TONGUING PLANE BLADE
1926 - 1938Thin piece of metal, the bottom section is rectangular for 48mm and the cutting edge is shaped to produce the tongue section on floor boards. The remainder (138mm) of the blade is narrow and elongated.
Eighteen in Roman numerals has been ground into the thin section of the blade on the opposite side to the makers marks shown below.
Tools used by Charles Duncan in his Blacksmith and Wheelright shop. The shop was called Duncan & McNamee and was located on the corner of Jull Street and Third Road. It was open from 1926-1938.
A. Mathieson & Sons were a Scottish tool company. Generations of the family were involved within the business. Advertising included the creation of planes and edge tools. It entered liquidation in 1952.
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[MATHIESON] Stamped on thin section of the blade
Scotland
United Kingdom
This object is part of a collection that represents the commercial history of the City of Armadale. It represents the many different businesses that have operated in the local area and how those businesses have evolved over time. Businesses play an important role within a community, they provide wanted and needed goods and services, employment, income and opportunities to the local community. They can also operate as important social connectors, places where people gathered and engaged with other members of the community.
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