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18TH CENTURY LIVING HISTORY IN AUSTRALIA.

Monday 13 April 2020

18th Century Metal Files.

The file and whetstone I carry in my knapsack.

In the early 18th century all metal files were fashioned by hand by a file cutter. Blank files were made by the blacksmith & then sold to the file cutter.
A 16th century German file cutter (Taylor, 1920, 30)
Filecutting hammer, chisel for a file (right) and a rasp punch (left) (H.C.)

Selection of file cutter’s hammers.






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