Woodworker's tool chest: razor strap

Woodworker's tool chest: razor strap

Handicraft

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Woodworking tools

This razor strap was contained in a tool chest belonging to woodworker Jesse Bryson Stalcup. This two-sided razor strap consists of a wooden slab with a handle and with leather affixed to the two flat sides. It is possibly handmade. It was used for fine blade sharpening. Stalcup was a skilled carpenter, millwright, and woodworker who worked in and around Waynesville and Macon County, North Carolina, as well as Hiawassee, Georgia, circa 1880s-1930. The chest contains a variety of woodworking tools typically used by craftsmen in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Stalcup, Jesse Bryson

Jesse Bryson Stalcup Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1880/1930;

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artifacts (object genre)

StillImage

13653

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2007-02-15

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Macon County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

12.5" X 2"(dimension)

Craft Revival