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Fussells of Mells (Manufacturer)

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 is a small billhook with a straight blade with a curved tip, and a wooden handle. It is inscribed 'Fussells Improved'. It is part of the Rumble Collection.

1 billhook: wood; metal; good condition

MERL miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 25 October 2013 – The objects 92/2–92/68 are part of the Rumble Collection, and were donated to the Museum by Mr Rumble in July 1991. The objects were collected or purchased by Mr Rumble or his father, and most of them came from either Camberley, in Surrey, or Somerset, where Mr Rumble had previously lived. He kept his collection in the shed at the bottom of his garden in Woodley., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Recorder: JMB // Date: 7.8.92 // Description: Small billhook with wooden handle and ring ferrule. // Inscription: FUSSELLS IMPROVED // Dimensions: Length: 33.0 cm (8” Blade // 13” Total) // Associated information: One of a collection of tools given by Mr Rumble. Mostly collected or purchased by him or his father. // Hampshire Hook // References:’

Wood, Metal