Mechanical Kitchenalia: Parers
Excerpted from The Chronicle Volume 59 No. 4, December 2006 by Ken Turner Most of us in the tool world know that over the years, hand tools evolved or were displaced by various mechanical...
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Nickel-plated Backsaws
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 62 No. 2, June 2009 by Phil Baker Many years ago a Disston & Sons, circa 1873, came my way (Figure 1). At first glance, this saw did not...
The Barbells of Old South
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 55 no. 4, December 2002 The Barbells of Old South: The Extraordinary Early, Pressed-Glass Doorknobs of Old South Meeting House by Franklin Pierce Hall In the winter of 1999,...
An Ingenious Fly Trap
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. II No. 6, September 1938 by Lawrence B. Romaine “The Edson Revolving Fly Trap, Patent Applied for. Hudson, Mass. The Edson Manufacturing Company, Sole Manufacturers, Boston Office, 53 High...
Ohio’s Sandstone: Once the Source of the World’s Finest Grinding Stones
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 60 No. 1, March 2007 by Dana Martin Batory In our small village of Crestline, Ohio, a friend once kept in front of his antique shop a foot-powered grinding...
A Glimpse Inside a Small Musical Instrument Shop
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 55, no. 2, June 2002 by Carl Bopp The three objects in Figures 2, 3, and 4 were bought as a group at an antiques show. They are thought...
The Niddy-Noddy
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. XI, no. 1, March 1958 by Laurence A. Johnson “Niddy-Noddy, Niddy-Noddy, two heads and one body” sang the proprietress of the antique shop in New England many years ago....
The Axemakers of Cornwallis Township
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 34 no.1, March 1981 by Robin H. Wyllie This article covers but a fraction of the documentary information discovered during the project. Much of it, for example the Blenkhorn...
On Heating a Bake Oven
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. II, no. 1, January 1954 The following passage is taken from Chapter 5, Article 3 of Le Parfait Boulanger (The Perfect Baker), by M. Parmentier, Paris, I778, and has...
Saw Hammers
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. XIX, no. 2, June 1966 By R.D. Morris The four hammers in fig. 1 are saw hammers and are often mistaken for file maker’s hammers. These, as well as...