Name/TitleFrost nails and equipment

About this objectThe outfit consists of a hessian bag, containing 34 frost nails, and a combined spanner / awl, at the flat end of which is a square hole for turning nails when inserting them into the shoe. The tap for threading the holes in the shoe has a 'T' handle and a gauge. There is also a wedge tapering to a point, with the other end flattened at right angles to the plane of the blade, with a round hole. This may not be an orthodox instrument, but was in the bag.

Medium and Materialsbag: hessian

MeasurementsBag: 4 1/2 x 6 inches
Nail length: 1 inch, 3/8 inch of which is threaded
Spanner and awl: 6 5/8 x 1 x 1/4 inch, tapers from 3 inches to a point
Square hole: 1/2 inch
Tap length: 2 7/8 inches
Tap 'T' handle: 3 1/2 inches
Gauge: 3/8 inch
Wedge: 6 x 1/2 x c. 1/4 inch, tapers to a point from 5 inches
Hole in wedge 1/8 inch diameter

Object Typehorseshoe

Object numberSTMEA:A.55

Copyright LicenceAttribution - Non-commercial (cc)