Objektnummer
96/55
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Beskrivning
A billhook is an edge tool used in hedging, coppice work and other woodland trades, and the tool shows great regional variety with each area having its own accepted pattern and shape. This billhook is of the Kent pattern and has a straight 10-inch blade which curves sharply at the end. It was made by Brades and is marked 'Brades 191'.
Fysisk beskrivning
1 billhook: wood and metal; good condition
Arkivhistorik
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Recorder: JMB // Date: 16.4.97 // Description: KENT BILLHOOK // Large billhook with turned wooden handle and ferrule. // Inscription: BRADES 191 // MADE IN ENGLAND // 10 IN // Dimensions: Total length: 40.0 cm’
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