Object number
65/14
Description
A very narrow flexible pit saw blade with sharp teeth, used for cutting up trees longitudinally. It would be used by two people, with one man in the pit under the log and a second above the log. It came from Bay Tree Farm in Fleet Hargate, Lincolnshire.
Physical description
1 saw: metal
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten catalogue’ form – ‘SAW (PIT) // Crafts–Wood // 65/14 // Proctor Bros., Bay Tree Farm, Fleet Hargate, Spalding, Lincolnshire. // See correspondence.’
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_7873.tif - High resolution image