Weekend Finds

[bill300d]

Good eye there Les. I would have snagged them also.

[Plyerman]

Also in regards to Washington's Hatchet, it is listed in an old Thomas Mfg catalog I have from 1909.

At first glance I only see mention of it being offered in black. Not sure if your nickel plated one came along before or after this?

[Lewill2]

Thanks, I hadn't seen that advertisement.

[mvwcnews]

1909 =>=> Centenary of Washington's death.  + Parson Weems' tale about a cherry tree & you get an advertising tactic.   1909 was a good year for advertising combination tools.

[lptools]

Nice find!!!!!! Were they fragile, easily broken? Or were they just put to hard use? Thanks, Lou

[mvwcnews]

Insulated with straw?  Before that they were just called "berries"?  Hey, I'm just askin'.

Since  the Oxford English Dictionary requires a paid subscription to access, this will have to do: { https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/strawberry }  "strew" is from the same root word --  scattered about on the ground