Cooper's Axe
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This eighteenth century cooper’s axe is a typical single-beveled bit centered on a cocked handle socket with the handle made of wood. The cutting edge has an undulated, or wavy, appearance from re-sharpenings. Coopers are skilled craftsmen who specialize in the making and maintaining of wooden vessels such as casks, barrels, or tubs out of pieces of wood made pliable by heat or steam.
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content: Work and Industry: Hand Tools
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Lawrence S. Cooke, through the Early American Industries Association
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.230693.15
label: catalog number
content: 230693.15
label: accession number
content: 230693
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Axe
label: Other Terms
content: Axe; Cooper; Woodworking; Striking & Prizing Tools; Hand Tools
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24.5 cm; 9 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: handle: 11 in; 27.94 cm