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Maker(s):Unknown
Title:Cutting Tool
Type:Agricultural Tools and Equipment
Accession Number:  MH SK 2006.521.INV
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Description:
Iron cutting tool, with a semicircular blade fitted on a hinged handle. The blade sits in a concave groove, although it does not touch the bottom. Mounted on a convex platform with a leather strap at each end, possibly designed to tie onto something. There is a curved blade set at 90 degrees to the platform on one side; the opposite side is marked: "Patented June 2 1887."

Tags:
farm equipment

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