2003/7

This edge timmer is a long-handled gardening tool used to trim lawn edges at Highclere, Hampshire. It consists of tanged metal blades set at right angles to long wooden handles.

1 pair of edge trimmers: wood, metal; good condition

MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'EDGE TIMMERS // Description // 1 pair of lawn edge trimmers. // Tanged metal blades set at right-angles to long, wooden handles; metal ferrule at top of each handle secured with nut and bolt; one handle has band of string wrapped around near ferrule (presumably to repair split in wood); handles narrow towards bottom; no inscription. // Dimensions // 89cm (length of each handle); 35.5cm (max. length of blades) // Associated information // See accession sheet for 2003/5', MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) [2003/5] – 'SHEARS // ... // Associated information // Deposited along with long-handled pruners (2003/6), edge trimmers (2003/7), and a hook (2003/8), all of which were used at Highclere, Hampshire, as gardening tools.'

Wood, Metal