Stone Carver's Punch
name: label: associated user
content: Pirie, W.
label: associated user
content: Woods, C.
notes: label: Description
content: This is a home-made punch which was used by a stone carver. It has a three-corner file and was possibly used to drive bolts out of bush hammer heads.
label: Description
content: A bush hammer, also known as an axe hammer, is a masonry tool used to texturize stone and concrete. In 1831, Joseph Richards (1784–1848) of Braintree, MA, invented the bush hammer. The US patent was issued February 20, 1828, for a stone-working tool, with a patent number of X5010 or 5010X. His patent sparked many other inventors' designs for the bush hammer.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Hand Tools
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Olde Country Store of Witmer, PA
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1265.38
label: accession number
content: 1979.1265
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1265.38
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Punch
label: Other Terms
content: Punch; Stonecutter/Stone Dresser; Metalworking; Striking & Prizing Tools; Hand Tools
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.3 cm; 3 1/4 in