Numero oggetto
69/190
Descrizione
A billhook is an edge tool used in hedging, coppice work and other woodland trades. The tool shows great regional variety with each area having its own accepted pattern and shape. This billhook has a wide blade with a double-cutting edge, with a straight blade on one side and a concavely curved blade on the other.
Descrizione fisica
1 billhook: iron; wooden handle
Storico archivio
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – ‘Bill hook // FENCING. Hedge. // 69/190 // ... // [pencil drawing]’
Nome oggetto
Materiale
Documento esterno
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_9616.tif - High resolution image
