DRAWKNIFE
c. 1880 - 1930The straight tapered blade, sharpened on the upper edge is situated between two handles at right angles to the blade but on the same plane. The tool is roughly a square ''U'' shape To be relocated to a tool box.
Draw knife used by Henry Buckingham in the late 1890s and early 1900s. A draw knife is a woodworking tool. His father Thomas Buckingham Junior was known to have made furniture for a living in the 1860s. Henry persued a career as a carpenter, wagon builder and wheelwright in Kelmscott. In c1897 he purchased part of his fathers Roleystone property and established the orchard Bangup. In 1905 he married Lucy J Fancote and had a daughter Sybil (Mrs Sybil Gwynne). In a copy of his diary he records on the 1st of March 1898 'Mending traps, making wagons and carts, mending Bob Marsh's carriage, etc.' This tool may have also been used in 1905 when he built a house up on the orchard.
Details
Details
Name [H STEVENS] stamped on the blade.
This object is part of a collection of items relating to the people, businesses and organisations who played a role in the early development of the City of Armadale since 1829. Following the establishment of the town of Kelmscott in 1830 the district has undergone a series of economic and population booms and busts. This collection tells the story of those who have played a significant role of the history and economic and social development of the City of Armadale.
City of Armadale - History House
City of Armadale - History House
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