Shoemaker's Knife
Object Details
- Description
- Cornelius Hinds used this knife as a shoemaker in Templeton, Massachusetts during the mid-19th century. The knife is part of a large accession documenting the numerous tools necessary to make shoes by hand before the mechanization of the industry. The shoemaker used a variety of knives to cut the raw leather by hand and mold it into the necessary shapes to make a shoe.
- Credit Line
- Deborah M. Russell
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1840 - 1860
- ID Number
- AG.A.6312C
- accession number
- 153037
- catalog number
- A006312C
- A006312C
- Object Name
- knife
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 in x 1 in; 12.7 cm x 2.54 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Industry & Manufacturing
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_868573
