13 minAgricultureSome Notes on Bayberry CandlesBurning a bayberry candle. Photo by Michael Wyszomierski, via Flikr. Reprinted from The Chronicle Volume VI, No. 1, January, 1953 A...
7 minCollectingThe Serrated Bread KnifeFigure 1. Christy’s 1889 patent drawing for tang-less knives. Christy described the bottom knife as a “bread knife,” which was the first...
4 minHistoricalTools in Art: Albrecht DürerFigure 1. The Holy Family in '"Repose from the Flight into Egypt" by Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1504-05. Joseph is hewing a box with an ax, Mary...
3 minHistorical"Another Tool Classification" (Burglar's Tools)Left - Burglar tools - Museum of Crime. Middle - Jimmies and Skeleton Keys. Right - Sectional Jimmies. At the top is the carrying case....
9 minHistoricalThe Tools Of America's First Glass BlowersGlass blowing, Agricola, De re metallica. 16th C Credit: Wellcome Library, London. http://wellcomeimages.org by J. C. Harrington...
1 minCollectingNailed It!This link came from member and awards chairman Dan Semel. If you have something you'd like to share, please contact us with the pertinent...