Contributed by Davistown Museum
Description
This slick is from the Spear Estate, Warren, Maine. It is an important and rare example of a prominent Belfast, Maine, edge toolmaker. It is used for cleaning up the sides of large mortises in construction and shipbuilding, and for leveling surfaces as on the deck of a ship. Slicks are particularly useful to shipwrights in areas that cannot be reached by an adz.
Size: 16 1/2" long, 6 7/8" long body with a 3 11/16" wide blade
Signed: "B. KELLEY & CO BELFAST" with owner's mark "HOMER N D G"
About This Item
- Title: Slick, ca. 1840
- Creator: B. Kelley
- Creation Date: circa 1840
- Subject Date: circa 1840
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Locations:
- Belfast, Waldo County, ME
- Warren, Knox County, ME
- Media: Forged or cast steel
- Local Code: 040904T1
- Collection: Maine Made Tool Table-Maritime IV
- Object Type: Physical Object
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- Chisels
- Shipbuilding industry--Equipment & supplies
- Tools--Maine--Warren
- Slicks
- Tools--Maine--Belfast
- B. Kelley and Company (Belfast, Me.)--Manufactures
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For more information about this item, contact:
Davistown MuseumPO Box 346, 58 Main Street #4, Liberty, ME 04949
(207) 288-5126
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