Large metal marlin spike for splicing heavy rope. Probably from the Vaul boat-builders.
2019.78.1
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2019.52.1
Iron head of a sledge hammer made in a blacksmith’s forge by welding together strips of iron (which is the reason that it is not very hard and the ends are mangled). Found in a wall in Balephetrish.
2019.36.1
Set of eight tiny ‘Magneto’ spanners and screwdriver used for adjusting the Magneto batteries in army trucks during WWII.
2019.4.2
Wooden seam presser
2019.4.1
Wooden marlinspike for splicing rope.
2019.3.1
30 oz strapped claw hammer stamped ‘MacArthur Edinburgh’ made in the early 1900s. Found in a house in Kilmoluaig.
2019.1.3
Sail-maker’s awl for creating holes in the sail cloth before sewing. Made at a local smiddy. From a collection of sail-maker’s tools belonging to Hector MacKinnon, owner of the schooner ‘Coll Castle’ (Eachann a’ Cholla, born ca 1847).
2019.1.2
Two sail-maker’s needles. From a collection of sail-maker’s tools belonging to Hector MacKinnon, owner of the schooner ‘Coll Castle’ (Eachann a’ Cholla, born ca 1847).
2018.107.2
Handmade, pig-iron meat cleaver for cutting up sheep. Made in Vaul.
2018.104.1
Flat steel cabinet scaper from Vaul, inscribed with ‘C R Pugh’. Said to have been used for finishing the wood of coffins.
