Item M2 - Cooper’s Hoop Driver.
Yet another tool that came from the same lot in
a central Maine auction as the wooden compass, early jointer plane, and slick
listed elsewhere, this great hold hoop driver may have been used by the cooper
who fashioned the compass. It is carved from a single piece of yellow birch,
and reinforced only by a hand forged ring at the top of the shaft. Well used,
it has a tightly repaired crack down the center and a latter day spatter of some
white paint. But it is a great decorative tool of a long bygone day. It
measures 7 ¼ inches long, and 3 5/8 inches wide. Good+
Price - $25.00
RETURN to forsale list.