Cobbler's Peg Cutter

From collection Mount Desert Island Historical Society - Objects Collection

Cobbler's Peg Cutter

Long wood handle with long iron rod attached to end. Triangular blade at end of rod. According to Skip Brack at the Liberty Tool Museum, this tool was used by a cobbler to clip the ends from wooden pegs in shoes.

Details

Iron 
Metal 
Wood 
18.125" l
MDIHS: Sound School House Row 3 Unit 1 Shelf 4, Artifact Box #37
12/18/1997
12/14/2022
Rasp, Shoemaker's; Cobbler's Peg Cutter; Long wood handle with long iron rod attached to end. Triangular blade at end of rod. According to Skip Brack at the Liberty Tool Museum, this tool was used by a cobbler to clip the ends from wooden pegs in shoes.
05/31/2013
09/19/2024