STREET, UNKNOWN DATE