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Month: July 2016

Chips and Shoulders

July 30, 2016July 30, 2016 / Christopher Storb / Leave a comment

Responding recently to a question about the quality of carving gouges marked C. Maiers, I noticed that in the post I wrote two years ago about some of the C. Maiers tools I own and use I said I had never seen a C. Maiers tool with a shoulder. Since then I’ve acquired two Maiers … Continue reading Chips and Shoulders

A Uniform Coat

July 4, 2016July 4, 2016 / Christopher Storb / 1 Comment

On February 13, 1776 Thomas Nevell credited Thomas Proctor for a "Uniform Coat" and Edward Bonsall for a "pair of Lether breechs". July was six months off but the Continental Congress had previously met in Philadelphia at Carpenters' Hall, which Nevell had helped design and build, in 1774 and 1775. In December 1775, John and … Continue reading A Uniform Coat

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