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Tools. Shipbuilding tools of the late 19th century.
1. Caulking Mallet.
2. Caulking Irons - for putting oakum in the seams of the hull after the hull had been planked.
3. A broad axe.
4. Serving Mallet and reel.
5. Small serving mallet used by a sailmaker.
6. Auger - for boring holes in the wood.
7. Wooden Block plane.
8. Wooden Mould plane.
9. Wooden Mallet.
10. Adze - a tool similar to an axe with an arched blade at right angles to the handle.
11. Fid - a wooden taper for forcing strands of rope apart when splicing.
12. Sailors' palm - used by sailmakers.
13. Large set of dividers - for measuring off distance.
14. A heart - used in rigging for setting up stays.
15. Wooden rigging block - note the grooves in the side of the wood for the rope strop.
16. Bevel - a tool used for setting off angles.
Courtesy: Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, N.S.