Shoemaker’s Hammer
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- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.1001 a-e
- Description
- Set of shoemaking/repairing tools including 3 shoemaker’s hammers, a boot last, an awl and a tin box of climbing boot nails. Hammer a) has a metal head and wooden handle, head is stamped: “SAM. KUENZS. BERN”; b) shoemaker’s hammer with metal head and wooden handle, manufacturer’s name stamped on si…
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- Title
- Shoemaker’s Hammer
- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- metal; wood
- Description
- Set of shoemaking/repairing tools including 3 shoemaker’s hammers, a boot last, an awl and a tin box of climbing boot nails. Hammer a) has a metal head and wooden handle, head is stamped: “SAM. KUENZS. BERN”; b) shoemaker’s hammer with metal head and wooden handle, manufacturer’s name stamped on side of head is illegible; c) shoemaker’s hammer with metal head and wooden handle, head stamped: “C.B. 22”; d) iron boot last, appears to be hand-forged, with spiked bottom to hammer into tree stump; e) sewing awl with wooden handle; f) rectangular tin with lid containing climbing boot nails, lid of tin marked “ GALLAHER’S” and strip of masking tape with handwriting: “SWISS NAILS, ON CLIMBING SHOES. ERNEST”. Some nails stamped: “BLAKEY.”
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- packers and guides
- shoemaking
- Swiss guides
- Ernest Feuz
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Feuz, Salmon Arm, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.1001 a-e
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