Blacksmith’s Traveler
When blacksmith Shep Alderman needed a tool to measure a wagon wheel for spokes, he carved his own.
Tools
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Butter Mold
Tool used to press freshly churned butter into family-sized portions with a design on top.
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Butter Mold
Mattie Yates King used this butter mold.
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Cobbler’s Tools
Purchased and handmade tools for shoemaking including a repurposed Civil War Schenkel shell anvil.
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Curved Wooden Barrel Template Set
Set of wooden templates made by William T. Sowers for early twentieth-century house carpentry.
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Dogwood Gluts
Basketmaker Clovis Boyd made his own wooden wedges for splitting young white oak billets.
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Four-Harness Loom
Asa Bishop built this loom for his wife Julia Dodd Bishop prior to the Civil War.
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Graham Gourd Vase
Lillian Graham Reed donated this container which her grandfather Ransles “Rat” Graham used prior to World War II.
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Harman Knot Maul
This knot maul with a handle from a separate piece of wood belonged to Fred Harman.
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Hay Fork
This fork was designed for use in building stacks of hay twelve feet tall.
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Knot Maul
Bethel Martin Vaughn shaped a tree burl into this maul for use on his farm near Burks Fork.
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Luthier Tools
Jigs, templates, and clamp created by Stanley Lorton for his instrument making.
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McNeil Gourd Bowl
One of a number of gourd containers preserved in a McNeil homeplace in Locust Grove.
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Shoe Repair Tools
Collection of shoemaking and shoe repair tools used by Dinky Harris in Floyd.
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Sowers Tool Chest
William T. Sowers used this chest to store tools he used on the Nannie Harman Howard house at 209 E. Main Street.
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Spinning Wheel for Flax
Frances Keziah Allen McNeil spun linen thread on this wheel for her extended family.
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Wooden Churn
Wooden butter churn with lid and dasher.
