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It is a hawsing iron used by caulkers when they caulked seams between planks with twisted cotton. This made ships decks and hulls water tight and kept them floating. It was held by one man who moved i...
My grandfather was a dentist who graduated in 1909. When he died I got his dentist cabinet with the tools. Included was a small anvil the same as yours with the additional lead in the bottom. I assume...