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Shire of Toodyay > Records

SPOKESHAVE; LONG HANDLED

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c. 1880 - 1920

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Overview

Long shaped timber handle with metal top and small angled metal blade.

Historical information

The use of a hand-forged or early industrial steel blade secured to a turned wooden handle by a metal ferrule is typical of late Victorian and early Edwardian era utilitarian tools.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.446

Item type

Objects

Tools

Material

Metal

Wood

Contextual information

A spokeshave is a hand tool used to shape and smooth woods in woodworking jobs such as making cart wheel spokes or chair legs.
The deep patina on the wood and the significant surface oxidation (rust) on the metal suggest suggest a tool that has been aged for 100 or more years.

Year

Last modified

Friday, 17 July, 2026

Completeness

94

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SPOKESHAVE; TWO-HANDED

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