Cut-throat razor made during 1890-1920
`Mab` cut-throat razor with ivory handle in its original brown cardboard box. Used by John MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol. Made by Mab Co., Birmingham, 1890-1920. Advertised as “Can be used entirely without stropping. At the Great Shaving Contest at the Royal Aquarium, little Nelly Wick shaved five men in 4 minutes and 42 seconds with the Mab Razor.
Pen nib used in the 1930s
Metal pen nib used by Elsie MacKinnon, Lodge Farm, Kirkapol in the 1930s.
Lace made at Lady Victoria`s sewing class ca 1910
Sample of fine white crochet lace made by Katie macKinnon, Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, during one of Lady Victoria Campbell`s (Duke`s sister) sewing classes around 1910.
Short length (2.5 metres) of rope made of hemp/flax used on Tiree. Third part of cordage collection: straw, coir, hemp.
Yacht`s water-speed and distance reader ca 1970
WASP speed and distance log (nautical miles) with spinner for trailing on a line behind a yacht. Used around 1970. Contained within purpose-made wooden box.
Lead and acid accumulator `battery` used in the 1940s
Lead-acid 2V accumulator made by the Chloride Electrical Storage Company around 1940-1950. Two lead plates submerged in sulphuric acid (no longer present) within a glass box with carrying handle. The accumulator would be charged every week and used for powering radio sets (heated the valves).
Wooden carrying box for glass accumulator
Wooden carrying box for a glass lead-acid accumulator battery. Recreated by John Fletcher, Balemartine, from one belonging to Dugald MacArthur, tailor, Balemartine.
Ship`s gimballed binnacle compass ca 1930s
Gimballed binnacle compass mounted on a wooden board. It would originally have been mounted in the ship`s wheelhouse. Made by Dobbie McInnes 1902-1937, but probably used in the 1930s. Unknown provenance (found in a cupboard in Tiree High School in 2014).
Portable gramophone from around 1930
`Alba` portable gramophone record player, model 505, in a brown leather-clad wooden box with hinged lid and leather carrying handle. Includes spare needle and a gramophone record of `Royal Belfast Hornpipe`.
Hand drill from the 1930s
Iron and wooden hand-turned drill used during the 1930s.
