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Description: | A late post-medieval to modern copper-alloy tool, probably a chisel. It has a blade of rectangular cross-section which expands gradually from a width of 11.4mm at the stop to 20.5mm at the cutting edge. It attains its greatest width before the cutting edge, travelling straight down towards this edge which is largely straight. The stop referred to is sub-circular and slightly dished to accommodate the handle. It measures up to 16.9mm across but has been broken to one side of the tang and is mostly missing here. The central tang is of rectangular cross-section and tapers from a maximum width of 5.5mm. It is truncated after 16.1mm after what appears to have been old damage.The object was possibly made for use in an industry were a non-sparking tool was desirable, eg. for use in maitaining mill machinery, or around gunpowder. It could also have been used in a textile working context where corrosion product from iron was to be avoided. It is most likely to date between c. AD 1830 and 1960 and can be compared with LANCUM-D04963 on this database. It has a dark-brown patina over a red-brown metal and has been bent slightly to one side at the cutting edge.
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