Tool Catalog from 1897

If you like tool catalogs (and you must or you wouldn't be here), or if you're curious about the tools and techniques used to build old houses, check out Old Woodworking Tools. The entire 1897 Charles Strelinger & Company Catalog has been reproduced, complete with original illustrations and prices (the original prices, not today's).

Find out about bung borers, gimlet bits, Reid's lightning braces, saw swages, and hundreds of other old tools.

Want to know what a modillion is, and how many you have in your house? The Strelinger catalog also has a glossary of 19th century building terms (many still in use). Text in the catalog is valuable too - chatty and knowledgeable, pitching all sorts of hand and power tools to the carpenters and tradesmen of the day. Get to know the people who put your old house together.

Posted by Eric Smith on March 20, 2006 12:06 PM | TrackBack |

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